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        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The brilliant, bestselling, landmark novel that tells the story of the Buendia family, and chronicles the irreconcilable conflict between the desire for solitude and the need for love¿in rich, imaginative prose that has come to define an entire genre known as ''magical realism.''
► The text refers to an important literary production in the twentieth century. Who wrote it?
		
	 
	Gabriel García Márquez
	
	Bertolt Brecht
	
	Pablo Neruda
	
	Luigi Pirandello
	
	Mario Vargas Llosa
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 16:10:37
	
Explicação:
One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of Gabriel García Marquez's greatest productions.
	
	
	 
		2
        Questão
	
	
	Consider the following characteristics of prose: I - lack of rhythmical construction II- lack of specific line breaks III- no need of rhyming words IV- lack of economic words V- use of metaphors From the characteristics above, only ONE CAN also be applied to poetry. Which one?
		
	
	III
	 
	V
	
	II
	
	I
	
	IV
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 16:17:46
	
		
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		3
        Questão
	
	
	Choose the option which best completes the following sentence: Certainly, poets are often influenced by other poets, and those who live through the same social and political events may well share a common outlook on them, but in the end each poet works as a -----------------------who makes his or her own world from his or her own deep concerns.
		
	 
	private and separate person
	
	large group
	
	close friend
	
	strange person
	
	special group
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 16:21:06
	
	
	 
		4
        Questão
	
	
	Choose the option which best completes the sentence: Postmodern narrative styles generally present ------------- and writers from this period look for places not only for themselves in the always-shifting canon of contemporary literature, but also for the communities they represent in the popular imagination´s concepts of contemporary societies.
		
	 
	innovation
	 
	old concepts
	
	ancient searches
	
	well known people
	
	traditional issues
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 16:25:02
	
	
	 
		5
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
This type of fiction offers a vision of the future, in which societies are in cataclysmic decline, with characters who battle environmental ruin, technological control, and government oppression. Normally published as novels, these literary productions can challenge readers to think differently about current social and political climates, and in some instances can even inspire action.
► Due to societal and economic changes caused by World Wars I and II, a specific type of literary production can be related to the text above. Which one?
		
	
	Utopian novels
	
	Historical novels
	
	Short stories
	
	Folktales
	 
	Dystopian novels
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 16:28:33
	
Explicação:
Dystopian literature is a form of speculative fiction that began as a response to utopian literature. A dystopia is an imagined community or society that is dehumanizing and frightening. A dystopia is an antonym of a utopia, which is a perfect society.
	
	
	 
		6
        Questão
	
	
	Read the list of items below:
I. It requires the use of rhyming words at the end of lines
II. It employes the brevity and economical use of words
III. It uses metaphors and other figures of speech
IV. It exploits the use of imagery
V. It entails the manipulation of rhythmical construction
► Which items from above can be related to prose narratives?
		
	
	IV and V
	
	I and III
	 
	III and IV
	
	I and II
	
	II and IV
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 16:30:44
	
Explicação:
Only items III and IV relate to prose narratives. I, II and V are intrinsic to poetry.
	
	
	 
		7
        Questão
	
	
	Postmodern literature questions the differences between high and low culture. What option below does not feature a characteristic of the postmodern period?
		
	 
	The political context is not exactly a factor in Postmodern literature.
	
	Some examples of Postmodern literature convey several kinds of critical theory, in particular the ones which deal with reader-response and deconstructionist approaches.
	 
	Authors prioritize individual searches for identity in the following areas: legal, social, cultural, sexual and artistic.
	
	It introduced subjects and genres which have never been considered appropriate for literature.
	
	Postmodern narrative styles generally present innovation.
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 16:38:57
	
Explicação:
The political context is a major factor for postmodern writers since being in contact with ideologies and a quest for identity is a contextual matter embedded in the fabric of society, therefore the political ambience matters.
	
	
	 
		8
        Questão
	
	
	The world literary canon is hugely diverse and includes writers of various styles, genres and political persuasions. Which author listed below was major literary influence in the 20th century?
		
	 
	Charles Dickens
	 
	Gabriel García Márquez
	
	Jane Austen
	
	Oscar Wilde
	
	Mark Twain
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 16:39:09
	
Explicação:
Gabriel García Márquez was one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, who won in 1982 the Nobel Prize in Literature.
	
	
		1
        Questão
	
	
	In 'Death of a Salesman', reality versus illusion is a major theme. In order to get the dream he wants, Willy has created a world of illusion that included all BUT:
		
	
	he's well liked and has many friends
	 
	he has many mistresses
	
	he has material wealth
	
	he's great at his job
	
	his sons are on their way to something big
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 20:24:54
	
	
	 
		2
        Questão
	
	
	Option ______ is not one of the major themes in ´Death of a Salesman´:
		
	 
	religion
	
	contradiction
	
	the quest for order versus disorder
	
	identity
	
	denial
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 20:25:30
	
		
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		3
        Questão
	
	
	In A streetcar named desire, it may seem that Williams is writing this play simply to work out his own fantasies and neuroses, but in fact his play is nothing less than a study of personal -----------------.
		
	
	sanity
	
	educational resources
	 
	identity
	
	refinement
	
	genres
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 20:31:11
	
	
	 
		4
        Questão
	
	
	Reality versus illusion is a major theme in Arthur Miller¿s "Death of a salesman". What option below does not correspond to the world of illusion that Willy has created to himself?
		
