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Exercício: CEL0573_EX_A1_201408371022 Matrícula: 201408371022
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The Puritans were a group of people who were dissatisfied with...
God
The Catholic Church
the Church of England.
the political scenario
themselves
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By reading one of Jonathan Edwards ´ sermons entitled Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, you 
can recognize his literary tendency to reform the values of theology with determinism and still 
showing his------------
Classic origins
Romantic origins
Puritan origins
Modern origins
Revolutionary origins
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Anne Bradstreet was a woman who wrote -------------in the 17th century. She represented the heart of American 
women at that time.
novels
lesson plans
poems
fairy tales
recipes
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The first published book of poems by an American was also the first American book to be published by a woman ¿ 
Anne Bradstreet. It is not surprising that the book was published in England, why? 
Given the lack of printing presses in the early years of the first American colonies. 
Because the author was a woman. 
Given the fact that she was born and educated in England. 
Due to the fact that she was already very famous in England for that time.
Because her husband had prohibited its publication. 
5a Questão (Ref.: 201408603791) Fórum de Dúvidas (0) Saiba (0)
Who was the first published poet in America¿a remarkable accomplishment considering that writing was thought 
improper for a woman at that time? 
Anne Wordsworth 
Anne Bradstreet 
Anne Woodbridge 
Anne Broadstock 
Anne Bradford 
6a Questão (Ref.: 201408603792) Fórum de Dúvidas (0) Saiba (0)
The title page of Anne Bradstreet's first book assures readers that she did not shirk her responsibilities as a wife 
and mother in order to write poetry. The poems were said to be:
" the deep cultural conflict between New England¿s Native American and European inhabitants" 
" the history of hurricane survivors" 
¿the fruit of some few hours, curtailed from sleep and other refreshments.¿ 
" The formation of alliances by the Native Americans against the settlers"
" a realistic, if biased, account of Native Americans" 
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The ____________ was the only religious reference recognized by The Puritans.
Torah
Koran
Bible
Gita
Tipitaka
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 LITERATURA NORTE-AMERICANA Lupa
Exercício: CEL0573_EX_A2_201408371022 Matrícula: 201408371022
Aluno(a): JOHNNY MASSAO OZAWA Data: 22/10/2016 08:54:02 (Finalizada)
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In The Fall of the House of Usher, the choice of adjectives reflect the -------- atmosphere created by Poe.
optimistic
soft
happy
gloomy
logical
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In literature the word Gothic applies to works with a brooding atmosphere that emphasize the unknown and inspire 
fear. Gothic novels typically feature wild and remote settings, such as: 
haunted castles or wind-blasted mills, and their plots involve violent or funny jokes. 
hunting castles or wind-blasted moors, and their plots involve violent or mysterious events. 
big chapels and colourful gardens
haunted castles or wind-blasted moors, and their plots involve violent or mysterious events. 
hunting castles or wind-blasted moors, and their plots involve violent or funny jokes. 
3a Questão (Ref.: 201408603805) Fórum de Dúvidas (0) Saiba (0)
Some of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson's ideas about independence were not new. According to athe 
ideas of an English philosopher theory of ¿natural law,¿ human beings are ¿by nature free, equal and independent¿. 
These ideas belonged to: 
Adam Smith 
Thomas Paine 
Philip Freneau 
John Locke
Ralph Waldo Emerson 
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Thoreau¿s method of retreat and concentration resembles Asian meditation techniques. The resemblance is not 
accidental: like Emerson and Whitman, he was influenced by: 
Hindu and Buddhist philosophy. 
Greek and Buddhist philosophy. 
German and Buddhist philosophy. 
Hindu and African philosophy. 
Hindu and Roman philosophy. 
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The gothic inspiration in Poe´s work is expressed by
the happy stories told by the writer
the light side of human nature
the gloomy side of human nature
the value given to the self
the modernist characteristics found in Poe´s stories
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In "The fall of the House of Usher", the atmosphere of the short story is best described as:
gloomy
hopeful
indifferent
relaxing
happy
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Poe¿s verse, like that of many southerners, was very musical and strictly metrical. His best-known poem, in his 
own lifetime and today, is:
The Raven (1846) 
The Heaven (1843) 
The Raven (1844) 
 The Raven (1845) 
The Heaven (1845) 
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By the time of the Declaration of Independence, American literary patriots felt sure that the great American 
Revolution naturally would find expression in the epic. The concept of epic is:
a long, dramatic narrative poem in elevated language, celebrating the fears of a legendary hero. 
a long, dramatic descriptive poem in elevated language, celebrating the feats of a legendary hero. 
a long, dramatic narrative poetry in elevated language, celebrating the feats of a legendary hero.
a long, dramatic narrative poem in elevated language, celebrating the feats of a legendary hero. 
a short, dramatic narrative poem in elevated language, celebrating the feats of a legendary hero. 
