LITERATURAS CONTEMPORANEAS DE LÍNGUA INGLESA CAE6

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1a Questão (Ref.: 201402665452)
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	In the contemporary period, authors prioritize individual searches for identity in ALL the following areas BUT:
		
	
	sexual
	
	social
	 
	economic
	
	legal
	
	artistic
		
	
	
	 2a Questão (Ref.: 201402743874)
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	Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: There was a great challenge for contemporary authors to subvert the status quo to demand legal and cultural recognition as -------------------subjects with unique identities.
		
	
	dependent
	 
	independent
	
	single
	
	traditional
	
	active
		
	
	
	 3a Questão (Ref.: 201402784015)
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	Although Williams ´s protagonist in A streetcar named Desire is the romantic Blanche DuBois, the play is a work of -------------------.
		
	
	a simple style of literature
	
	local american writers
	
	transcendentalists
	
	the older generation
	 
	social realism
		
	
	
	 4a Questão (Ref.: 201402743880)
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	Choose the option which describes the American Dream as it was originally conceived:
		
	
	illogical choices
	
	technical devices
	
	frustrating actions
	
	competitive life
	 
	equal opportunities
		
	
	
	 5a Questão (Ref.: 201402743277)
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	Virginia Woolf was an innovator of the English literature: her experiment with the --------------- helped her to be considered an author with a highly experimental language denouncing the traditional literary techniques.
		
	
	poor societies
	
	social themes
	 
	stream of consciousness
	
	romantic techniques
	
	poetry
		
	
	
	 6a Questão (Ref.: 201402697855)
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	The title of ´The Waste Land´ was taken from a line in the Anglican burial service and it is formed by distinct vignettes (short sketches). Which one is considered as the most surreal for portraying a man who walks through a London populated by ghosts of the dead?
		
	 
	Vignette IV
	
	Vignette I
	
	Vignette V
	
	Vignette II
	
	Vignette III
		
	
	
	 7a Questão (Ref.: 201402743778)
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	In A Mercy, Morrison goes back to the beginning of slavery in America, in the late --------------------, a period during which America was far more diverse and complex than is generally imagined today.
		
	
	eighteenth century
	 
	seventeenth century
	
	fifteenth century
	
	nineteenth century
	
	fourteenth century
		
	
	
	 8a Questão (Ref.: 201402697928)
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	Consider the list below and choose the one odd: In Morrison´s novel´A Mercy´(2008), the characters have various origins BUT .....
		
	
	African American
	
	Dutch
	 
	Spanish
	
	English
	
	Portuguese
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 9a Questão (Ref.: 201402743236)
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	This kind of realism shows a great contrast between elaborately absurd prose, plotting, or characterization and careful, detailed investigations of real specific social phenomena. What kind of realism is this?
		
	 
	hysterical
	
	common
	
	traditional
	
	spiritual
	
	gloomy
		
	
	
	 10a Questão (Ref.: 201402665603)
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	In this book, British writer Zadie Smith tackles issues of race and the experience of immigrants in working class and middle class England.
		
	
	A Streetcar Name Desire
	 
	White Teeth
	
	Terrorist
	
	The Rabbit Series
	
	Death of a Salesman
	 1a Questão (Ref.: 201402665444)
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	Complete the sentence: 'Post modern literature questions the differences between ____________ culture with the introduction of subjects and genres which have never been considered appropriate for literature."
		
	 
	high and low
	
	new and old
	
	pop and classic
	
	foreign and national
	
	good and bad
		
	
	
	 2a Questão (Ref.: 201402697732)
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	Consider the following characteristics of prose: I - lack of rhythmical construction II- lack of specific line breaks III- no need of rhyming words IV- lack of economic words V- use of metaphors From the characteristics above, only ONE CAN also be applied to poetry. Which one?
		
	
	I
	
	II
	
	IV
	
	III
	 
	V
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 3a Questão (Ref.: 201402781700)
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	The American Dream in Death of a salesman
		
	
	can be reached by anyone who works hard
	
	is an element that makes the family get more and more united
	
	becomes the guarantee of a successful life
	
	is a grant for happiness
	 
	is for most part of people unattainable
		
	
	
	 4a Questão (Ref.: 201402743887)
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	In A streetcar named desire, it may seem that Williams is writing this play simply to work out his own fantasies and neuroses, but in fact his play is nothing less than a study of personal -----------------.
		
	
	educational resources
	
	sanity
	
	genres
	 
	identity
	
	refinement
		
	
	
	 5a Questão (Ref.: 201402665572)
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	Which option does not reflect a characteristic of Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway'?
		
