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1It is usual to divide literature into literary periods or eras. This also applies to writers who are commonly classified into groups 
according to a certain number of characteristics. Read the following excerpt of "Auguries of Innocence" and then check the right 
answer: 
 
To see a world in a grain of sand 
And a heaven in a wildflower 
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand 
And eternity in an hour. 
A 
Contrast and opposition appear in words such as world and heaven. 
B 
The words: world and heaven refer to the optimistic way of living of the author. 
C 
William Blake was not a poet. He only wrote novels and dramas. 
D 
There is no relation at all among world, heaven, infinity, and eternity. 
2Lord Tennyson was a great poet in the Victorian ages. The masterpiece os his works seems to have been the In Memoriam A. H. 
H., issued in 1850, which granted him celebrity and the respect of his peers. Read the statements below and establish the relation 
that exists between them: 
 
I- Poetry of Alfred Tennyson has sometimes been considered as superficial, not really engaged with real questionings at the time 
 
BECAUSE 
 
II- Lord Tennyson was close to Queen Victoria, which leads him to reject the conservative and moral uses and values of this society 
 
Check the right answer: 
A 
I is a false statement, and II is true. 
B 
I is a true statement and II is a true statement. I justifies II. 
C 
I is a true statement, and II is false. 
D 
I is a true statement and II is a true statement. II justifies I. 
3The English literature was greatly influenced by the horrible events that touched the whole of Europe and the whole world 
before, during, and after II World War. Among these influences, one may consider the books of some English authors as standing 
out of the average, for their deep impact on the human way of life. 
 
Analyze the sentences below, and establish the relationship that exists between them: 
 
I- George Orwell suffered the consequences of war on his body, which directly influenced his career and his writings from that 
moment. 
 
BECAUSE 
 
II- Animal Farm consists of a fairy story not necessarily for kids, but treating tyranny and a despotic form of government. 
 
Check the right answer: 
A 
I is a false statement, and II is true. 
B 
I is a true statement, and II is a true statement. There is no relation between them. 
C 
I is a true statement, and II is a true statement. II completes or explains I. 
D 
I is a true statement, and II is false. 
4Romanticism occured between aproximately 1785 and 1830. This period occured under great transforming processes in England 
and in whole Europe. Poets and writers at this time were concerned with the changes society was facing. According to this, read 
the options below: 
 
Check the right answer: 
A 
This period knows some influence of the greek classics from the Hellenistic period. 
B 
Two main revolutions influenced the period: The Independence of the USA and the Cruzades. 
C 
Frankenstein is a long poem where a critics to hypocrisie, opression and greed is dressed. 
D 
John Keats was very concern with the perfect aesthetics of his horror creatures. 
5Agatha Christie is the world's most-read British author, even more than Shakespeare or the Bible. This grants the author and 
some of the characters the author set up for the narratives, and mysterious cases and affairs that happen to occur during her 
storytelling also to grant this worldwide notoriety. When it comes to Poirot, the detective, analyze the following dialogue: 
 
[...] 
"As usual, your facts are tinged with your incurable romanticism. That is Miss Mary Marvell, the film star. She is being followed by 
a bevy of admirers who have recognized her. And, en passant, my dear Hastings, she is quite aware of the fact!" 
I laughed. 
"So all is explained! But you get no marks for that, Poirot. It was a mere matter of recognition". 
"En vérité! And how many times have you seen Mary Marvell on the screen, mon cher?" 
I thought. 
"About a dozen times perhaps". 
 
Mark T, for true, and F, for false in the following statements: 
 
( ) Detective Poirot shows some kind of irritation when asked to solve the mystery he had just solved. 
( ) There is always some kind of dissimulative humour in Poirots interventions. 
( ) What seems to be so obvious for the detective may not always be it for others. 
( ) "En passant" is a French expression that means « by the way » or « actually », and is a reference to Poirot's nationality: he is a 
Frenchman. 
 
Check the right answer: 
 
FONTE: CHRISTIE, Agatha. Poirot investigates. London: John Lane Company, 1924. Disponível em: 
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61262/61262-h/61262-h.htm. Acesso em: 20 jul. 2020. 
A 
F - F - F - T. 
B 
T - F - F - T. 
C 
F - T - F - T. 
D 
F - T - T - F. 
6English literature experienced a transition after the Victorian Period and the XXth century. As it normally occurs, critics were 
dressed against the previous age, and new tendencies announced the new way of thinking either in society either by the authors. 
Based upon this, choose among the statements below the one that best characterizes this XXth century literature: 
 
Check the right answer: 
A 
Rudyard Kipling, as a representative of Hindi literature in England. 
B 
Agatha Christie, and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in solving mysteries. 
C 
Mary Shelley and her book Frankenstein, for the illustration of the power of Science and Technology. 
D 
George Orwell and either Animal farm or Nineteen eighty-four for criticism to society and life after the war. 
7During this period of european History, people knew a huge number or transformations which lead to a higher concentration of 
populations in cities. The landscape changed and machinery started substituting Manpower. Some authors got the spirit of this 
time while others sufferred from a nostalgic return to the past. Associate Author and main subjects of their Works: 
 
I- Coleridge and Wordsworth. 
II- John Keats. 
III- Mary Shelley. 
 
( ) First real science fiction novel showing the progresses of Science. 
( ) Poems and nostalgic literature with a suffering conotation. 
( ) Influence of the changing Europe and the way people became greedy and egoistic. 
( ) People should speak by poetry, this poetry of the fields, not rethorical. 
 
