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Which author is known as “the Chekhov of the Suburbs” for his writings about the social mores and emotional yearnings of upper-middle class suburban families?

  1. John Cheever
  2. Norman Mailer
  3. Vladimir Nabokov
  4. J. Salinger
  5. Philip Roth

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

John Cheever’s short stories and novels describe the spiritual and emotional emptiness of life, especially among upper-middle class professionals living in the suburbs.



Holden Caulfield is the creation of which author?

  1. Sam Shepard
  2. Louise Erdrich
  3. Sylvia Plath
  4. Joyce Carol Oates
  5. J.D. Salinger

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

Holden Caulfield is the protagonist of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye.



Betty Friedan’s work – which inspired the woman’s movement in the 1960s – is entitled

  1. Sexual Politics
  2. Vindication of the Rights of Women
  3. The Feminine Mystique
  4. A Room of One’s Own
  5. The Laugh of the Medusa

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The Feminine Mystique inspired a generation of women to reevaluate their roles in American society.



Which Toni Morrison novel tells of Milkman Dead’s search for identity?

  1. The Color Purple
  2. Song of Solomon
  3. Beloved
  4. Black Boy
  5. Another Country

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The Song of Solomon tells of Milkman Dead’s search for identity.






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