	
	issues of mental illnesses
	 
	post-Second World War England setting
	
	homosexuality
	
	interior monologues
	
	issues of feminism
		
	
	
	 6a Questão (Ref.: 201402743317)
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	The stream-of-consciousness novel is said to be the literary expression of a ------------- doctrine that nothing is certainly real except one's own existence.
		
	 
	philosophical
	
	classical
	
	local
	
	social
	
	cultural
		
	
	
	 7a Questão (Ref.: 201402743770)
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	A Mercy, published in 2008, joins Toni Morrison´s celebrated body of work exploring the African American experiences of --------------------------
		
	
	romance
	
	success
	
	the French style
	 
	slavery
	
	novels
		
	
	
	 8a Questão (Ref.: 201402697921)
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	The hero of Morrison´s novel ´Home´ is 24-year-old Frank Money, recently returned from the war against ___________________.
		
	
	China
	 
	Korea
	
	Vietnam
	
	Indonesia
	
	Japan
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 9a Questão (Ref.: 201402697936)
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	What are the main themes in Smith´s ´White Teeth´?
		
	
	friendship and loyalty
	
	identity and terrorism
	 
	friendship and identity
	
	love and lust
	
	love and health
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 10a Questão (Ref.: 201402697955)
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	Aging, loneliness, illness, wickedness, and regret. Which of these ´degradations of life´ is not present in Updike´s ´The Terrorist´?
		
	
	illness
	
	aging
	
	regret
	
	loneliness
	 
	wickedness
	
	 1a Questão (Ref.: 201402743817)
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	Mark the only event which did not mark the first half of the 20th century:
		
	
	the World War I
	
	the World War II
	
	the existence of technocratic governments
	 
	the Civil war
	
	the development of totalitarian systems
		
	
	
	 2a Questão (Ref.: 201402743842)
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	Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: Certainly, poets are often influenced by otherpoets, and those who live through the same social and political events may well share a common outlook on them, but in the end each poet works as a -----------------------who makes his or her own world from his or her own deep concerns.
		
	
	strange person
	
	special group
	
	close friend
	 
	private and separate person
	
	large group
		
	
	
	 3a Questão (Ref.: 201402665540)
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	Which genre does 'A Streetcar Named Desire' belong to?
		
	
	poetry
	
	chronicle
	 
	drama
	
	short story
	
	novel
		
	
	
	 4a Questão (Ref.: 201402665563)
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	In 'Death of a Salesman', reality versus illusion is a major theme. In order to get the dream he wants, Willy has created a world of illusion that included all BUT:
		
	
	he's well liked and has many friends
	
	his sons are on their way to something big
	 
	he has many mistresses
	
	he has material wealth
	
	he's great at his job
		
	
	
	 5a Questão (Ref.: 201402697849)
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	Who is the author of ´The Waste Land?
		
	
	Virginia Woolf
	
	Tennessee Wiliams
	 
	T.S.Eliot
	
	Samuel Beckett
	
	James Joyce
		 Gabarito Comentado.
	
	
	 6a Questão (Ref.: 201402743325)
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	In Ulysses, Joyce discusses how women view ------------------- differently from men and that is fully shown towards the end of Molly's stream of consciousness narrative.
		
	
	excuses
	
	work
	
	economy
	 
	love and family
	
	inventions
		
	
	
	 7a Questão (Ref.: 201402665578)
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	Postmodern works are seen as a response against ______________ thinking and _____________ approaches to literature.
		
	 
	Enlightenment/Modernist
	
	Medieval/Puritan
	
	Modernist/Enlightenment
	
	Puritan/Realistic
	
	Modernist/Realistic
		
	
	
	 8a Questão (Ref.: 201402665580)
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	It is said that for many Postmodern writers, the various disasters that occurred in the last half of the 20th century left a number of them with a profound sense of ________________.
		
	
	belonging
	
	love
	
	incredulity
	
	peace
	 
	paranoia
		
	
	
	 9a Questão (Ref.: 201402743263)
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	Updike's themes, with a few exceptions, are place, human yearning (which covers art, sex, and religion), and ---------------, in both its physical and mythical sides.
		
	
	South America
	
	France
	
	Europe
	 
	America
	
	Africa
		
	
	
	 10a Questão (Ref.: 201402743257)
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	With On Beauty, Smith takes a more ----------- storytelling route; one where the language is more calm and sedate a slight letdown, in a way, considering what she has proven herself capable of achieving.
		
	
	interesting
	
	comprehensive
	
	complex
	
	local
	 
	traditional