GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Contexts of British Prose After 1925
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Example Question #11 :Contexts Of British Prose After 1925
Which of the following modernist British novels does not include an important love affair?
1984
Brideshead Revisited
The Heart of the Matter
A Clockwork Orange
Lady Chatterly’s Lover
A Clockwork Orange
All of the above books exceptA Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, feature some form of adultery or romantic secrecy.
Example Question #12 :Contexts Of British Prose After 1925
Which of the following contemporary British novels does not include an important love affair?
Wolf Hall
Never Let Me Go
None of these choices
The Satanic Verses
White Teeth
None of these choices
All of the above novels feature important love affairs. In Zadie Smith’sWhite Teeth,有几个重要的通奸行为或romantic secrecy. In Kazuo Ishiguro’s dystopianNever Let Me Go,the three main characters are involved in a love triangle. In Salman Rushdie’sThe Satanic Verses,one of the two protagonists pursues the mountaineer he is in love with. In Hilary Mantel’sWolf Hall,the infamous Henry VIII pursues romantic dalliances with various women.
Example Question #13 :Contexts Of British Prose After 1925
During what decade wasThe Remains of the Daypublished and awarded the Man Booker Prize?
1940s
1950s
1980s
1970s
1960s
1980s
The Remains of the Daywas published in 1989, and it won the Booker Prize that same year. It is Kazuo Ishiguro’s third novel.
Example Question #14 :Contexts Of British Prose After 1925
What country was the author ofThe Remains of the Dayborn in?
Indonesia
Japan
North Korea
China
South Africa
Japan
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan. He moved to England with his family when he was five years old and is considered an English author.
Example Question #15 :Contexts Of British Prose After 1925
During what decade wasWhite Teethpublished?
1980s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1970s
2000s
White Teeth,Zadie Smith’s first novel, was published in 2000 and won the Whitbread Book Award for a first novel, the Guardian First Book Award, and the Commonwealth Writers First Book Prize the same year.
Example Question #16 :Contexts Of British Prose After 1925
Which of the following is not another work by the author of白的牙齿吗?
Possession
The Embassy of Cambodia
On Beauty
The Autograph Man
NW
Possession
The Autograph Man(2002),On Beauty(2005),NW(2012),The Embassy of Cambodia(2013) are all by Zadie Smith.Possession(1990) is a novel by the English author A.S. Byatt.
Example Question #17 :Contexts Of British Prose After 1925
During what decade wasI, Claudiuspublished?
1910s
1940s
1920s
1930s
1900s
1930s
I, Claudiuswas published in 1934.
Example Question #461 :Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
Which of the following historical figures does not appear inI, Claudius?
Caligula
Homer
Nero
King Herod
Emperor Augustus
Homer
All of the above figures were contemporaries of the Emperor Claudius (10 BCE to 54 CE) except for Homer (c.800 BCE to c.750 BCE).
Example Question #462 :Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
Which of the following is not another novel by the author ofAtonement?
Enduring Love
Solar
Saturday
The Sense of an Ending
The Cement Garden
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Endingis a 2011 novel by Julian Barnes.Enduring Love(1997),Saturday(2005),Solar(2010), andThe Cement Garden(1978) are all by Ian McEwan.
Example Question #463 :Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
During what decade wasBrideshead Revisitedpublished?
1950s
1920s
1940s
1910s
1930s
1940s
Brideshead Revisitedwas written after the author’s parachute accident in 1943 and was published in 1945.
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