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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 value given to the self
	
	
	the gloomy side of human nature
	
	
	the modernist characteristics found in Poe´s stories
	
	
	
		
	
		2.
		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 (1845) 
	
	
	The Raven (1844) 
	
	
	The Raven (1846) 
	
	
	The Heaven (1845) 
	
	
	The Heaven (1843) 
	
	
	
		
	
		3.
		From the following, choose the poems written by Adgar Allan Poe
	
	
	
	
	to my dear and loved husband
	
	
	The bells
	
	
	The Raven
	
	
	In a Station of the Metro
	
	
	To Helen
	
	
	
		
	
		4.
		In The Fall of the House of Usher, the choice of adjectives reflect the -------- atmosphere created by Poe.
	
	
	
	
	optimistic
	
	
	happy
	
	
	logical
	
	
	soft
	
	
	gloomy
	
	
	
		
	
		5.
		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: 
	
	
	
	
	big chapels and colourful gardens
	
	
	hunting castles or wind-blasted moors, and their plots involve violent or funny jokes. 
	
	
	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. 
	
	
	haunted castles or wind-blasted moors, and their plots involve violent or mysterious events. 
	
	
	
		
	
		6.
		In "The fall of the House of Usher", the atmosphere of the short story is best described as:
	
	
	
	
	happy
	
	
	indifferent
	
	
	gloomy
	
	
	relaxing
	
	
	hopeful
	
	Gabarito Coment.
	
	
	
		
	
		7.
		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 
	
	
	John Locke
	
	
	Philip Freneau 
	
	
	Thomas Paine 
	
	
	Ralph Waldo Emerson 
	
	
	
		
	
		8.
		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 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. 
	
	
	a long, dramatic narrative poetry in elevated language, celebrating the feats of a legendary hero.
	
	
	a long, dramatic descriptive poem in elevated language, celebrating the feats of a legendary hero.