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Example Questions
Example Question #7 :Contexts Of World Poetry After 1925
Who is the author of the poetry collection titledUnattainable Earth?
Joseph Brodsky
Tristan Tzara
János Pilinszky
Osip Mandelstam
Czesław Miłosz
Czesław Miłosz
This is the Nobel Prize-winning Eastern European poet Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004). In addition toUnattainable Earth(1984), he is also known for his collectionsCity Without a Name(1969),Native Realm(1959),andRoad-side Dog(1997)as well as for a famous anti-Stalin nonfiction work,的Captive Mind(1953).
Example Question #8 :Contexts Of World Poetry After 1925
的writer ofUnattainable Earthwas known for several collaborative English translations with which American poet?
Gary Snyder
Robert Lowell
Frank O’Hara
James Wright
Robert Hass
Robert Hass
Along with poet Robert Pinksy, Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass (1941-present) is known for his translations of Miłosz’s works, includingProvinces(1991),Facing the River(1995),的Separate Notebooks(1984), andRoad-Side Dog(1997).
Example Question #9 :Contexts Of World Poetry After 1925
Which of the following poets is not a contemporary of the author ofUnattainable Earth?
Jan Kochanowski
Wisława Szymborska
Tadeusz Różewicz
Zbigniew Herbert
Stanisław Barańczak
Jan Kochanowski
兹比格涅夫•赫伯特(1924 - 1998),美国威斯康星州ł那边Szymborska (1923-2012), Tadeusz Różewicz (1921-2014), and Stanisław Barańczak (1946-2014) were all 20th-century Polish writers. Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) was also a Polish poet, but he lived and wrote during the Renaissance.
Example Question #1 :Contexts Of World Poetry After 1925
Who is the author ofTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair?
Jorge Luis Borges
Elena Poniatowska
Gabriel García Márquez
Pablo Neruda
Isabel Allende
Pablo Neruda
This is the Latin American poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and the International Peace Prize. Neruda publishedTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despairin 1924.
Example Question #161 :Cultural And Historical Contexts
What country is the author ofTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despairfrom?
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Chile
Uruguay
Mexico
Argentina
Chile
Pablo Neruda was born in Chile. In addition to writing collections such as100 Love Sonnets(1959),的Book of Questions(1974), andCantoGeneral(1950), Neruda served as a politician and poet-diplomat (a role played by other Latin American writers such as Octavio Paz and Miguel Angel Asturias Rosales) for his country for many years.
Example Question #162 :Cultural And Historical Contexts
What is the best descriptor for the type of poems inTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair?
elegiac
epicurean
erotic
epic
epistolary
erotic
As is hinted at in the title, most of the works inTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair(1924)are erotic love poems. Although Neruda wrote in many different styles and forms (including prose, poetry, realism, surrealism, autobiography, and political manifesto), he is perhaps best known for his love poetry, including various sonnets and odes.
Example Question #163 :Cultural And Historical Contexts
During what decade was的Labyrinth of Solitudepublished?
1920s
1930s
1910s
1950s
1940s
1950s
的Labyrinth of Solitude,which explores Mexico’s heritage and the behavior of Paz’s countrymen, first appeared in 1950.
Example Question #31 :Contexts Of World Poetry
When was的Striderspublished?
2000s
1980s
1960s
1990s
1970s
1960s
的Striderswas first published in 1966, making it one of A. K. Ramanujan’s earlier collections. (The poet lived from 1929 to 1993.)
Example Question #32 :Contexts Of World Poetry
Who is the author ofAutobiography of Red?
Seamus Heaney
Mary Oliver
A.E.所
Anne Carson
Adrienne Rich
Anne Carson
Autobiography of Red(1998)is a work by Anne Carson.
A.E.所wroteLast Poems(1922), Seamus Heaney wroteDeath of a Naturalist(1966), Adrienne Rich wroteTwenty-one Love Poems(1976), and Mary Oliver wrote的Night Traveler(1978).
Example Question #33 :Contexts Of World Poetry
What country is the author ofAutobiography of Redfrom?
Spain
Scotland
Canada
Trinidad
France
Canada
Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, translator, and nonfiction writer.
的Autobiography of Redwas published in 1998.
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