	
	His sons are on their way to a bright future.
	 
	He is excellent at his job.
	
	He is popular and has many friends.
	
	He has a lot of money.
	 
	He owns a house by the beach.
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 20:37:43
	
Explicação:
Of all the options, the one that does not fit is Willy asserting that he has a house by the beach, there is no textual evidence that supports this statement.
	
	
	 
		5
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
''I don't want realism. I want magic! [Mitch laughs] Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!''. (WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene IX).
► Which of the themes below is the previous passage of the play related to?
		
	 
	Fantasy
	
	Everlasting love
	
	Sexual attraction
	
	Dependence on man
	
	Death
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 20:37:55
	
Explicação:
While they are talking, Mitch wants to turn on the light to see Blanche better, but she resists. With both her actions and her words, Blanche reveals that she is not interested in truth. She prefers fantasy and lies.
	
	
	 
		6
        Questão
	
	
	Tennessee Williams¿ play ¿A Streetcarnamed desire¿ features the psychological tribulations of Blanche DuBois who mentally struggles with her life. What is the name of her husband who committed suicide and triggered an avalanche of spiraling events in Blanche¿s life?
		
	
	Steve
	
	Stanley Kowalski
	
	Pablo
	 
	Allan Grey
	
	Mitch
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 20:41:33
	
Explicação:
Allan Grey committed suicide after he was caught cheating by Blanche. His death and unfaithfulness are connected to Blanche¿s mental instability and misfortunes.
	
	
	 
		7
        Questão
	
	
	Read the list of items below:
I . Fantasy's Inability to Overcome Reality
II. The Dangers of Totalitarianism
III. The Relationship between Sex and Death
IV. Dependence on Men
V. Loyalty
► Which items from above are present themes in Tennessee Williams' A Street Car Named Desire?
		
	
	I, IV and V
	 
	I, II and III
	 
	I, III and IV
	
	II, III and V
	
	III, IV and V
	Respondido em 07/09/2020 20:43:20
	
Explicação:
· Fantasy's Inability to Overcome Reality - The antagonistic relationship between Blanche and Stanley is a struggle between appearances and reality
· The Relationship between Sex and Death - Blanche¿s fear of death manifests itself in her fears of aging and of lost beauty
· Dependence on Men - Both Blanche and Stella see male companions as their only means to achieve happiness.
		1
        Questão
	
	
	The novel ´Ulisses´ is set in the city of.....
		
	
	Yorkshire
	
	Glasgow
	
	London
	
	Belfast
	 
	Dublin
	Respondido em 12/09/2020 21:51:13
	
		
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		2
        Questão
	
	
	Who is the author of ´The Waste Land`?
		
	
	Samuel Beckett
	
	James Joyce
	
	Tennessee Wiliams
	
	Virginia Woolf
	 
	T.S.Eliot
	Respondido em 12/09/2020 21:51:21
	
		
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        Questão
	
	
	In Ulysses, Joyce discusses how women view ------------------- differently from men and that is fully shown towards the end of Molly's stream of consciousness narrative.
		
	
	work
	
	excuses
	
	inventions
	
	economy
	 
	love and family
	Respondido em 12/09/2020 21:51:44
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	James Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. Which one of his works deals with a collection of stories about Irish middle class and the theme of paralysis?
		
	 
	 Ulysses
	
	Exiles
	 
	Dubliners
	
	Finnegans Wake
	
	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
	Respondido em 12/09/2020 21:57:07
	
Explicação:
"Dubliners" is a short-story collection that focuses on characterizing the lives of Irish middle class population in around Dublin and demonstrates how people are physically and, in most of the narratives, paralyzed by either fear of living or trying new ways of life.
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
This writing technique allows readers to ''listen in'' on a character's thoughts. The technique often involves the use of language in unconventional ways in an attempt to replicate the complicated pathways that thoughts take as they unfold and move through the mind. In short, it is the use of language to mimic the nature and process of thought.
► The text explains on a specific technique. Which one?
		
	
	The manipulation of metaphors
	 
	The use of stream of conscience 
	
	The articulation of real and unreal themes
	
	The exploitation of rhyming 
	
	The manipulation of figures of speech
	Respondido em 12/09/2020 21:58:46
	
Explicação:
A style in literature that is used to represent a character's feelings and thoughts as they experience them, using long, continuous pieces of text without obvious organization or structure.
	
	
	 
		6
        Questão
	
	
	Contemporary authors have contributed to the expansion of themes and ways of delving into the imaginary of the human mind. One of these contributors is described in the sentence below. Choose the option that makes this sentence correct.
_______________ was an English writer who was a pioneer and experimented with the ¿stream of consciousness¿, denouncing traditional literary techniques. Famous novels: "To the Lighthouse" and "Mrs. Dalloway".
		
