GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Contexts of World Prose After 1925

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Example Question #31 :Contexts Of World Prose After 1925

Who is the author ofIn the Time of the Butterflies?

Possible Answers:

Julia Alvarez

Salvador Plascencia

Viola Canales

Junot Díaz

Sandra Cisneros

Correct answer:

Julia Alvarez

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

Woman Hollering Creek

My Wicked, Wicked Ways

The House on Mango Street

Caramelo

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Correct answer:

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

René Marqués

Junot Díaz

Giannina Braschi

Esmeralda Santiago

Julia de Burgos

Correct answer:

Junot Díaz

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

Viola Canales

Salvador Plascencia

Carlos Salazar Herrera

Giannina Braschi

Yolanda Oreamuno

Correct answer:

Giannina Braschi

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

Costa Rica

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

The Dominican Republic

Panama

Correct answer:

Puerto Rico

Explanation:

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!?

Possible Answers:

Almost a Woman

América’s Dream

When I Was Puerto Rican

United States of Banana

The Turkish Lover

Correct answer:

United States of Banana

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

Belgium

Norway

Ukraine

Greece

France

Correct answer:

Belgium

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

Switzerland

Belgium

Sweden

Spain

France

Correct answer:

France

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

Russian

Czech

Hungarian

Serbian

Croatian

Correct answer:

Russian

Explanation:

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?

Possible Answers:

1990s

1970s

1950s

1980s

1960s

Correct answer:

1970s

Explanation:

After a draft was confiscated by the KGB, the novel was published in 1973, but not initially in Solzhenitsyn’s native Russia.

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