Literatura Inglesa II simulado 2

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	What, unless biological science is a mass of errors, is the cause of human intelligence and vigour? Hardship and freedom: conditions under which the active, strong, and subtle survive and the weaker go to the wall; conditions that put a premium upon the loyal alliance of capable men, upon self-restraint, patience, and decision. And the institution of the family, and the emotions that arise therein, the fierce jealousy, the tenderness for offspring, parental self-devotion, all found their justification and support in the imminent dangers of the young. (WELLS, 2014, p. 36)
Source: WELLS, H.G. The Time Machine. New York: Signet Classics, 2014.
 
I. Herbert George Wells is one of the fathers of science fiction and dystopian literature.
BECAUSE
II. He constantly reflected about the potency of human intelligence and the advantages science presented for civilization.
 
Regarding these affirmatives, mark the correct option.
		
	 
	Affirmative I is true, and II is false.
	
	Affirmatives I and II are true, but II is not a correct justification of I.
	
	Affirmatives I and II are true, II is a correct justification of I.
	
	Affirmatives I and II are false.
	 
	Affirmative I is false, and II is true.
	Respondido em 22/09/2022 17:42:59
	
	Explicação:
FEEDBACK: Herbert George Wells is the writer of many science fiction novels such as The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The War of the Worlds (1898), among others. Some of his books show a futuristic scenario in which the scientific advancement of Western society did not result in a positive relationship with the world and with one another in terms of community. The problems he explores in his books will come back in the twentieth century in both Brave New World (1932) and 1984 (1949), complexifying the dystopian tropes introduced by Wells.
	
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	In relation to Animal Farm, by Orwell, one can say that the work has been widely regarded as:
		
	
	A satirical novel.
	 
	A political manifesto.
	
	An epic poem.
	
	An impressionist narrative.
	
	A fairy-tale.
	Respondido em 22/09/2022 17:43:06
	
	Explicação:
FEEDBACK: According to Orwell himself, the fable reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Orwell, a democratic socialist, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and hostile to Moscow-directed Stalinism, an attitude that was critically shaped by his experiences during the May Days conflicts between the POUM and Stalinist forces during the Spanish Civil War.
	
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	The narrative strategy called stream-of-consciousness, much employed by modernist writers, tries to reproduce the free association of ideas within the mind of a character. The development of a field of knowledge greatly influenced this literary technique. Which is this field?
 
		
	
	Archetypes
	
	Svolution theory
	
	Symbolic thought
	 
	Psychoanalysis
	
	Mysticism
	Respondido em 22/09/2022 17:44:08
	
	Explicação:
The clinical method of psychoanalysis encompasses many practices, and free association is one of them. Fragments of memories emerge in the course of free association, giving an insight into the unconscious mind. The evolution theory, archetypes and mysticism are issues that might be present in the fictional texts but are not associated with the use of the stream-of-consciousness.  
	
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	In Finnegans Wake there are many allegories. Some of them are associated with the Catholic religion. The following paragraph brings examples of such religious allegories. Choose the option that best completes the sentence:
Examples of such allegories, found in Finnegans Wake, are: the ________________ when Finnegan's wife attempts to serve her husband¿s corpse as a meal, and the _______________ by the rumours of inappropriate behavior of Mr. Porter.   
		
	 
	Holy Communion - Original Sin
	
	Absolution - public confession
	
	Forgiveness - Act of Contrition
	
	Confirmation - Act of Faith
	
	Holy Mass - private confession
	Respondido em 22/09/2022 17:44:20
	
	Explicação:
In the ritual of the Holy Communion, the body of Christ, metaphorically, is served to the congregation. Mr. Porter, the archetype of a father, resembles Adam and his inappropriate act, the original sin. Absolution and Forgiveness are synonyms and the result of a sincere repentance from the part of the sinner. Public and private confessions, as well as the prayer known as Act of Contrition are forms of repentance. Confirmation is a sacrament that confirms the alliance with God created by the sacrament of Baptism. Act of Faith is a prayer which professes the beliefs of Christianity. 
	
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	There are two main trends in contemporary Irish literature. One school of writing responds to the lessons taught by Modernism, and key issues to their works are language, memory and perception. The other school is concerned with Irishness. Which Irish contemporary writer would you associate with experimentalism in writing?
		