	
	Tennessee Williams
	
	James Joyce
	 
	Virginia Woolf
	
	Arthur Miller
	 
	T. S. Eliot
	Respondido em 12/09/2020 21:59:21
	
Explicação:
Virginia Woolf was an important figure in the Victorian literary society and is considered one of the greatest modernist literary personality of the twentieth century.
	
	
	 
		7
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
"For in marriage a little license, a little independence there must be between people living together day in day out in the same house; which Richard gave her and she him." (WOLF, Virgnia. Mrs. Dalloway).
► The previous passage in present in Virgina Wolf's Mrs. Dalloway. What does it suggest?
		
	 
	Privacy a vital element in marriage
	
	Jealousy as something inevitable in a relationship
	
	Insecurity as the cause of disruption
	
	Domination as a necessary element in marriage
	
	Financial success as a vital issue in a relationship
	Respondido em 12/09/2020 21:58:22
	
Explicação:
The passage suggests the need of respecting each other's freedom in a relationship.
	
	
		1
        Questão
	
	
	The hero of Morrison´s novel ´Home´ is 24-year-old Frank Money, recently returned from the war against ___________________.
		
	
	Vietnam
	
	Japan
	 
	Korea
	
	China
	
	Indonesia
	Respondido em 16/09/2020 21:15:09
	
		
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		2
        Questão
	
	
	Mickey Sabbath, who embarks in search of a suitable ending for his ignominious life´s story in Sabbath´s Theater, chooses each action and word for -----------------------------
		
	
	its foreign words
	
	its entertaining stories
	
	its incredible jokes
	 
	its shock value
	
	its loving values
	Respondido em 16/09/2020 21:15:45
	
	
	 
		3
        Questão
	
	
	Characters in A Mercy by Morrison come from
		
	
	South Africa
	
	Portugal
	
	Brazil
	 
	various nations
	
	Africa
	Respondido em 16/09/2020 21:13:47
	
	
	 
		4
        Questão
	
	
	Toni Morrison's novels are known for their vivid characters and epic themes. What is the main topic of her novel "Home"?
		
	
	It is a science fiction story about colonization.
	
	The novel deals with the economic depression of 1929.
	
	It is about finding a missing person.
	 
	It is focused on slavery and racism.
	
	The main topic is the issues of postmodernism.
	Respondido em 16/09/2020 21:16:36
	
Explicação:
The novel takes place in mid-20th century where blacks in the South were still treated, as several characters note, "like dogs. Change that. They treat dogs better".
	
	
	 
		5
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
________________, is a comic creation of epic proportions, and the protagonist is its gargantuan hero. At sixty-four, he is still defiantly antagonistic and exceedingly libidinous; sex is an obsession and a principle, an instrument of perpetual misrule in his daily existence. But after the death of his long-time mistress - an erotic free spirit whose great taste for the impermissible matches his own - he embarks on a turbulent journey into his past. Bereft and grieving, tormented by the ghosts of those who loved and hated him, he contrives a succession of farcical disasters that take him to the brink of madness and extinction.
► Which of the items below fills in the blank adequately?
		
	
	Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Wolf
	
	Ulysses, by James Joyce
	
	The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
	
	Home, by Toni Morrison
	 
	Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
	Respondido em 16/09/2020 21:18:04
	
Explicação:
Mickey Sabbath is an unproductive, out-of-work, former puppeteer with a strong affinity for prostitutes, adultery, and the casual sexual encounter.Sabbath takes great pleasure in his status as the (prototypical) 'dirty old man.' He takes an equal pleasure in manipulating the people around him, primarily women - in a sense, they play the same role as his puppets.
 
	
	
	 
		6
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
Frank Money is an angry, self-loathing veteran of the Korean War who, after traumatic experiences on the front lines, finds himself back in racist America with more than just physical scars. His home may seem alien to him, but he is shocked out of his crippling apathy by the need to rescue his medically abused younger sister and take her back to the small Georgia town they come from and that he's hated all his life. As Frank revisits his memories from childhood and the war that have left him questioning his sense of self, he discovers a profound courage he had thought he could never possess again. __________________, is A deeply moving novel about an apparently defeated man finding his manhood - and his home.
► Which of the items below fills in the blank adequately?
		
	 
	Home, by Toni Morrison
	
	The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
	
	Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
	
	Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Wolf
	
	Ulysses, by James Joyce
	Respondido em 16/09/2020 21:16:16
	
Explicação:
Home is the tenth novel by the American author Toni Morrison, originally published in 2012. It tells the story of Frank Money, a 24-year-old African-American veteran of the Korean War, and his journey home ''a year after being discharged from an integrated Army into a segregated homeland.''
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	Philip Roth is considered one of the leading authors of the 20th century. Which one of the book titles below was not written by Philip Roth?
		
	
	The Plot Against America: A Novel
	
	Sabbath's Theater
	 
	A Christmas Carol
	
	 Nemesis
	
	Everyman
	Respondido em 16/09/2020 21:16:55
	
Explicação:
The only book title that was not written by Philip Roth is "A Christmas Carol" which was written by the English author Charles Dickens.
	