Check the right sequence: 
A 
II - III - I - II. 
B 
III - II - III - I. 
C 
I - II - I - III. 
D 
III - I - I - II. 
8Agatha Christie traveled around the world and gathered lots of inspiration for her books. Murder and suspense were her motos 
for the stories. She even became the "queen of crime" for many of her readers. Among the books listed below, check the one 
THAT DOES NOT CORRESPOND to her ensemble of books. 
 
Check the right answer: 
A 
The Mousetrap. 
B 
The Mysterious Affair at Styles. 
C 
Ulysses. 
D 
Murder of Roger Ackroyd. 
9(ENADE, 2017) Many students having difficulty understanding Shakespeare would be surprised to learn that he wrote in Modern 
English, but Elizabethan English has much more in common with our language today than it does with the language of Chaucer. 
Many familiar words and phrases were coined or first recorded by Shakespeare. Newcomers to Shakespeare are often shoken at 
the number of clichés contained in his plays, until they realize that he coined them and they became clichés afterwards. "One fell 
swoop", "vanish into thin air", and "flesh and blood" are all Shakespeare's. One major factor which influenced the language and 
served to separate Middle and Modern English was the Great Vowel Shift, a change in pronounciation that began around 1400. 
While Modern English speakers can read Chaucer with some difficulty, Chaucer's pronounciation would have been completely 
unintelligible to the modern ear. Shakespeare, on the other hand, would be accented, but understandable.Vowel sounds began to 
be made further to the front of the mouth and the letter "e" at the end of words became silent. Chaucer's lyf (pronounced "leef") 
became the modern life. In Middle English five was pronounced "feef", and down was pronounced "doon". 
 
Considering the excerpt above about the history of English, choose the correct option: 
 
FONTE: http://www.anglik.net/englishlanguagehistory.htm. Disponível em: 19 jul. 2017. 
A 
It would be easier to listen to Chaucer's English than to Shakespearean English due to the Great Vowel Shift. 
B 
The examples used to explain the Great Vowel Shift show that long vowels became diphtongs. 
C 
"One fell swoop" is an example of cliché used in English during Chaucer's time. 
D 
Chaucer's English was influenced by the Great Vowel Shift. 
10Literature is a continuous process where changes occur all along time. It contributes to revealing the spirit of each of the socio-
historical moments a society goes through. Let us consider two relevant authors of English literature: William Shakespeare and 
John Dryden. Read the following statements and associate each one to one of these two authors: 
 
I- William Shakespeare. 
II- John Dryden. 
 
( ) He was a language builder since he invented a new vocabulary 
( ) He is one of the major poets of the Enlightenment. 
( ) Creativity and humor are a constant in his comedies and tragedies. 
( ) People used to travel to London to watch his impressive plays. 
 
Check the correct answer: 
A 
I - II - I - I. 
B 
II - I - II - I. 
C 
II - I - I - II. 
D 
I - II - II - I. 
11(ENADE, 2017) In 2016, Bob Dylan was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the excerpt below is part of his 
acceptance speech. 
"I was out on the road when I received this surprising news [that I had won the Nobel Prize], and it took me more than a few 
minutes to properly process it. I began to think about William Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I would reckon he thought of 
himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writing literature couldn't have entered his head. His words were written for the 
stage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I'm sure he was thinking about a lot of different things: 'Who're 
the right actors for these roles?', 'How should this be staged?', 'Do I really want to set this in Denmark?'. His creative vision and 
ambitions were no doubt at the forefront of his mind, but there were also more mundane matters to considerand deal with. 'Is the 
financing in place?', 'Are there enough good seats for my patrons?', 'Where am I going to get a human skull?' I would bet that the 
farthest thing from Shakespeare's mind was the question 'Is this literature?'. 
Like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life's mundane 
matters. 'Who are the best musicians for these songs?', 'Am I recording in the right studio?', 'Is this song in the right key?'. Some 
things never change, even in 400 years. 
Not once had I ever had the time to ask myself, 'Are my songs literature?' 
So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a 
wonderful answer". 
 
Consider the fragment of Dylan's speech in order to analyze the following statements: 
 
I- Dylan was aware of the literary value of his songs. 
II- Dylan was happy to receive a prize that Shakespeare also did. 
III- The Nobel Prize Award meant that the Swedish Academy understood his songs also as literature. 
IV- The recognition of the literary value of lyrics reinforces the importance of using songs and other midia as tool for language 
teaching. 
 
It is only correct what is stated in: 
 
FONTE: DYLAN, B. Nobel Prize in Literature Banquet Speech. Disponível em: http://www.rollingstone.com. Acesso em: 13 jul. 
2017. 
A 
I and II. 
B 
I, II and III. 
C 
III and IV. 
D 
I and IV. 
12During the Renaissance, literature focused on rational aspects of life, pointing out reason rather than the heart. The works of 
the period are more scientific-oriented than fantastic and dreaming. Classify the following assumption T for True and F for False 
according to the period: 
 
( ) Geoffrey Chaucer's narrative consists of four tales presented during a round trip. 
( ) Dryden conceived literature as the image of truth and obeying reason. 
( ) Shakespeare only excelled in writing comedy. 
( ) Orwell was politically engaged and wrote Burmese Days in 1903. 
 
Check the correct answer: 
A 
F - V - V - F. 
B 
F - F - V - F. 
C 
V - V - F - F. 
D 
V - V - F - V.