GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Identification of World Poetry After 1925

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Example Question #71 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English

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

Possible Answers:

Love and Other Demons

The Labyrinth of Solitude

No One Writes to the Colonel

The Autumn of the Patriarch

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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:

Octavio Paz

César Vallejo

Jorge Luis Borges

Mario Vargas Llosa

Pablo Neruda

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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