	
	 
		8
        Questão
	
	
	In A Mercy it is said that there is an Eden-like quality of the New World, along with many decencies that transcend the evil elements. The New World is described like that because of its
		
	
	famous songs
	 
	beauty
	
	poor soil
	
	cold climate
	
	characters
	Respondido em 16/09/2020 21:20:04
	
	
	 
		1
        Questão
	
	
	Updike's themes, with a few exceptions, are place, human yearning (which covers art, sex, and religion), and ---------------, in both its physical and mythical sides.
		
	
	South America
	 
	America
	
	France
	
	Europe
	
	Africa
	Respondido em 24/09/2020 21:30:12
	
	
	 
		2
        Questão
	
	
	Which famous writer was keen of the idea of "giving the mundane its beautiful due"?
		
	
	Tennessee Williams
	
	Arthur Miller
	 
	John Updike
	
	Tony Morrison
	
	Virginia Woolf
	Respondido em 24/09/2020 21:33:37
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	What are the main themes in Smith´s ´White Teeth´?
		
	 
	friendship and identity
	
	friendship and loyalty
	
	identity and terrorism
	
	love and lust
	
	love and health
	Respondido em 24/09/2020 21:37:54
	
		
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        Questão
	
	
	John Updike was an American writer who was recognized for his unique prose style and prolific output. In his novel, "Terrorist", there are some major themes that are explores. Which option below does not fit into those major themes?
		
	
	Religion in the United States
	
	America¿s place in the world
	 
	Drug abuse
	
	America¿s lost innocence
	
	The issue of consumerism
	Respondido em 24/09/2020 21:43:20
	
Explicação:
Among the many major themes that are approached in the novel, drug abuse is not one of them. Issues such as racial prejudice and the way that America struggles with multiculturalism are among the main topics of the novel.
	
	
	 
		5
        Questão
	
	
	In White Teeth, issues of --------------- are explored through characters' ethnicities, the way they speak, their socioeconomic class, and more. We can say that it is everywhere in this book.
		
	
	civilization
	 
	identity
	
	humour
	
	culture
	
	definition
	Respondido em 24/09/2020 21:45:16
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England¿s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie. Samad's late-in-life arranged marriage (he had to wait for his bride to be born), produces twin sons whose separate paths confound Iqbal's every effort to direct them, and a renewed, if selective, submission to his Islamic faith. Set against London's racial and cultural tapestry, venturing across the former empire and into the past as it barrels toward the future, ________________, revels in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, confounding expectations, and embracing the comedy of daily existence.
► Which of the items below fills in the blank adequately?
		
	 
	White Teeth, by Zadie Smith
	
	Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
	 
	The Terrorist, by John Updike
	
	The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
	
	Home, by Toni Morrison
	Respondido em 24/09/2020 21:48:37
	
Explicação:
White Teeth is a 2000 novel by the British author Zadie Smith. It focuses on the later lives of two wartime friends - the Bangladeshi Samad Iqbal and the Englishman Archie Jones - and their families in London. The novel is centred around Britain's relationships with people from formerly colonised countries in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.
 
	
	
	 
		7
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
_____________, is the story of Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy, an alienated American-born teenager who spurns the materialistic, hedonistic life he witnesses in the slumping New Jersey factory town he calls home. Turning to the words of the Holy Qur'an as expounded to him by the pedantic imam of a local mosque, Ahmad devotes himself fervently to God. But neither the world-weary guidance counselor at Ahmad's high school nor his mischievously seductive classmate Joryleen will succeed in deflecting him from his course, as the threads of an insidious plot gather around him. 
► Which of the items below fills in the blank adequately?
		
	 
	Terrorist, by John Updike
	
	Home, by Toni Morrison
	
	The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
	
	Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
	
	White Teeth, by Zadie Smith
	Respondido em 24/09/2020 21:47:54
	
Explicação:
The story centers on an American-born Muslim teenager named Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy, although Ahmad's high school life guidance counselor, Jack Levy, also plays a central role. The novel seeks to explore the worldview and motivations of religious fundamentalists (specifically within Islam), while at the same time dissecting the morals and lifeways of residents of the fictional decaying New Jersey Rust Belt suburb of ''New Prospect''.
 
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	In this book, British writer Zadie Smith tackles issues of race and the experience of immigrants in working class and middle class England.
		
	
	The Rabbit Series
	
	Terrorist
	
	A Streetcar Name Desire
	
	Death of a Salesman
	 
	White Teeth
	Respondido em 24/09/2020 21:48:08
	 
		1
        Questão
	
	
	The G.I. Bill was created in the 1950s in the US in order to....
		
	
	subsidized low-cost highway construction
	
	subsidized American with high credit card debts
	 
	subsidized low-cost mortgages for all Americans
	 
	subsidize low-cost mortgages for returning soldiers form WW II
	
	subsidized low-cost housing in areas destroyedby WW II
	Respondido em 27/09/2020 00:39:10
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	William Burroughs (1914-97) was loosely associated with the ´The Beats´, which was mainly placed in
		
	
	Texas and New England
	
	New York and Berlin
	 
	New York and San Francisco
	
	San Francisco and Boston
	
	San Francisco and Washington
	Respondido em 27/09/2020 00:41:07
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	You can´t lump all writers together- not even the Bohemians. What´s the only name which has NO direct connection with ´the beats`?
		