	
	Tolm Cóibim
	
	John MacGahern
	
	Roddy Doyle
	 
	John Banville
	
	Dermot Bolger
	Respondido em 22/09/2022 17:46:16
	
	Explicação:
Right answer: John Banville
Feedback: From the selection presented, John Banville is the contemporary writer who does not write about Irishness, images of Ireland or Irish identity, as the others do. He is, therefore, the only one to be associated with experimentalism.
	
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	Cloud Atlas is David Mitchell's most celebrated novel. It presents six different stories, set in different locations and times. The novel, to a certain extent, can be said to be experimental. Cloud Atlas, this way, can be considered a self-reflexive novel because it:
		
	 
	reveals the fictional condition of the story being told.
	
	describes the reading habits of some of its characters.
	
	presents the lives of different characters across multiple timelines.
	
	explores experimentations with the English language.
	
	compares the ways in which written works and films are consumed.
	Respondido em 22/09/2022 17:44:35
	
	Explicação:
Right answer: reveals the fictional condition of the story being told.
Feedback: Self-reflexivity is a literary technique in which the story lays bare its own condition of fiction. In the case of Cloud Atlas, this is done by the presentation of characters who read the narratives of other characters in the same novel. Mitchell attests the self-reflexivity of Cloud Atlas by making the characters, in a way, readers of their own stories. Therefore, the only option which refers to the self-reflexivity of his work is "reveals the fictional condition of the story being told". Describing reading habits, presenting lives of different characters across multiple timelines are not related to the self-reflexivity of the novel. Even though the novel experiments with language, this single fact alone does not account for its self-reflexivity.
	
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	What is the concept of sublime, so important for the Romantics?
		
	
	The astonishment brought about by the isolation of the poet from society.
	 
	Fear and admiration people experience when seeing awesome landscapes. 
	
	The contentment people experiment when they are contemplating nature.  
	
	The admiration of the beauty of nature during daylight, with its colors and sounds.
	
	A feeling of happiness which emerges from being in contact with sweet things.
	Respondido em 22/09/2022 17:44:47
	
	Explicação:
The concept of sublime presupposes a strong sentiment of admiration and fear provoked by awesome landscapes, either comforting or frightening, not only during daylight or when in contact with sweet things. The contentment, astonishment and happiness arepart of the emotions humans feel when in nature, but sublime encompasses also fear.
	
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	English Romantic poets were numerous, but the canon established for representing the period nominates six key names as representatives of this type of poetry. These six poets belong to the first and second generations, respectively, and their names are:
		
	 
	Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Shelley, Byron and Keats. 
	
	Mary Robinson, Helen Maria Williams, Anna Seward, Coleridge and Wordsworth.
	
	Anna Barbauld, Charlotte Smith, Felicia Hemans, Anna Seward, Byron and Blake.
	
	Anna Seward, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley and Byron.
	
	Charlotte Smith, Keats, Shelley, Blake, Byron and Coleridge.
	Respondido em 22/09/2022 17:44:59
	
	Explicação:
The "Big Six" were Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Shelley, Byron and Keats. The six women mentioned in the options were widely read, popular and role models for many of those male Romantic poets, but they are not considered part of the English Romantic canon.
	
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	In chapter VII, Victor Frankenstein announces:
"Two years had now nearly elapsed since the night on which he first received life; and was this his first crime? Alas! I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch, whose delight was in carnage and misery; had he not murdered my brother?"
Source: SHELLEY, Mary. Frankenstein or The Modern Prometeus. Project Gutenberg. March 13, 2013
Why is Victor¿s perception about the creature not entirely correct?
		
	
	Because he mistook it for another being.
	 
	Because it was not really a depraved wretch.
	
	Because he did not actually create the creature.
	
	Because the creature did not kill his brother.
	
	Because the creature was never actually alive.
	Respondido em 22/09/2022 17:45:15
	
	Explicação:
Even though Victor Frankenstein sees the creature as a "depraved wretch", the creature, in fact, was not always a revenge-seeking being. When it was first created it was amicable and loving and like all beings just wanted to be loved. The constant rejections made him loathe his creator, Victor Frankenstein, and pursue revenge. The creature then was alive, it was created by Victor whose brother it killed. The alternative that states why Victor¿s perception was incorrect is: because it was not really a depraved wretch.