All GRE Subject Test: Literature in English Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Literary Analysis
All of the following novels are set during World War II, EXCEPT __________.
Possible Answers:
Ford Maddox Ford's The Good Soldier
Normal Mailer's The Naked and the Dead
Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five
Joseph Heller's Catch-22
Correct answer:
Ford Maddox Ford's The Good Soldier
Explanation:
Ford Maddox Ford (1873–1939) belongs to an earlier generation of writers, and did not live to see the outbreak of World War II. The Good Soldier was written during—and is set against the backdrop of—World War I.
The other titles are all iconic World War II novels that in different ways portray the dehumanizing effects of war.
All GRE Subject Test: Literature in English Resources
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