Identification of British Prose After 1925

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GRE Subject Test: Literature in English › Identification of British Prose After 1925

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What dystopian novel contains such inventions as hormone chewing gum, “feelies,” and children raised in hatcheries?

2

This novel about an aristocratic family in 1920s England features characters such as Lord Sebastian, Lady Marchmain, and Charles Ryder. Who is the author?

3

This seven-work set of fantasy novels about a mythical land was used to develop an elaborate Christian allegory.

4

Which dystopian novel was published in 1954 and concerns a group of boys governing themselves on an island?

5

Published in 1962, this dystopian novel features a protagonist named Alex, a gang of violently antisocial teenagers, and Nadsat, a fictional slang with Slavic derivations.

6

Who is the author of Lucky Jim, a 1954 satire of the British educational system and pseudo-intellectualism?

7

Brighton Rock was written by which British author?

8

Which Virginia Woolf novel centers around the life of a poet who lives for hundreds of years and shifts gender from male to female?

9

Which female British writer wrote mainly during the 1960s through 1980s and produced work that was characterized by its magical realism and feminism?

10

What famous dystopian novel is a direct allegory for the rise of communism in the Soviet Union?

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