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?
Brideshead Revisited
Lady Chatterly’s Lover
A Clockwork Orange
The Heart of the Matter
1984
A Clockwork Orange
All of the above books except A 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?
White Teeth
The Satanic Verses
Wolf Hall
None of these choices
Never Let Me Go
None of these choices
All of the above novels feature important love affairs. In Zadie Smith’s White Teeth, there are several significant acts of adultery or romantic secrecy. In Kazuo Ishiguro’s dystopian Never Let Me Go, the three main characters are involved in a love triangle. In Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, one of the two protagonists pursues the mountaineer he is in love with. In Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, the infamous Henry VIII pursues romantic dalliances with various women.
Example Question #38 : Contexts Of British Prose
During what decade was The Remains of the Day published and awarded the Man Booker Prize?
1980s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1940s
1980s
The Remains of the Day was published in 1989, and it won the Booker Prize that same year. It is Kazuo Ishiguro’s third novel.
Example Question #39 : Contexts Of British Prose
What country was the author of The Remains of the Day born in?
Japan
South Africa
North Korea
China
Indonesia
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 #38 : Contexts Of Prose
During what decade was White Teeth published?
1990s
1970s
1980s
2000s
2010s
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 #221 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
Which of the following is not another work by the author of White Teeth?
On Beauty
The Autograph Man
The Embassy of Cambodia
NW
Possession
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 #42 : Contexts Of British Prose
During what decade was I, Claudius published?
1900s
1930s
1940s
1920s
1910s
1930s
I, Claudius was published in 1934.
Example Question #43 : Contexts Of British Prose
Which of the following historical figures does not appear in I, Claudius?
Homer
Emperor Augustus
Nero
Caligula
King Herod
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 #222 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
Which of the following is not another novel by the author of Atonement?
Saturday
The Sense of an Ending
Solar
The Cement Garden
Enduring Love
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending is a 2011 novel by Julian Barnes. Enduring Love (1997), Saturday (2005), Solar (2010), and The Cement Garden (1978) are all by Ian McEwan.
Example Question #45 : Contexts Of British Prose
During what decade was Brideshead Revisited published?
1940s
1910s
1950s
1920s
1930s
1940s
Brideshead Revisited was written after the author’s parachute accident in 1943 and was published in 1945.
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