All GRE Subject Test: Literature in English Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #31 :Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Who is the author ofIn the Time of the Butterflies?
Julia Alvarez
Salvador Plascencia
Viola Canales
Junot Díaz
Sandra Cisneros
Julia Alvarez
In the Time of the Butterflies(1994) is a novel by the Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez.
Viola Canales wroteOrange Candy Slices and Other Secret Tales(2001). Salvador Plascencia wroteThe People of Paper(2005). Sandra Cisneros wroteWoman Hollering Creek and Other Stories(1991). Junot Díaz wroteDrown(1996).
Example Question #32 :Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Which of the following is another novel by the author ofIn the Time of the Butterflies?
Woman Hollering Creek
My Wicked, Wicked Ways
The House on Mango Street
Caramelo
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accentsis Alvarez’s 1991 novel. The rest are all titles by novelist and short story writer Sandra Cisneros.The House on Mango Streetwas published in 1984.Caramelowas published in 2002.My Wicked, Wicked Wayswas published in 1987.Woman Hollering Creekwas published in 1991.
Example Question #33 :Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Which of the following Latino authors is from the same country as Julia Alvarez?
Rene Marqués
Junot Díaz
Giannina Braschi
Esmeralda Santiago
Julia de Burgos
Junot Díaz
The Dominican writer Junot Díaz is the author ofThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoandThis is How You Lose Her,among other titles. All the other authors are Puerto Rican. Esmeralda Santiago is the author ofWhen I Was Puerto Rican(1994). René Marqués is the author ofLa Mirada(1975). Julia de Burgos is the author ofYo misma fui mi ruta(1986). Giannina Braschi is the author ofYo-Yo Boing!(1994).
Example Question #381 :Cultural And Historical Contexts
Who is the author ofYo-Yo Boing!,a 1994 novel?
Viola Canales
Salvador Plascencia
Carlos Salazar Herrera
Giannina Braschi
Yolanda Oreamuno
Giannina Braschi
Yo-Yo Boing(1994) is by the author Giannina Braschi. Carlos Salazar Herrera was a short story writer and wood-cut artist. Yolanda Oreamuno wroteLa Ruta de su Evasión(1948).
Example Question #382 :Cultural And Historical Contexts
What country is the author ofYo-Yo Boing!from?
Costa Rica
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
The Dominican Republic
Panama
Puerto Rico
Giannina Braschi is Puerto Rican.Yo-Yo Boing!was published in 1994.
Example Question #383 :Cultural And Historical Contexts
Which of the following is another title by the author ofYo-Yo Boing!?
Almost a Woman
América’s Dream
When I Was Puerto Rican
United States of Banana
The Turkish Lover
United States of Banana
United States of Bananais a 2011 work by Giannina Braschi. It is an experimental hybrid work, with elements of play, essay, and prose poetry. The other titles are works by Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santiago.When I was Puerto Ricanwas published in 1994.The Turkish Loverwas published in 2005.Almost a Womanwas published in 1999.América’s Dreamwas published in 1997.
Example Question #621 :Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
Where was the author ofBestiaryborn?
Belgium
Norway
Ukraine
Greece
France
Belgium
Although he died in France, Cortázar was born to Argentinian parents in Belgium.
Example Question #622 :Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
Where does the author ofThe Unbearable Lightness of Beinglive in exile?
Switzerland
Belgium
Sweden
Spain
France
France
Since 1975, Kundera has lived and written in France.
Example Question #623 :Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
What nationality is the author ofThe Gulag Archipelago?
Russian
Czech
Hungarian
Serbian
Croatian
Russian
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian writer and a well known critic of the Soviet Union, particularly its forced labor camps.
Example Question #624 :Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
When wasThe Gulag Archipelagopublished?
1990s
1970s
1950s
1980s
1960s
1970s
After a draft was confiscated by the KGB, the novel was published in 1973, but not initially in Solzhenitsyn’s native Russia.