GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Contexts of American Prose After 1925
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Example Question #81 : Contexts Of American Prose
Which of the following is not another short story by the author of “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”?
“Hills Like White Elephants”
“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”
“Big Two-Hearted River”
“The Snows of Kilimanjaro”
“Dry September”
“Dry September”
“The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (1936), “Hills Like White Elephants” (1927), “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” (1936), “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” (1933), and “Big Two-Hearted River” (1925) are all works by Ernest Hemingway. “Dry September” is by William Faulkner (1931).
Example Question #82 : Contexts Of American Prose
What country is the setting of “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”?
Spain
Tanzania
China
The United States
India
Spain
Hemingway's “A Clean Well-Lighted Place” (1933) takes place in an unnamed café in Spain. While Hemingway did set some stories in Africa and the United States, his reputation from the interwar years is primarily as a expatriate writer in continental Europe.
Example Question #83 : Contexts Of American Prose
Which of the following works by the same author shares the setting of “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”?
Across the River and Into the Trees
The Old Man and the Sea
The Sun Also Rises
A Moveable Feast
True at First Light
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises (1926) is set in several cities in Spain. The Old Man and the Sea (1952) is set off the coast of Cuba, Across the River and Into the Trees (1950) is set in Italy, True at First Light (1999) is set in East Africa, A Moveable Feast (1964) is set primarily in Paris (as it is Hemingway's memoir of his expatriate life in the 1920s).
Example Question #146 : Contexts Of Prose
During what decade was Fahrenheit 451 published?
1950s
1990s
1980s
1960s
1970s
1950s
The novel was published in 1953 amidst real threats of book burning, censorship, and McCarthyism in America.
Example Question #85 : Contexts Of American Prose
During what decade was The Bushwhacked Piano published?
1940s
1930s
1970s
1950s
1960s
1970s
This novel, McGuane’s second, was first published in 1971. You might have been able to narrow down the options by recognizing that McGuane was not born until 1939.
Example Question #71 : Contexts Of American Prose After 1925
When was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas published?
1980s
1950s
1970s
1960s
1990s
1970s
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was first published in 1971, making it a very early reflection on the countercultural events of the 1960s.
Example Question #84 : Contexts Of American Prose
The author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was one of the founders of which school of journalism?
convergence
New
Gonzo
churnalism
sports
Gonzo
Hunter S. Thompson was known for popularizing Gonzo journalism, a style of writing in which the journalist does not claim to be objective but rather actively participates in the story. Gonzo journalism is also known for its crude language, lack of detachment, and use of humor and sarcasm.
Example Question #85 : Contexts Of American Prose
To what genre does Fahrenheit 451 belong?
Fantasy
Psychoanalysis
Tragedy
Dystopia
Political thriller
Dystopia
While much of Bradbury’s work is categorized as literary science fiction, Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopia that takes place in a society in which books are burned and knowledge is suppressed by an authoritarian state.
Ray Bradbury published Fahrenheit 451 in 1953.
Example Question #91 : Contexts Of American Prose
Which of the following is not another title by the author of Fahrenheit 451?
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Martian Chronicles
The Illustrated Man
Dandelion Wine
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Martian Chronicles (1950), Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962), Dandelion Wine (1957), and The Illustrated Man (1951) are all novels by Ray Bradbury. Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) is a famous science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein.
Example Question #153 : Contexts Of Prose
To what genre does The Bushwhacked Piano belong?
Political thriller
Psychological thriller
Tragedy
Picaresque
Memoir
Picaresque
The Bushwhacked Piano (1971) falls into the category of the picaresque, as it follows the comical misadventures of a central character (Nicholas Payne) through a series of farcical events.
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