LITERATURA NORTE-AMERICANA - AULA 09

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LITERATURA NORTE-AMERICANA 
AULA 09 
 
 1a Questão 
 
 
The Age of Innocence writen by Edith Wharton is a brilliant, sharply ironic portrayal of the changing scene 
of fashionable American life in-------- 
 
 
Boston 
 
London 
 
Chicago 
 Old New York 
 
Italy 
 
 2a Questão 
 
 
Considering American Literature timeline, writer Edith Wharton wrote in the: 
 
 
18th Century 
 
20th Century 
 
21st Century 
 
17th Century 
 19th Century 
 
 3a Questão 
 
 
Edith Wharton broke out of the conventional views of her time becoming the first woman to win the 
___________________ for fiction. 
 
 Pulitzer Prize 
 
Nobel Prize 
 
Franz Kafka Prize 
 
America Award 
 
American Book Awards 
 
 4a Questão 
 
 
Consider the following statements about Edith Wharton's writing style: I-Although Wharton was a wealthy 
person, she used to confront social problems with sympathy. II- Wharton was deeply conservative, opposed 
to socialism. III- Wharton placed unlovable women in her novels and used it as the most powerful weapon 
to create sympathy for them. Which option is correct? 
 
 
Only statement I is true 
 
Only statements I and III are true 
 
Only statement III is true 
 All three statements are true 
 
Only statement II and III are true 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5a Questão 
 
 
The Age of Innocence written by Edith Wharton, a realist American writer, was published in-------and won 
the Pulitzer Prize. 
 
 1920 
 
2004 
 
1806 
 
1700 
 
1666 
 
 6a Questão 
 
 
All characteristics bellow can be applied to Edith Wharton's personality, EXCEPT for: 
 
 
energetic 
 
thinker 
 
interesting 
 
curious 
 charming 
 
 7a Questão 
 
 
______________________ is one of Wharton's most famous works. 
 
 
The Altar of the Dead 
 
Ghosts 
 The age of innocence 
 
Hucky Finn 
 
City of Glass