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 LITERATURA NORTE-AMERICANA Lupa
Exercício: CEL0573_EX_A3_201408371022 Matrícula: 201408371022
Aluno(a): JOHNNY MASSAO OZAWA Data: 23/10/2016 02:08:20 (Finalizada)
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_________________was a daring and even subversive book. It treated issues that were usually suppressed in 
19thcentury America, such as the impact of the new, liberating democratic experience on individual behavior, 
especially on sexual and religious freedom. 
The Scarlet Letter 
The Raven 
A Fable for Critics 
Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. 
The Pit and the Pendulum 
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English literature from the days of the minstrels to the Lake Poets, Chaucer and Spenser and Shakespeare and 
Milton included, breathes no quite fresh and in this sense, wild strain. It is an essentially tame and civilized 
literature, reflecting:
Greece and London. 
Greece and Italy. 
Rome and Venice. 
Greece and Rome. 
. Rome and Paris. 
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____________ is recognized as one of Emerson¿s most important works. At the time of its anonymous publication, 
however, it received little attention. In fact, during his lifetime, Emerson was better known as an orator than as an 
essayist. 
Nation 
Ocean 
Power 
Nature 
Union
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In the first decades of the nineteenth century, a number of technological changes in the productionprocess with 
profound impact on economic and social level brought a huge growth to the United States, but it was also one of 
several factors that were dividing Americans into two nations, the North and the South. These changes led to:
The Glorious Revolution
The War of the Roses 
The Industrial Revolution 
The Civil War 
The Secession Civil War 
5a Questão (Ref.: 201408603819) Fórum de Dúvidas (0) Saiba (0)
Toward the end of the 1700s, bold new ideas began to transform European civilization. In time, many of these 
ideas would become part of Romanticism, a movement in art and thought that dominated Europe and the United 
States throughout much of the 1800s. Some of the roots of this movement were: 
optimism and liberalism, kinship with Nature and the power of darkness 
optimism and individualism, kinship with Nature and the power of darkness 
optimism and individualism, aversion to Nature and the power of darkness
optimism and individualism, kinship with Nature and the power of lightness 
optimism and individualism, kinship with reality and the power of darkness 
6a Questão (Ref.: 201408603823) Fórum de Dúvidas (0) Saiba (0)
Many Romantics were drawn to the nonrational side of human nature, such as the emotions, imagination, 
intuition¿even evil and insanity. They were also fascinated by remote periods of history and exotic places. All these 
interests came together in the type of writing known as: 
Lyric literature 
Classical Literature 
Critical literature 
Epic literature 
Gothic literature 
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7a Questão (Ref.: 201408604223) Fórum de Dúvidas (0) Saiba (0)
Her best poems have no fat; many mock current sentimentality, and some are even heretical. She sometimes 
shows a terrifying existential awareness. Like Poe, she explores the dark and hidden part of the mind, dramatizing 
death and the grave. Yet she also celebrated simple objects ¿ a flower, a bee. She is
Susanna Rowson 
Hannah Foster 
Emily Dickinson 
Mercy Otis Warren 
Judith Sargent Murray 
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Dickinson¿s 1,775 __________ continue to intrigue critics, who often disagree about them. Some stress her 
mystical side, some her sensitivity to nature; many note her odd, exotic appeal. Her clean, clear, chiseled poems 
are some of the most fascinating and challenging in American literature. 
romances 
plays 
sonnets 
poems 
poetries 
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 LITERATURA NORTE-AMERICANA Lupa
Exercício: CEL0573_EX_A4_201408371022 Matrícula: 201408371022
Aluno(a): JOHNNY MASSAO OZAWA Data: 23/10/2016 02:15:21 (Finalizada)
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During the Age of Reform, an expanding network of roads and canals united different sections of the country. Two 
new inventions revolutionized transportation, they were:
the battery and conductor 
the steamboat and the lightning rod 
the rotator and the railroad 
the steamboat and the railroad 
the electricity and bifocal eyeglasses 
2a Questão (Ref.: 201408604276) Fórum de Dúvidas (0) Saiba (0)
Huckleberry Finn has inspired countless literary interpretations. Clearly, the novel is a story of death, rebirth, and 
initiation. The escaped slave, Jim, becomes a father figure for Huck; in deciding to save Jim, Huck grows morally 
beyond the bounds of his slave-owning society. It is Jim¿s adventures that initiate Huck into the:
complexities of human nature and give him immoral courage. 
complexities of human nature and give him moral courage. 
complexities of human nature and give him no moral courage. 
complexities of animal nature and give him moral courage. 
facilities of human nature and give him moral courage. 