	
	Norman Mailer
	
	Kerouac
	 
	Life magazine
	
	Ginsberg
	 
	Times magazine
	Respondido em 27/09/2020 00:42:20
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	"Naked lunch" can be considered William Burroughs' seminal work, and one of the landmark publications in the history of American literature. Although a non-linear narrative, which plot description below does not belong to the book?
		
	 
	Lee hops on a subway train.
	
	William Lee tries to evade New York city police.
	 
	Lee gets married.
	
	The narrator goes to the imagined country of Freeland.
	
	The narrator is caught by two narcotics officers.
	Respondido em 27/09/2020 00:45:10
	
Explicação:
The non-linear narrative of the novel, although fragmented, does not present or allude to any moment involving a wedding of the narrator Lee.
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	----------------------- was considered the James Dean of the literary world. As the rash and ruthless bad boy he was loved by adventurous women all over America. We can say that being extremely handsome, he became the poster-boy for the sensitive and enlightened Beat generation.
		
	
	Philip Roth
	
	Sinclair Lewis
	
	Melville
	 
	Jack Kerouac
	
	Walt Whitman
	Respondido em 27/09/2020 00:50:15
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
The (1) _______________________ was American social and literary movement originating in the 1950s and centred in the bohemian artist communities of San Francisco's North Beach, Los Angeles' Venice West, and New York City's Greenwich Village. Its adherents expressed their alienation from conventional, or ''square,'' society by adopting a style of dress, manners, and ''hip'' vocabulary borrowed from jazz musicians. They advocated personal release, purification, and illumination through the heightened sensory awareness that might be induced by drugs, jazz, sex, or the disciplines of Zen Buddhism. The advocates of the (2) ________________________ found the joylessness and purposelessness of modern society sufficient justification for both withdrawal and protest.
► Which of the items below fills in blanks (1) and (2) adequately?
		
	 
	The Beat Movement
	
	The New School Movement
	
	The Reform Movement
	
	The Marxist Movement
	
	The Paradise Movement
	Respondido em 27/09/2020 00:51:53
	
Explicação:
The Beat Generation (or Beat Movement) was a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s. The central elements of Beat culture are the rejection of standard narrative values, making a spiritual quest, the exploration of American and Eastern religions, the rejection of economic materialism, explicit portrayals of the human condition, experimentation with psychedelic drugs, and sexual liberation and exploration.
	
	
	 
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	Read the text below:
The anarchic, phenomenally strong-selling classic from the godfather of the Beats, featuring for the first time the restored text, all the accompanying essays, and newly discovered material from the original manuscript.
Provocative, influential, morbidly fascinating and mordantly funny, this book takes us on an exhilarating ride through the darkest recesses of the human psyche - a ride which stunned the literary world when first published in the repressed 1950s, and is still guaranteed to epater more than a few bourgeois. Over forty years after first publication, Burroughs scholar Barry Miles and Burroughs' longtime editor James Grauerholz have compiled this definitive restored text, correcting numerous errors that have accumulated over the years, and incorporating all of Burroughs' notes and accompanying essays. Most exciting of all, this edition includes an appendix of newly discovered, never before seen material - including alternate drafts from the original manuscript and letters from Burrough's private correspondence. 
►The text above refers to William Burrough's literary masterpiece. Which one?
 
		
	
	Terrorist
	
	The Waste Land
	 
	The Naked Lunch
	
	Sabbath's Theater
	
	Mrs. Dalloway
	Respondido em 27/09/2020 00:55:09
	
Explicação:
Naked Lunch is considered Burroughs' seminal work. Extremely controversial in both its subject matter and its use of obscene language, the book was banned in Boston and Los Angeles in the United States, and several European publishers were harassed. It was one of the more recent American books over which an obscenity trial was held.
	
	
	 
		8
        Questão
	
	
	The historical event known as 'Cold War' was pretty much the overwhelming tension between which countries?
		
	 
	The US and the Soviet Union
	
	England and Germany
	
	England and the Soviet Union
	
	The US and Germany
	
	The US and Iraq
	Respondido em 27/09/2020 00:55:40
		1
        Questão
	
	
	Oedipa Maas starts working on the inventory of her late ex-boyfriend, Pierce Inverarity, only to discover the conspiracy that involves a parallel system of mail to the official (and obviously secret) which is in operation since the late Middle Ages and leaving (purposely or not) clues of its existence in plays and postage stamps . - This is the basic plot of which Thomas Pynchon's book?
		
	
	Against the Day
	 
	The Crying of Lot 49
	
	Gravity's Rainbow
	
	Mason & Dixon
	
	Vineland
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 19:14:59
	
	
	 
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        Questão
	
	
	What Latino writer shares with Beckett the diistinction of introducing in literature what has come to be called postmodernism?
		
