AV1 Fundamentos Cult. Lit. Inglesa

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Av 1 – Fundamentos Culturais de Literatura Inglesa – 2016.2
	
	 1a Questão (Ref.: 201502798966)
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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 Vikings
	
	The Celts
	
	The Roman
	
	The Christians
	
	The Spanish
	
	
	 2a Questão (Ref.: 201502798961)
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	Which alternative is not correct in relation to Christianity in Anglo Saxon England?
		
	
	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.
	
	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.
	
	
	 3a Questão (Ref.: 201502474035)
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	The relationship between the king and his main nobles involved
		
	
	large states given in return of less noble activities
	 
	large states given in return to serve the king in war
	
	large states given in return for a promise to become "freeman"
	
	large states given in return to live better than slaves
	
	large states given in return to pay the knights´rent
	
	
	 4a Questão (Ref.: 201502992062)
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	Historians imagined the feudal system as an agreement between the different ranks: the king, the barons and the peasants.
Which of the following statements DOES NOT FIT into the concepts of Feudalism?
		
	
	In theory the king was the chief feudal lord, but in reality the individual lords were supreme in their own territories.
	
	When William, Duke of Normandy conquered England in 1066, he confiscated all the land from the Saxons who owned it, and distributed it amongst the barons who had supported his invasion. Thus, historians say that England became a 'perfect' feudal government.
	
	The greater nobles gave part of their lands to lesser nobles, knights, and other ´freeman´.
	 
	During Feudalism, part of the produce of the land was bought by the King in order to help the serfs´.
	
	The 'feudal system' is the name for a power structure where people held their land in return for promising loyalty, known as doing homage, and providing services such as working or fighting for their lord.
	
	
	 5a Questão (Ref.: 201502466288)
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	Medieval Chivalry represented a very good well designed behaviour code in relation to moral principles and conduct. Which of the following contradicts the ideal of Medieval Chivalry?
		
	
	According to code of chivalry, defended any lady in need.
	
	According to code of chivalry, to serve the king and the people was a major issue.
	
	According to code of chivalry, the perfect knight fought for his good name if insulted
	
	According to code of chivalry, a honorable knight served God and the King.
	 
	According to code of chivalry, a knight's word was not something to be valued, because they didn't worry about honor.
	
	
	 6a Questão (Ref.: 201502366131)
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	What was the importance of the printing press for the study of literature? It was important because...
		
	
	The writers did not show any interest in having their books published.
	
	The Church members were only interested in publishing books about saints.
	 
	Before its invention, books were written by hand and , sometimes, it would take a writer a whole year to put down into words a single copy of a book
	
	The process of printing a book before the printing press was not only very sophisticated but also very expensive.
	
	Books, which were not religious ones, were seen as products of the demon. 
	
	
	 7a Questão (Ref.: 201502466315)
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	Which of the characteristics below DOES NOT belong to the 16th century English men?
		
	
	Englishmen in the 16th century were great respecters of authority yet violently critical of their medieval ancestors for accepting it.
	 
	Englishmen in the 16th century had a strong intellectual formation, traveling the world was a routine to them and they were essentially consumerist beings.
	
	Englishmen in the 16th century were as devoutly religious as their medieval ancestors, but also threw themselves passionately into the worldliest of projects and pastimes.
	
	Despite of being rather conscious of the social status, determined by birth, Englishmen in the 16th century proclaimed their human right as men to ascend in a social mobility scale.
	
	Englishmen in the 16th century were still superstitious enough to believe in witches and all kinds of sorcery.
	
	
	 8a Questão (Ref.: 201502366151)
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	Choose the alternative that reveals a true information about Shakespeare
		
	
	He did not allow women to act so the female roles were played by young boys.
	 
	 'Hamlet' was his most famous revenge tragedy.
	
	His comedies did not really become famous.
	
	He wrote dramatic love stories based on his previous experience as a detective.
	
	He was a famous American writer, who lived in the Elizabethan Age.
	
	
	 9a Questão (Ref.: 201502466339)
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	Choose the alternative that correctly completes the following sentences: Henry¿s break with (1)____ was purely political. He did not approve the new ideas of Protestant Reformation introduced by Martin Luther in Germany and (2)_____ in Geneva. He still believed in the (3)_____ faith.
		
	
	(1)Rome, (2)King Arthur, (3)Catholic
	
	(1)Rome, (2)Catholic, (3)John Calvin
	 
	(1)Rome, (2)John Calvin, (3)Catholic
	
	(1)Rome, (2)John Calvin, (3)Muslim
	
	(1)London, (2)John Calvin, (3)Catholic
	
	
	 10a Questão (Ref.: 201502366159)
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	Why did England lose control over the colonies?
		
	
	Because the Americans had a stronger army than that of the English.
	
	Because English banks had gone bankrupt and couldn't support financially speaking the English Navy.
	
	Because the Americans had been able to get the political support from France, Spain and Italy.
	
	Because the English Parliament was much more concerned with their interests in other colonies rather than in the American one.
	 
	Because while there were great struggles going on in England, the Americans grew stronger and prosperous.