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Twain ´s writing clearly contributes to the movement of Realism because he
writes romantic tales
views humans as naturally sinful people capable of good and bad things equally
writes about ancient values
paints humans as heroes who overcome anything
he represents life in an ideal way
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Twain's style is based on colloquial American speech full of realism and definitely gave American writers a new way 
of expressing their ------------------.
European style
national voice
sad stories
romantic characteristics
strange tales
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The ideas of realism were profoundly liberating and potentially at odds with society. The most well-known example 
is Huck Finn, a poor boy who decides to follow the voice of his conscience and help a Negro slave escape to 
freedom, even though Huck thinks this means that:
he will be damned to heaven for breaking the law. 
he will be damned to hell for breaking the law. 
he will be damned to hell for no-breaking the law. 
he will be damned to hell for breaking the chains. 
he will be blessed to hell for breaking the law. 
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Twain ´s writing clearly contributes to the movement of Realism because he
writes about ancient values
paints humans as heroes who overcome anything
writes romantic tales
he represents life in an ideal way
views humans as naturally sinful people capable of good and bad things equally
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In Mark Twain¿s masterpiece, Huckleberry Finn, from 1884, the main character was a son of __________, who was 
adopt by a respectable family. It was set in the ____________ village of St. Petersburg. Huck grows impatient with 
________________ and plans to escape to ¿the territories¿ ¿ Indian lands. The ending gives the reader the 
counter-version of the classic American success myth: the open road leading to the pristine wilderness, away from 
the morally corrupting influences of ¿civilization.¿ 
an alcoholic bum / Mississippi River / uncivilized society 
an alcoholic bum / Mississippi River / civilized society 
an alcoholic lawyer / Mississippi River / civilized society 
an alcoholic bum / Mississippi Canyon / civilized society 
an alcoholic dummy / Mississippi River / civilized society 
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For __________________of the late 19th century, realism was not merely a literary technique: It was a way of 
speaking truth and exploding worn-out conventions. 
Herman Melville and other American writers 
Emily Dickinson and other American writers 
Mark Twain and other American writers 
Walt Whitman and other American writers 
Nathaniel Hawthorne and other American writers 
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 LITERATURA NORTE-AMERICANA Lupa
Exercício: CEL0573_EX_A5_201408371022 Matrícula: 201408371022
Aluno(a): JOHNNY MASSAO OZAWA Data: 24/10/2016 13:54:25 (Finalizada)
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In the Romantic Period - 1820 to 1860, the Romance form is dark and forbidding, indicating how difficult it is to 
create an identity without a stable society. Most of the Romantic heroes die in the end: All the sailors except 
Ishmael are drowned in ____________, and the sensitive but sinful minister Arthur Dimmesdale dies at the end of 
_______________.
Moby- Dick and The Scarlet Letter 
The Minister¿s Black Veil and The Scarlet Letter 
Leaves of Grass and The Scarlet Letter 
Moby- Dick and Leaves of Grass 
The Minister¿s Black Veil and Moby- Dick 
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When we read Nathaniel Hawthorne's books , we can clearly identify him as a:
Transcendentalist
Dark Romantic
Puritan
Religious
Revolutionay
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____________ has been called a ¿natural epic¿ ¿ a magnificent dramatization of the human spirit set in primitive 
nature ¿ because of its hunter myth, its initiation theme, its Edenic island symbolism, its positive treatment of pre-
technological peoples, and its quest for rebirth. 
The Last of the Mohicans 
Uncle Tom¿s Cabin 
Hobomok 
The Woman¿s Bible 
Moby-Dick 
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Choose the option which best completes the following sentence:The majority of Hawthorne's work focuses on New 
England, based on moral values with 
modern themes
french ideals
a logical planning
strange locations
a puritan inspiration
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There was a dark underside to American Romanticism. It took a variety of forms, including a fascination with 
disease, madness, death, evil, the supernatural, and the destructive aspects of nature. It was a characteristic of:
The power of darkness 
The danger of darkness 
The power of clearness 
The power of lightness 
The power of exactness 
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Moby Dick is considered to be an ambitious novel for the time. That was a documentary of life at sea and a unique 
metaphor of ---------------in general.
life
love
desire
aging
friendship
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Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: In Moby Dick, Melville satirizes
historical values
religious values
women
whales
sea stories
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The American Revolution, from a psychohistorical viewpoint, parallels an adolescent rebellion away from the parent-
figure of England and the larger family of the British Empire. Puritanism and its Protestant offshoots may have 
further weakened the family by preaching that the individual¿s first responsibility was to save his or her own soul. 
These characteristics can be seen in the masterpieces of: 
Emily Dickinson 
Nathaniel Hawthorne 
James Lowell 
Henry Longfellow 
James Lowell Henry Longfellow Stephen Crane Nathaniel Hawthorne Emily Dickinson 
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