	 
	Gabriel Garcia Marquez
	
	Rigoberto González
	
	Jorge Amado
	
	Jesús Colón
	 
	Jorge Luis Borges
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 19:17:52
	
		
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		3
        Questão
	
	
	Although postmodern authors treat very serious subjects such as World War II, the Cold War, conspiracy theories from a position of distance and disconnect, they choose to depict their histories -------------------------------
		
	
	originally
	
	completely
	
	carefully
	
	sadly
	 
	ironically
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 19:17:57
	
	
	 
		4
        Questão
	
	
	Samuel Beckett¿s "Waiting for Godot" is one of his most famous works. What option best describes the end of the play?
		
	
	Vladimir punches Estragon nearby the tree.
	 
	Vladimir and Estragon never meet Godot.
	
	Vladimir and Estragon meet Godot and have dinner.
	
	Estragon throws Vladimir a birthday party.
	
	Vladimir and Estragon go on a fishing trip together.
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 19:18:05
	
Explicação:
The play is famously known for not having the infamous encounter between the main characters and the elusive figure of Godot.
	
	
	 
		5
        Questão
	
	
	Choose the right writer:--------------------, one of the most important postmodern authors, uses, for example, pop culture references, elements from detective fiction, songs, science fiction, and war fiction, and well-known, obscure, and fictional history.
		
	
	Chaucer
	
	Herman Melville
	
	Shakespeare
	 
	Thomas Pynchon
	
	John Milton
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 19:18:09
	
	
	 
		6
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
Told in a series of vignettes - sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous - it is the story of a young Latina girl growingup in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers. 
 
► The text refers to an important literary production of the twentieth century. Which one?
		
	
	Home, by Toni Morrison
	
	The Terrorist, by John Updike
	 
	The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
	
	The Naked Lunch, by William Burrough
	
	White Teeth, by Zadie Smith
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 19:18:15
	
Explicação:
The House on Mango Street is a 1984 novel by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros. Structured as a series of vignettes, it tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Based in part on Cisneros's own experience, the novel follows Esperanza over the span of one year in her life, as she enters adolescence and begins to face the realities of life as a young woman in a poor and patriarchal community.
 
	
	
	 
		7
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men simply waiting for someone - or something. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind's inexhaustible search for meaning. The language used in this literary production pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. This play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time.
► The text above refers to an important literary production of the twentieth century. Which one?
		
	
	Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams
	
	The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
	
	The Terrorist, by John Updike
	
	The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
	 
	Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 19:15:58
	
Explicação:
Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), wait for the arrival of someone named Godot who never arrives, and while waiting they engage in a variety of discussions and encounter three other characters.
	
	
	 
		8
        Questão
	
	
	The idea that life is without objective meaning or purpose, present in many of Samuel Beckett's plays, is a definition for the word....
		
	
	pessimism
	
	depression
	 
	nihilism
	
	Absurd
	
	Boredom
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 19:16:02
	
		1
        Questão
	
	
	Nabokov´s ´Lolita´ is filled with sordid subjects, including all below BUT: rape, murder, pedophilia, and incest.
		
	
	incest
	
	murder
	
	pedophilia
	 
	fraud
	
	rape
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 18:54:56
	
	
	 
		2
        Questão
	
	
	Vladimir Nabokov wrote eight novels in English. In most of thm he reflected upon the illusory nature of _________________ and on his relationship to his craft, proving the formulation of the illusion.
		
	
	love
	
	men
	
	beauty
	 
	reality
	
	feelings
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 18:54:59
	
	
	 
		3
        Questão
	
	
	Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian and American author who is one of the leading prose stylists of the 20th century. Which characteristic below does not describe the writings of Nabokov?
		
	
	His works are frequently obscure and puzzling.
	
	Nabokov¿s writing is always erudite, witty, and intriguing.
	
	Nabokov often experimented with the form of the novel.
	
	He is known for his daring metaphors.
	 
	He was the precursor of the "stream of consciousness."
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 18:55:08
	
Explicação:
The "stream of consciousness" is not a characteristic of Nabokov who is mainly known for his complex plots, clever wordplay and prose style capable of both parody and intense lyricism.
	
	
	 
		4
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
Moving at the breathless pace of a thriller, this uniquely stylized triology of detective novels begins with City of Glass, in which Quinn, a mystery writer, receives an ominous phone call in the middle of the night. He's drawn into the streets of New York, onto an elusive case that's more puzzling and more deeply-layered than anything he might have written himself. In Ghosts, Blue, a mentee of Brown, is hired by White to spy on Black from a window on Orange Street. Once Blue starts stalking Black, he finds his subject on a similar mission, as well. In The Locked Room, Fanshawe has disappeared, leaving behind his wife and baby and nothing but a cache of novels, plays, and poems.
► The text above refers to one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature. Which one?
		
