Contemporary Foreign Literature FINAL TEST Variant 1
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Contemporary foreign literature FINAL TEST Master`s degree, second year CHUB V. Variant 1 1. ‘Fear and Trembling’ by Amélie Nothomb relates to the A. Post-modernism B. Surrealism C. Post-exoticism D. Critical fictions 2. ‘The handmaid`s tale’ by Margaret Atwood is a A. Black comedy B. Feminist dystopia C. Magic fantasy D. Psychological thriller 3. Choose between the following the ‘umbrella term’ used A. Modernism to describe the contemporary trends in literature B. Postmodernism C. Avant-garde D. Post-postmodernism 4. Choose the British writer developing the existentialist A. Ian Fleming trend B. William Golding C. George Orwell D. John Tolkien 5. Choose the non-Latin-American writer whose fiction A. Amélie Nothomb can be related to the ‘magic realism’ B. Mo Yan C. Margaret Atwood D. Patrick Süskind 6. Choose the writer who does not represent the North- A. Margaret Atwood American literatures B. Philip Roth C. Tony Morrison D. Anthony Burgess 7. Exclude the author who does not belong to the ‘beat A. Jack Kerouac generation’ B. Kurt Vonnegut C. William S. Burroughs D. Ernest Hemingway 8. Jonathan Safran Foer belongs to the generation of A. American classics B. Beat generation C. Lost generation D. Postmodern writers 9. Magical realism is a style of fiction that is primarily A. Asian literature associated to B. Latin American literature C. German literature D. North American literature 10. Roberto Bolaño`s novels rather belong to the A. Latin American ‘boom’ literature B. Post-boom literature C. The literature movement of magic realism D. Romantic literature 11. The ‘Englishness’ problem dominates in the novels by A. William Golding B. Julian Barnes C. Doris Lessing D. Ian Fleming 12. The best-known novel by Jerome Salinger is A. ‘A Clockwork Orange’ B. ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ C. ‘Rabbit, Run’ D. ‘Everything Is Illuminated’ 13. The Booker Prize is the literary distinction for A. Exclusively English novels B. Novels of Great Britain C. English-language novels D. World novels 14. The chronotope represents Paris in the Age A. ‘Imperium’ by Christian Kracht of Enlightenment in the novel B. ‘Soif’ by Amelie Nothomb C. ‘Perfume’ by Patrick Süskind D. ‘Submission’ by Michel Houellebecq 15. The Cycle of the Invisible ("Le Cycle de l'invisible") A. Patrick Modiano belongs to B. Gunter Grass C. Patrick Süskind D. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt 16. The dominant genre forms in the Latin-American A. Dystopic novel literature of the 20th century is B. Historical chronicles C. Dictator novel D. Biographical novel 17. The dystopic discourse is peculiar to the novel A. ‘England, England’ Julian Barnes B. ‘The Fifth Child’ by Doris Lessing C. ‘Fear and Trembling’ by Amélie Nothomb D. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 18. The famous novel by Anthony Burgess adopted by A. Lord of the Rings Stanley Kubrick is B. Lord of the Flies C. A Clockwork Orange D. Look Back in Anger 19. The French philosopher who was the first to actualize A. Alain Robbe-Grillet the concept of ‘postmodernity’ is B. Jacques Derrida C. Jean-Paul Sartre D. Jean-François Lyotard 20. The literary trend that sets the stage for American A. Expressionism postmodern novel is B. Black comedy C. Avant-garde D. Science fiction 21. The motive of collective and individual guilt presents in A. ‘The Reader’ by Bernhard the novel Schlink B. ‘The Tin Drum’ by Günter Grass C. ‘Faserland’ by Christian Kracht D. ‘The Piano Teacher’ by Elfriede Jelinek 22. The novel ‘2666’ released after the death of its author A. Roberto Bolaño belongs to B. Christian Kracht C. Günter Grass D. Ray Bradbury 23. The novel ‘The Republic of Wine’ by Mo Yan has got A. Surrealism the signs of the B. Utopia C. Multiethnic writing D. Romanticism 24. The novel that can be considered as a non-fictional one A. England, England by Julian is Barnes B. The Third Reich by Roberto Bolaño C. Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk D. East, West by Salman Rushdie 25. The primordial literature and philosophical mood is A. Utopic B. Dystopic C. Constructive D. Destructive 26. The writer who ran for the presidency is A. Orhan Pamuk B. Mario Vargas Llosa C. Roberto Bolaño D. Julian Barnes 27. Which writer cannot be considered as a ‘transcultural’ A. John Maxwell Coetzee one B. Mo Yan C. Kazuo Ishiguro D. Andreï Makine 28. Which writer caused the braking of diplomatic relations A. Kazuo Ishiguro between UK and Iran? B. John Maxwell Coetzee C. Anthony Burgess D. Salman Rushdie 29. Which writer does not create his fictional works in a A. Andreï Makine foreign language? B. Antoine Volodine C. Shan Sa D. Kazuo Ishiguro 30. Which writer does not represent the trend to A. Salman Rushdie ‘transcultural’ writing? B. Kazuo Ishiguro C. Michel Houellebecq D. Antoine Volodine .