FUNDAMENTOS CULTURAIS DA LITERAT. EM LÍNGUA INGL. aula 1

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1a Questão (Ref.: 201603906460)
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	Choose the alternative that is incorrect in relation to the time Christianity arrived in Britain:
		
	
	At that time England and Wales were ruled by the Romans.
	
	The native people were Celts. They were polytheists (they worshiped many gods). The Romans too were polytheists and they were willing to allow the Celts to worship their old gods.
	
	Merchants from all over the empire settled there and soldiers from many countries served there so we will never know who first introduced Christianity to England.
	 
	Christianty was never accepted by its native population.
	
	The first evidence of Christianity in England is from the late 2nd century AD. Roman Britain was a cosmopolitan place.
	
	
	
	
	 2a Questão (Ref.: 201603581527)
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	Choose the option which best completes the following statement: Augustine was sent to Canterbury in 597 to
		
	
	visit monasteries
	
	become a monk
	 
	re-establish Christianity
	
	build a church
	
	meet the king´s wife
	
	
	
	
	 3a Questão (Ref.: 201603473610)
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	When did Christianity become firmly established across Britain?
		
	
	When the Greeks were ruling the country.
	
	About a century ago.
	
	When Jesus Christ was born.
	
	In 1200 AD, when the Middle Ages were over.
	 
	In the last hundred years of Roman government.
	
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	 4a Questão (Ref.: 201603906475)
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	At the end of the 8th century, new raiders were attracted by the wealth of Britain. They shared a contriversial origin and they came from Denmark and Norway. They were seen as pirates. These new raiders are actually the _____.
		
	
	The Roman
	
	The Celts
	
	The Christians
	 
	The Vikings
	
	The Spanish
	
	
	
	
	 5a Questão (Ref.: 201604100098)
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	Around 700, why was it difficult to question royal power?
		
	
	Because the neighboring country of Scandinavia would defend royal power in England.
	
	Because ordinary people just counted on the help of French people to try to question royal power in England.
	
	Because, as the gentry supported the power of kings, it was very hard for the population to question the authority of the King.
	 
	Because Kings'  authority was guaranteed by God´s approval, that is to say, in order to question royal power people needed to face the Church as well.
	
	Because as most of the ordinary people did not believe in just one God, they were not seen as reliable supporters.
	
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	 6a Questão (Ref.: 201603473190)
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	Mark the only question which is true in relation to Beowulf. Beowulf typifies the Anglo-Saxon ideals of personal conduct. These ideals include:
		
	
	to have powerful arms
	 
	to be an advocate of freedom and justice
	
	to be a good singer
	
	to be handsome
	
	to help people and become famous.
	
	
	
	
	 7a Questão (Ref.: 201603906470)
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	Which alternative is not correct in relation to Christianity in Anglo Saxon England?
		
	
	The last part of England to be converted to Christianity was Sussex.
	
	However Christianity continued to thrive in Wales and by the early 5th century it spread to Ireland. In the 5th and 6th centuries Scotland was converted. Cut off from the Church in Rome Celtic Christians formed a distinctive Celtic Church.
	 
	England and Saxons never accepted Christianity. They got back to the early Celtic religion.
	
	Things did not go smoothly in Northumbria. King Edwin was killed at the battle of Hatfield in 632 and afterwards most of Northumbria reverted to Paganism. They had to be converted all over again by Celtic monks from Scotland.
	
	In 407 the last Roman soldiers left Britain. Over the following decades Roman civilization broke down. In the 5th and 6th centuries Saxons, Angles and Jutes from Germany and Denmark invaded southern and eastern England and gradually conquered most of England.
	
	
	
	
	 8a Questão (Ref.: 201603473613)
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	What was the importance of Roman Church in relation to the maintenace of The Anglo-Saxon King´s political power over the people?
		
	
	The Church helped the kings because they had the ability of unifying the country without a war.
	 
	King´s authority was guaranteed by God's approval
	
	The Anglo-Saxon kings, who were once pagan, accepted the new faith in order to go to heaven when they died.
	
	The Church members blessed the kings and queens at wedding ceremonies as God¿s representatives on earth and contributed for the spreading of pagan beliefs throughout the country.
	
	The kings were interested in learning how to read and write, which was a privilege of the Church members.
	
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