	
	Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
	
	The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
	 
	The New York Trilogy, by Paul Auster
	
	Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
	
	Home, by Toni Morrison
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 18:55:18
	
Explicação:
The New York Trilogy is a series of novels by American writer Paul Auster. Originally published sequentially as City of Glass (1985), Ghosts (1986) and The Locked Room (1986), it has since been collected into a single volume. The Trilogy is a postmodern interpretation of detective and mystery fiction, exploring various philosophical themes.
 
	
	
	 
		5
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to his passion, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when the object of his passion herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, _________________, is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.
 
► Which of the items below fills in the blank adequately?
		
	
	The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
	
	Home, by Toni Morrison
	
	Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams
	 
	Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
	
	The Naked Lunch, by William Burrough
	Respondido em 30/09/2020 18:55:27
	
Explicação:
Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, with whom he becomes sexually involved after he becomes her stepfather. ''Lolita'' is his private nickname for Dolores. The novel was originally written in English and first published in Paris in 1955.
 
	
	
	 
		6
        Questão
	
	
	This work is known as Vladimir Nabokov´s masterpiece.
		
	
	Matilda
	 
	Lolita
	
	Monalisa
	
	Jane Eyre
	
	Mrs. Dolloway
	 
		1
        Questão
	
	
	Choose the alternative that correctly fills the blanks: ___ was considered the James Dean of the literary world. As the rash and ruthless bad boy he was loved by adventurous women all over ____ . We can say that being extremely handsome, he became the poster-boy for the sensitive and enlightened ____ generation.
		
	 
	Jack Kerouac - America - Beat
	
	Jack Kerouac - America - Beatles
	
	Jack Kerouac - Africa - Beat
	
	Jack Kerouac - America - Realists
	
	Herman Melville - America - Beat
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 18:06:52
	
	
	 
		2
        Questão
	
	
	t's very difficult to describe Naked lunch in terms of plot because it is a _____. Choose the alternative that fits the blank
		
	
	non narrative
	 
	non-linear narrative
	
	non-linear poetry
	
	linear narrative
	
	non-poetic narrative
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 18:07:09
	
	
	 
		3
        Questão
	
	
	Margaret Atwood is considered a versatile and prolific writer. One of her most famous works, "The Handmaid¿s Tale" has beensuccessfully adapted to television. Which characteristics below does not fit into the thematic diversity tackled by the author in her writings?
		
	
	 Biotechnology.
	 
	Sports competitions.
	
	Environmental issues.
	
	Feminist subjects.
	
	 Canadian national identity.
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 18:07:13
	
Explicação:
The theme of sports and competitions has never been the focus of Atwood's writings. Her focal points are various, among them the relations between Canada, the United States and Europe and human rights issues.
	
	
	 
		4
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
Offred is a Female Servant in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Female Servants are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now...
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, _____________________, is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.
► Which of the items below fills in the blank adequately?
		
	
	Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth
	
	Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
	 
	The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
	
	The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros
	
	From Beast to the Blonde, by Marina Warner
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 18:07:19
	
Explicação:
The Handmaid's Tale, originally published in 1985, is a dystopian novel written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It is set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian state, known as Gilead, resembling a theonomy that overthrows the United States government. The Handmaid's Tale explores themes of subjugated women in a patriarchal society and the various means by which these women resist and attempt to gain individuality and independence.
 
	
	
	 
		5
        Questão
	
	
	Ian McEwan is a prominent English novelist whose writing reaches a wide readership. Which one of the novels below was written by Ian McEwan?
		
	
	Fences
	
	Catch-22
	
	Beloved
	
	Emma
	 
	Atonement
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 18:09:52
	
Explicação:
"Atonement" is a metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan set in three time periods. It covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing.
	
	
	 
		6
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
A novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses the flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant. But Briony's incomplete grasp of adult motives and her precocious imagination bring about a crime that will change all their lives, a crime whose repercussions __________________, follows through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century.
 
► Which of the items below fills in the blank adequately?
		
	 
	Atonement, by Ian McEwan
	
	From the Beast to the Blonde, by Marina Warner
	
	Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
	
	The Bloody Chamber, by Angela Carter
	
	The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 18:09:56
	
Explicação:
Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing.
 
	
	
	 
		1
        Questão
	
	
	Choose the CORRECT alternative:
		
	 
	Post modern literature does not question the differences between high and low culture with the introduction of subjects and genres which have never been considered appropriate for literature.
	
	Post modern literature questions the differences between high and low culture with the introduction of subjects and genres which have always been considered appropriate for literature.
	
	Post modern literature questions the similarities between high and low culture with the introduction of subjects and genres which have never been considered appropriate for literature.
	
	Post modern literature questions the differences between romantic and low culture with the introduction of subjects and genres which have never been considered appropriate for literature.
	 
	Post modern literature questions the differences between high and low culture with the introduction of subjects and genres which have never been considered appropriate for literature.
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 21:18:16
	
	
	 
		2
        Questão
	
	
	What is the role of Expressionism in contemporary literature?
		
	
	Expressionism contained passionate reaffirmations of individuality. The expressionist rebellions contained impulses towards the fulfillment and spiritual realization of the individual combined with results against repressive social- cultural conditions. Herein is contained the ambivalent heritage of Expressionism that at once attacks bourgeois society, yet it is excessively individualistic and thereby retools traditional bourgeois ideologies of objectivity.
	
