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1Oliver Twist is a young orphan who spends his days in charity homes until the age of nine. That's when he decides to flee and taste a new journey in the streets of the big city and its numerous adventures: London. Besides this enchanting novel, the creator of Oliver Twist left us a rich literary work. Classify the assumptions: T for True and F for False:
( ) We are talking about author Oliver Swift, which leads to confusing author and character.
( ) We are talking about Jane Austen, who has met the real Oliver kid in the streets of London.
( ) In his writings, author Charles Dickens switches from humor to the awareness of evil might while pointing out social problems.
( ) The author lived during the puritan Victorian period of English history. That's why his work deepens moralism and melodrama.
Check the correct answer:
A
T - F - F - T.
B
T - T - F - F.
C
F - T - T - F.
D
F - F - T - T.
2Great Britain was a waste and spread land the time the Industrial Revolution developed. A few main rivers cross the land, which allowed the transport of goods and people. When mechanical force rather than agriculture only spread all over. The influence of this transformation was immediate in society under this new order. Literature reveals some details of the changes that occurred in Great Britain and soon spread all over the world. Order the following events in chronological order:
I- In this novel, two sisters represent different ways to face life: one of them, sense, the other, sensibility.
II- He would have become one of the greatest English's poets of all times if only he had grown older that the young age of 26.
III- Beauty in Arts and Nature: this is one of the main subjects of "La Belle Dame sans Merci"
IV- Jane Austen starts preparing her studies, together with her sister Cassandra.
Check the right sequence:
A
IV - I - III - II.
B
II - III - I - IV.
C
I - II - IV - III.
D
III - IV - II - I.
3You are a teacher of a group of teenagers. You teach the English language and literature. Let us suppose that you will teach your students about the Romantic period or era (1785-1830). What kind of strategies could you adopt with your students to get them interested or make the best of your class. Analyze the following options:
I- Asking students to research about the Industrial Revolution and then introducing literature of the time.
II- Watch a movie with them that covers the period, for example, Sense and Sensibility.
III- Dividing the group of students into two: the first group watches the movie Beowulf, and the second one reads the biography. Then, make them exchange points of view.
IV- Ask your students to read King Lear and relate it to II World War.
Check the correct answer:
A
I and II.
B
I and III.
C
II and III.
D
III and IV.
4Vários mitos e lendas podem servir de pretexto para a elaboração de obras literárias. Alguns autores também tinham - e têm ainda - por hábito basear os seus escritos em acontecimentos reais, de sua biografia, por exemplo. Um autor compunha poemas relacionados a temas das lendas do Rei Artur e dos Cavaleiros da Távola Redonda. Sobre o exposto, associe os itens, utilizando o código a seguir:
I- Robert Louis Stevenson.
II- Alfred Lord Tennyson.
( ) Robert Louis Stevenson é conhecido por duas de suas obras: "A ilha do tesouro" e "O estranho caso de Dr. Jekyll e Mr. Hyde".
( ) Alfred Lord Tennyson escrevia poesia desde a adolescência e aos 17 anos já tinha seu livro publicado.
( ) Este autor peca em sua visão de mundo superficial e pela artificialidade em suas obras.
( ) Em uma de suas obras apresenta um ser de dupla personalidade, metade respeitável e metade perversa e sombria. 
Assinale a alternativa que apresenta a sequência CORRETA:
A
I - II - II - I.
B
I - I - II - II.
C
II - I - II - I.
D
II - II - I - I.
5The Industrial Revolution took place in England around the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Many reasons lead to this historical and economic event, mainly social disturbances that occurred abroad. The following assumptions refer to the reasons that lead to the development of an autonomous social class in England unless one of them. Check the answer that DOES NOT correspond to the historical and social reality of that period of time:
A
The French Revolution, which restored the power of the Monarchy all over Europe.
B
The French Revolution, which granted greater power to the masses of people.
C
Great cleavage between royalty and masses of people living in total misery.
D
The migration of masses of people from the fields and far away country land to cities.
6Nesta obra, um cientista é resgatado à beira da morte por um navio que se dirige ao Ártico. Narra, então, sua história para o capitão do navio, que também é homem de ciência. Conta que na juventude, havia descoberto como dar vida a corpos inanimados. A partir daí, constrói um ser de estatura gigantesca, mas, assim que alcança sua meta, é tomado pelo horror e acaba abandonando sua criatura. Começa uma nova criação, mas a destrói. É então acusado e detido pela morte de um amigo. Ao final, acaba perseguindo seu monstro para as terras geladas do Norte. De que autor e obra se trata?
