GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Identification of World Poetry

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Example Question #7 : Identification Of World Poetry After 1925

Which of the following works is by Russian poet Osip Mandelstam?

Possible Answers:

“The Lady with the Dog”

Pale Fire

Notes from the Underground

“The Overcoat”

Verses on the Unknown Soldier

Correct answer:

Verses on the Unknown Soldier

Explanation:

“The Lady with the Dog” is by Anton Chekhov, “The Overcoat” is by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, Notes from the Underground is by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Pale Fire is by Vladimir Nabokov.

Example Question #8 : Identification Of World Poetry After 1925

Which Latin American poet wrote odes to age, ironing, socks, tomatoes, and birdwatching?

Possible Answers:

Pablo Neruda

Jorge Luis Borges

Mario Vargas Llosa

César Vallejo

Octavio Paz

Correct answer:

Pablo Neruda

Explanation:

This is the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. 

Example Question #71 : Identification

Peruvian poet César Vallejo wrote which of the following works?

Possible Answers:

Los Heraldos Negros

The Aleph

Ficciones

The Library of Babel

The Book of Imaginary Beings

Correct answer:

Los Heraldos Negros

Explanation:

Only Los Heraldos Negros is by Vallejo. The rest are works by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges.

Example Question #11 : Identification Of World Poetry After 1925

Nobel Prize-winning Mexican poet Octavio Paz wrote which of the following works?

Possible Answers:

The Autumn of the Patriarch

The Labyrinth of Solitude

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

No One Writes to the Colonel

Love and Other Demons

Correct answer:

The Labyrinth of Solitude

Explanation:

Only The Labyrinth of Solitude is by Octavio Paz. The other works are all novels by Mexican writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez.

Example Question #72 : Identification

Which Latin American poet wrote the collection Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair?

Possible Answers:

Pablo Neruda

Mario Vargas Llosa

César Vallejo

Octavio Paz

Jorge Luis Borges

Correct answer:

Pablo Neruda

Explanation:

This is Pablo Neruda. He employed a variety of poetic forms, including love poetry, epics, historical works, autobiography and political manifestos.

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