	Expressionism contained frigid reaffirmations of individuality. The expressionist rebellions contained impulses towards the fulfillment and spiritual realization of the individual combined with results against repressive social- cultural conditions. Herein is contained the ambivalent heritage of Expressionism that at once attacks bourgeois society, yet it is excessively individualistic and thereby retools traditional bourgeois ideologies of subjectivity.
	 
	Expressionism contained passionate reaffirmations of individuality. The expressionist rebellions contained impulses towards the fulfillment and material realization of the individual combined with results against repressive social- cultural conditions. Herein is contained the ambivalent heritage of Expressionism that at once attacks bourgeois society, yet it is excessively individualistic and thereby retools traditional bourgeois ideologies of subjectivity.
	 
	Expressionism contained passionate reaffirmations of individuality. The expressionist rebellions contained impulses towards the fulfillment and spiritual realization of the individual combined with results against repressive social- cultural conditions. Herein is contained the ambivalent heritage of Expressionism that at once attacks bourgeois society, yet it is excessively individualistic and thereby retools traditional bourgeois ideologies of subjectivity.
	
	Expressionism contained passionate reaffirmations of collectivity. The expressionist rebellions contained impulses towards the unfulfillment and spiritual realization of the individual combined with results against repressive social- cultural conditions. Herein is contained the ambivalent heritage of Expressionism that at once attacks bourgeois society, yet it is excessively individualistic and thereby retools traditional bourgeois ideologies of subjectivity.
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 21:25:22
	
	
	 
		3
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
Fraa Erasmas is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside 'saecular' world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals. Over the centuries, cities and governmentshave risen and fallen beyond the concent's walls. Three times during history's darkest epochs violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded and devastated the cloistered mathic community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe, becoming out of necessity even more austere and less dependent on technology and material things. And Erasmas has no fear of the outside¿the Extramuros¿for the last of the terrible times was long, long ago.
Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite of Apert, the fraas and suurs prepare to venture beyond the concent's gates - at the same time opening them wide to welcome the curious 'extras' in. During his first Apert as a fraa, Erasmas eagerly anticipates reconnecting with the landmarks and family he hasn't seen since he was ''collected.'' But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change.
Powerful unforeseen forces jeopardize the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros - a threat that only an unsteady alliance of saecular and avout can oppose as, one by one, Erasmas and his colleagues, teachers, and friends are summoned forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster. Suddenly burdened with a staggering responsibility, Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet ... and beyond.
► The text above refers to an important Literary Production of the 21st century. Which one?
		
	 
	Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
	
	The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood 
	
	The Terrorist, by John Updike
	
	The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco
	
	The Bloody Chamber, by Angela Carter
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 21:29:21
	
Explicação:
Anathem is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 2008. Major themes include the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and the philosophical debate between Platonic realism and nominalism.
 
	
	
	 
		4
        Questão
	
	
	Read the text below:
"Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party's seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people's history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is illegal. Such thoughtcrime is, in fact, the worst of all crimes."
► The text above relates to an important literary production in the 20th century. Which one?
		
	
	Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
	
	A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
	
	Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift
	
	Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe
	 
	1984, by George Orwell
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 21:28:23
	
Explicação:
Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that are combined to make a dystopian societ
	
	
	 
		5
        Questão
	
	
	The literary movement called Cyberpunk was born in 1980 and presents very specific characteristics. Mark the option below that does not represent the Cyberpunk literary movement.
		
	
	It searches for the integration of the realms of pop culture and high tech.
	
	Cyberpunk can be defined as a member of the genre of fiction known as Hard (or Hard Core) Science Fiction.
	 
	It is only related to musical themes of punk.
	
	Cyberpunk deals with both mainstream and underground cultures.
	
	 It seeks to break down the separation between the organic and the artificial.
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 21:29:35
	
Explicação:
The word "punk" in Cyberpunk can be misleading since it is not related to the music style "punkrock". Cyberpunk literature, in general, deals with marginalized people in technologically-enhanced cultural 'systems'. Cyberpunk literature focuses on people like criminals, outcasts, visionaries, or those who simply want freedom for its own sake, and often on how they turn the system's technological tools to their own ends. This is the 'punk' aspect of cyberpunk.
	
	
	 
		6
        Questão
	
	
	Baudrillard's ideas are very important to describe the postmodernism, especially when it comes to the notions of "simulation" and the "hyperreal". Select the option that has a false assumption about one of these notions.
		
	
	The "hyperreal" is more real than real.
	 
	Disneyland is an example of "simulation".
	
	The "hyperreal" is when something fake and artificial turns to be more definitive of the real than reality itself.
	
	A "simulation" is a copy or imitation that substitutes for reality.
	
	The TV speech of a political candidate, something staged entirely to be seen on TV, is a great example of "simulation".
	Respondido em 03/10/2020 21:33:38
	
Explicação:
Disneyland is an example of 'hyperreal" where the artificial world of fantasy and magic is created to be immersive and apparently real.