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LITERATURA NORTE-AMERICANA 
AULA 05 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: In Moby Dick, the sea represents a 
transitional place 
 
 
in the levels of sadness characters present 
 
from men´s ideals to women´s ideals. 
 from an uncivilized to a civilized society 
 
in the expression of moral values. 
 
from inner space to outer space 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
Moby Dick was a novel that could show the variety of ------------in the United States. 
 
 
religions 
 
ships 
 
shops 
 races 
 
navigation maps 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
Moby Dick is considered to be an ambitious novel for the time. That was a documentary of life at sea and a 
unique metaphor of ---------------in general. 
 
 
love 
 
desire 
 
friendship 
 
aging 
 life 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
The American Revolution, from a psychohistorical viewpoint, parallels an adolescent rebellion away from 
the parent-figure of England and the larger family of the British Empire. Puritanism and its Protestant 
offshoots may have further weakened the family by preaching that the individual¿s first responsibility was 
to save his or her own soul. These characteristics can be seen in the masterpieces of: 
 
 
Emily Dickinson 
 
Henry Longfellow 
 
James Lowell Henry Longfellow Stephen Crane Nathaniel Hawthorne Emily Dickinson 
 Nathaniel Hawthorne 
 
James Lowell 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
- Despite his patrician upbringing, proud family traditions, and hard work, _____________ found himself in 
poverty with no college education. At 19 he went to sea. His interest in sailors¿ lives grew naturally out of 
his own experiences, and most of his early novels grew out of his voyages. In these we see the young wide, 
democratic experience and hatred of tyranny and injustice of: 
 
 
Emily Dickinson 
 
Edgar Allan Poe 
 
Henry Longfellow 
 
Nathaniel Hawthorne 
 Herman Melville 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentence:The majority of Hawthorne's work focuses 
on New England, based on moral values with 
 
 
a logical planning 
 a puritan inspiration 
 
strange locations 
 
modern themes 
 
french ideals 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: In Moby Dick, Melville satirizes 
 
 
sea stories 
 
historical values 
 religious values 
 
whales 
 
women 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
When we read Nathaniel Hawthorne's books , we can clearly identify him as a: 
 
 
Religious 
 
Revolutionay 
 Dark Romantic 
 
Puritan 
 
Transcendentalist 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
____________ has been called a ¿natural epic¿ ¿ a magnificent dramatization of the human spirit set in 
primitive nature ¿ because of its hunter myth, its initiation theme, its Edenic island symbolism, its positive 
treatment of pre-technological peoples, and its quest for rebirth. 
 
 
The Last of the Mohicans 
 
Hobomok 
 Moby-Dick 
 
Uncle Tom¿s Cabin 
 
The Woman¿s Bible 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
There was a dark underside to American Romanticism. It took a variety of forms, including a fascination 
with disease, madness, death, evil, the supernatural, and the destructive aspects of nature. It was a 
characteristic of: 
 
 The power of darkness 
 
The power of clearness 
 
The power of lightness 
 
The power of exactness 
 
The danger of darkness 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
In the Romantic Period - 1820 to 1860, the Romance form is dark and forbidding, indicating how difficult it 
is to create an identity without a stable society. Most of the Romantic heroes die in the end: All the sailors 
except Ishmael are drowned in ____________, and the sensitive but sinful minister Arthur Dimmesdale 
dies at the end of _______________. 
 
 Moby- Dick and The Scarlet Letter 
 
The Minister¿s Black Veil and Moby- Dick 
 
Leaves of Grass and The Scarlet Letter 
 
The Minister¿s Black Veil and The Scarlet Letter 
 
Moby- Dick and Leaves of Grass 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: In Moby Dick, Melville satirizes 
 
 
historical values 
 
sea stories 
 
women 
 
whales 
 religious values 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
When we read Nathaniel Hawthorne's books , we can clearly identify him as a: 
 
 
Transcendentalist 
 
Revolutionay 
 Dark Romantic 
 
Puritan 
 
Religious 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
The American Revolution, from a psychohistorical viewpoint, parallels an adolescent rebellion away from 
the parent-figure of England and the larger family of the British Empire. Puritanism and its Protestant 
offshoots may have further weakened the family by preaching that the individual¿s first responsibility was 
to save his or her own soul. These characteristics can be seen in the masterpieces of: 
 
 Nathaniel Hawthorne 
 
Emily Dickinson 
 
Henry Longfellow 
 
James Lowell Henry Longfellow Stephen Crane Nathaniel Hawthorne Emily Dickinson 
 
James Lowell 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
- Despite his patrician upbringing, proud family traditions, and hard work, _____________ found himself in 
poverty with no college education. At 19 he went to sea. His interest in sailors¿ lives grew naturally out of 
his own experiences, and most of his early novels grew out of his voyages. In these we see the young wide, 
democratic experience and hatred of tyranny and injustice of: 
 
 
Henry Longfellow 
 
Edgar Allan Poe 
 
Nathaniel Hawthorne 
 
Emily Dickinson 
 Herman Melville 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentence:The majority of Hawthorne's work focuses 
on New England, based on moral values with 
 
 
modern themes 
 a puritan inspiration 
 
strange locations 
 
a logical planning 
 
french ideals 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: In Moby Dick, the sea represents a 
transitional place 
 
 
from inner space to outer space 
 
in the expression of moral values. 
 
from men´s ideals to women´s ideals. 
 from an uncivilized to a civilized society 
 
in the levels of sadness characters present 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
Moby Dick was a novel that could show the variety of ------------in the United States. 
 
 
ships 
 
shops 
 races 
 
religions 
 
navigation maps 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
Moby Dick is considered to be an ambitious novel for the time. That was a documentary of life at sea and a 
unique metaphor of ---------------in general. 
 
 
aging 
 
desire 
 
love 
 life 
 
friendship 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
The American Revolution, from a psychohistorical viewpoint, parallels an adolescent rebellion away from 
the parent-figure of England and the larger family of the British Empire. Puritanism and its Protestant 
offshoots may have further weakened the family by preaching that the individual¿s first responsibility was 
to save his or her own soul. These characteristics can be seen in the masterpieces of: 
 
 Nathaniel Hawthorne 
 
Henry Longfellow 
 
James Lowell Henry Longfellow Stephen Crane Nathaniel Hawthorne Emily Dickinson 
 
James Lowell 
 
Emily Dickinson 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
- Despite his patrician upbringing, proud family traditions, and hard work, _____________ found himself in 
poverty with no college education. At 19 he went to sea. His interest in sailors¿ lives grew naturally out of 
his own experiences, and most of his early novels grew out of his voyages. In these we see the young wide, 
democratic experience and hatred of tyranny and injustice of: 
 
 
Emily Dickinson 
 Herman Melville 
 
Henry Longfellow 
 
Edgar Allan Poe 
 
Nathaniel Hawthorne 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentence:The majority of Hawthorne's work focuses 
on New England, based on moral values withmodern themes 
 
strange locations 
 a puritan inspiration 
 
french ideals 
 
a logical planning 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: In Moby Dick, Melville satirizes 
 
 
historical values 
 
women 
 
whales 
 religious values 
 
sea stories 
 
 8a Questão 
 
 
When we read Nathaniel Hawthorne's books , we can clearly identify him as a: 
 
 
Puritan 
 
Transcendentalist 
 
Religious 
 Dark Romantic 
 
Revolutionay