Twentieth Century Literature of the Americas

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1. Which author, some of whose works fall into a genre best described as "Canadian Gothic", wrote the Deptford and Salterton Trilogies? Robertson Davies Hugh Cook Douglas Coupland Trevor Cole

2. In which of the following works does Canadian poet, essayist, novelist and literary critic Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) explore both Canadian and gender identity? Racing for Diamonds Pigs in Heaven The Edible Woman The Bell Jar

3. Which American author concluded one of his novels with the following sentences? "Gatsby believed in the green light... It eluded us then, but that's no matter -- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. ... And one fine morning -- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." (just last name please) Answer: (One Word)

4. In which US state is "Light in August," by William Faulkner (1986-1962), set? Alabama Georgia Florida Mississippi

5. Which fictitious town is featured extensively in Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"? Ojeda Buendia Macondo Riohacha

6. What was the nationality of Jorge Luis Borges, polyglot and author of such masterpieces as "Ficciones"? Chilean Argentinean Brazilian Bolivian

7. Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. True False

8. Which Brazilian author wrote "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"? Fernando Sabino Machado de Assis Jorge Amado Clarice Lispector

9. American writer Sandra Cisneros made a name for herself in which of the following literary niches? Feminist literature All of these Mexican-American literature Border literature

10. Author and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa ran for President in his native Peru in 1991 and won. True False