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AP Literatura Inglesa II
	1) Although the Napoleonic Wars had stifled the more ardent cries of ¿Liberty, Equality, Fraternity¿, one of the most significant aspects of nineteenth-century English life was the slow but steady application of the principles of democracy. Which of the following IS NOT applicable to the reality of the late nineteenth-century in England:
	
	Resposta = More and more village girls had access to public schools.
	
	2) Which of the following movements influenced the Romantic movement?
	
	Resposta = The Independence of the USA in 1776 and The French Revolution.
	
	3) Who was the first one to use the term "Romantic" to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830?
	
	Resposta = English historians half a century after the period ended.
	
	4) Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth's claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelings of the individual?
	
	Resposta = the lyric poem written in the first person.
	
	5) Among the items below there is one that HAS NO connection with Sir Walter Scott¿s life. Which one is it?
	
	Resposta = Sir Walter Scott wrote about women and their lifestyle in early England.
	
	6) In the novel, Pride and Prejudice, when Darcy proposes for the first time, what was Elizabeth¿s reaction?
	
	Resposta = She turned him down.
	
	7) What is the term The Industrial Revolution associated with in England?
	
	Resposta = Broadly speaking, The industrial revolution defines the transformation of Britain from a predominantly rural and agrarian society to an increasingly urban one based on manufacturing and industry, new transportation and communication systems and the application of scientific principles to industry among others.
	
	8) During the second half of the nineteenth century, the paradigm in novel writing was no longer the Romantic idealism of the earlier part of the century but a new approach to character and subject matter, a school of thought which later came to be known as Realism. Which of the following ideas DOES NOT fit into Realism?
	
	Resposta = Realist works described the life of rich people in situations that arose in everyday life.
	
	9) Realism is a relative concept, a representation of reality which holds to a loose collection of conventions. Why can we say that Great Expectations is a realistic novel?
	
	Resposta = Because with Dickens¿ inimitable energy and tragic and grotesque characters, we get in touch with a representation of reality which holds to a loose collection of conventions.
	
	10) When Jane first lays her eyes on the injured Mr. Rochester, she compares him to what kind of animal?
	
	Resposta = A snake.
	
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