A
Walter Scott, Frankenstein.
B
Jane Austen, O monstro dos ventos uivantes.
C
John Keats, A caça ao Monstro.
D
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein.
7Sometimes poetry may combine the stylistic resources of language to express human views and the future, so as a picture would do. Read the following lines, taken from the poem Prophecy.
For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see,
Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; 
Saw the heaven fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, 
Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales.
Classify the statements below: T for True and F for False:
( ) The author wrote Prophecy during the English Renaissance era.
( ) This poem is not written by Tennyson but rather by poet Jane Austen.
( ) Queen Victoria appreciated the writings of Lord Tennyson, the author of the Prophecy.
( ) Alfred Lord Tennyson did not accomplish his studies because of the passing of his father. 
Check the correct answer:
FONTE: LORD TENNYSON, A. "Grandes Poetas da Língua Inglesa do século 19". [seleção, tradução e organização de José Lino Grünewald]. Edição bilíngue. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Nova Fronteira, 1988. Disponível em: https://www.revistaprosaversoearte.com/alfred-lord-tennyson-poemas/. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2021.
A
F - F - T - T.
B
F - T - T - F.
C
T - T - F - F.
D
T - F - T - T.
8Jane Austen wrote four main novels of the English Literature: "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Mansfield Park" (1814), and "Emma" (1815). Austen was daughter of Reverend George Austen, who was also Rector. As a scholar, he encouraged children to love learning. Among the options below, check the right answer:
A
The author wrote the novels before the Age of Reason.
B
Jane Austen is the main author of the so-called Old English Era.
C
In the Romantic Period, England was under a great rising period.
D
Jane Austen wrote these books in a period of very low prosperity in England.
9O período Vitoriano na literatura teve como palco o reinado da Rainha Vitória. Este período foi de pacifismo e progresso tornando-se o auge da industrialização. A Inglaterra destaca-se como potência mundial, ao passo que as condições sociais no país se degradam: os trabalhadores tinham baixos salários, as jornadas de trabalho atingiam 16 horas. Isso fazia crescer um sentimento de revolta junto às populações. Já na literatura a poesia perdia espaço para uma literatura que retratasse o dia a dia das pessoas. Destacam-se nomes como: George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Irmãs Brontë, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson.Sobre o exposto, assinale a alternativa CORRETA:
A
Charles Dickens é autor de Sherlock Holmes e Great Expectations; as irmãs Brontë, de Oliver Twist e Jane Eyre, enquanto Tennyson escreve The Lady of Shalott e Profecia.
B
Charles Dickensescreve Profecia e Oliver Twist; as irmãs Brontë, Jane Eyre e O morro dos ventos uivantes, enquanto Tennyson, The Lady Shalott e Great Expectations.
C
Charles Dickens escreve Oliver Twist e Great Expectations; as irmãs Brontë, Jane Eyre e O morro dos ventos uivantes, enquanto Tennyson, The Lady Shalott e Profecia.
D
Charles Dickens escreve Sherlock Holmes e Great Expectation; as irmãs Brontë, Oliver Twist e Jane Eyre, ao passo que Tennyson escreve The Lady Of Shalott e O morro dos ventos uivantes.
10John Keats is a great poet even the greatest England would have ever had if only he did not pass away at the young age of 26. His sensibility to the beauty in arts and nature was deep and strong. Read the following excerpt, taken from "La Belle Dame sans Merci":'
"See a lily on thy brow
With anguish moist and fever-dew
And on thy cheeks a fading rose
Fast withereth too"
Now consider these assumptions:
I- The main subject of the excerpt is a specific flower.
II- If you only consider this excerpt, one may associate beauty to flowers.
III- A lily is a kind of small bird.
IV- Lilies and roses contrast with the feelings and the efemerity shown in the excerpt.
Check the right answer:
FONTE: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44475/la-belle-dame-sans-merci-a-ballad. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2020.
A
II, only, is correct.
B
I and III, only, are correct.
C
I, only, is correct.
D
II and IV, only, are correct.