LITERATURA NORTE-AMERICANA aula 8

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1.
		If the main theme of _____________¿s work is appearance and reality, ___________¿s constant concern is perception. In James, only self-awareness and clear perception of others yields wisdom and self-sacrificing love.
	
	
	
	Mark Twain / Henry James
	
	
	Mark Twain / Walt Whitman
	
	
	Walt Whitman / Henry James
	
	
	Stephen Crane / Henry James
	
	
	Mark Twain / Stephen Crane
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		2.
		An important feature of James¿ characters is that, even considering the subjective aspect of their personalities, each of them will always accept his/her realistic nature. How does James do this so?
	
	
	
	By assuring that each character acts in a consistent manner throughout the whole novel.
	
	
	By creating flat characters only.
	
	
	By showing a frequent change in the characters' behaviors.
	
	
	By assuring intelligent dialogues among characters.
	
	
	By creating round characters only.
	
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		3.
		Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: As a great prose writer in American Literature, James ´ artistic intentions and evolving literary style reflected the transition from the Victorian to ---------------------- in English literature.
	
	
	
	the Ancient times
	
	
	Puritan values
	
	
	the Modern times
	
	
	Classical literature
	
	
	Revolutionary literature
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		4.
		The altar of the dead is a short story by Henry James based on a fable of literally --------- significance. This work was first published in his collection entitled Terminations in 1895 after the story failed of magazine publication.
	
	
	
	life and death
	
	
	special registers
	
	
	historical events
	
	
	social events
	
	
	sad stories
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		5.
		Henry James made use of the technique of the stream of consciouness and that means he was interested in the ----------of the characters he created.
	
	
	
	actions
	
	
	bodies
	
	
	style
	
	
	historical records
	
	
	minds
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		6.
		All this psychoanalytic aspect of James´ painterly style is due to the influence and awareness owed much to his remarkable family. His father, for instance, was .....
	
	
	
	a professor and a theologian
	
	
	a psychologist and a theologian
	
	
	a psychiatrist and a philosopher
	
	
	philosopher and college professor
	
	
	a philosopher and theologian
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		7.
		This is one of the Latin expressions used by James in "The figure in the carpet" and it means "a person who really cares about truth¿.
	
	
	
	carpe diem
	
	
	sine qua non
	
	
	vere-care
	
	
	persona non grata
	
	
	status quo
	
	
	
	 
		
	
		8.
		Henry James was one of the first famous novelists to use modernist, stream-of-consciousness techniques. That made him also use an aesthetic approach that reveled the process of "showing" rather than a simple act of ---------------
	
	
	
	writing
	
	
	listening
	
	
	reading
	
	
	telling
	
	
	fighting