AVALIAÇÃO II LITERATURA NORTE AMERICANA

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AVALIAÇÃO II LITERATURA NORTE- AMERICANA
1. Literature worldwide tends to present a switching according to a whole set of reasons. North-American literature also follows this switching in movements, according to multiple reasons such as the historical period, influences from European ideas, changing of mentalities, etc. Analyze the following authors and works:
I- Ralph Waldo Emmerson - Rhodora.
II- Frank Norris - Mc Teague.
III- Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin.
IV- Rebecca Harding Davis - Life in the Iron Mills.
Relate these authors and their works to the corresponding characteristics of each period of the North-American literature:
( ) Behavior is determined by innate and/or inherited tendencies of the individual.
( ) Nature, feelings, expression of emotion and personal characteristics, exaltation.
( ) Expression of a specific reality, reproducing speech, dialects, individualities of a specific region.
( ) Under the influence of Honoré de Balzac, the life of people is shown so as it is in society, like a portrait.
Check the right answer:
A) I - IV - III - II.
B) II - I - III - IV.
C) IV - III - II - I.
D) II - IV - I - III.
2. North-american literature is divided into main periods which present each one some aspects in particular and different ways to treat them. One of these periods corresponds to romantism, where we can also talk about transcendentalism. Among the authors below, try to relate each one to the main aspect corresponding to him/her. Associate the items:
I- Ralph Waldo Emmerson.
II- Margareth Fuller.
III- Christopher Pearse Cranch.
IV- Emily Dickingson.
( ) Correspondences is one important work of this transcendental author.
( ) This author was not really affiliated to any cercle or group, but has been considered as a transcendental representative.
( ) Was one of the first female members of the transcendental club.
( ) He is the author of the Rhodora and the leader of the Transcendental Club.
Check the right answer:
A) IV - I - III - II.
B) III - IV - II - I.
C) II - IV - I - III.
D) I - II - IV - III.
3. Different authors wrote about different subjects in the Literary mouvents of the United States. Among this authors, we count Nathanael Hawthorne, Walt Whitman and Herman Melville. The three of them wrote in diverse ways and about different subjects. Associate each author to a respective statements talking about their works:
I- Nathanael Hawthorne.
II-Walt Whitman.
III- Herman Melville.
( ) In one of his works, a phisically and emotionally odd captain hunts wales.
( ) In Democratic Vistas, a work produced at the end of his life, he considers american identity and democratic way of life.
( ) In The Scarlet Letter puritanism appears throught the story, which occurs in Boston.
( ) His writings are psychological intrigues and human relations and feelings.
Check the CORRECT sequence:
A) III - II - I - I.
B) I - II - I - III.
C) II - I - III - I.
D) III - I - II - II.
4. The people who settled in America had already lived, in Europe, in the contact of literature, role play in theathers and so forth. Thus, reading and writing were quite usual among them. Since the very begining of the settlements, the new American forming people enjoyed reading and following the journey of characters in the books they read. Among the genders below, check the CORRECT answer:
A) Novel was the ideal gender for writers settled in the US, as people really liked it.
B) The first literature developped in the US was shakespearean drama.
C) Poetry was since the begining the only gender American use to read.
D) The first five hundred years literature of America were actually the stories of the native people.
5. In Naturalism, people are influenced by their surroundings. The actions of the characters in a novel frequently result from the situations where they are set in. This happens in the book Mc Teague, by Frank Norris. People marry and kill, and there is a reason for that. Among the assumptions below, check the one that DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO THE TRUTH:
A) Frank Norris is of great interest for the study of North-American literature, as he introduced Naturalism in the United States.
B) Naturalism is strongly influenced by the evolution theory, either in Europe, as in North-America.
C) In his literature, Norris expresses some influence from Charles Darwin and his theory of species evolution.
D) French writer Emile Zola introduced the Naturalism in North-American Literature.
6. Transcendentalism occurred in North-American Literature as the result of a group of people, and authors gathering to discuss spiritual ideas. It consists of an idealistic and philosophical approach to life. Among the authors given below, one IS NOT TRANSCENDENTALIST:
A) Ralph Waldo Emmerson.
B) William Ellery Channing.
C) William Apes.
D) Christopher Pearse Cranch.
7. One main author we have to consider when talking about American Literature is Margareth Fuller. Margareth Fuller was a journalist and also editor and had a proeminent place in society, as she could stand out through her work. One of her books is "Women in the Nineteenth Century". Analyze the following statements and check the relation there is between them:
I- The book "Women in the Nineteenth Century" treats the sad conditions of women in the country at the XIX century
BECAUSE
II- Women had not many rights and sometimes even had to work hard and in bad conditions.
Check the CORRECT answer:
A) I is true and II is true, but there is no relation between them.
B) I is false and II is true.
C) I is true and II is true, and II explains I.
D) I is true, but II is false.
8. In Walden a series of themes are present. Read the following excert:
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only
the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and
not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what
was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was
quite necessary".
Mark T for True and F for False:
( ) Life in the walden is better than life in the city, which is not life at all.
( ) Life is not a pleasant think.
( ) Meditation is the only subject in this excert.
( ) Escaping is the point here: escape to live deliberately.
Check the CORRECT answer:
FONTE: https://www.bartleby.com/370/15.html. Acesso em: 1º jul. 2019.
A) T - T - F - F.
B) F - F - F - T.
C) T - F - F - T.
D) F - F - T - F.
9. Read the following excert from the poem Rhodora, by Ralph Waldo Emmerson:
Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why
This charm is wasted on the earth and sky,
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then Beauty is its own excuse for being. 
About Beauty, check the CORRECT answer:
FONTE: https://www.bartleby.com/370/15.html. Acesso em: 1º jul. 2019.
A) Beauty doesn't need to exist.
B) Beauty is the only reason for the flower to exist, and it's enough by itself.
C) The sages don't know what beauty really is.
D) Beauty is not seen with the eyes.
10. Read the following excerpt from Correspondences, by Christopher Pearse Cranch:
ALL things in Nature are beautiful types to the soul that will read them;
Nothing exists upon earth, but for unspeakable ends.
Every object that speaks to the senses was meant for the spirit:
Nature is but a scroll,-God's handwriting thereon.
Order the following subjects, according to their position in the message of the excerpt:
I- Things that exist in the world, exist for a specific reason.
II- God lies behind everything.
III- Souls read things.
IV- Everything is of some beauty for the ones who can see it.
Check the right sequence:
A) I - II - III - IV.
B) II - IV - I - III.
C) IV - III - I - II.
D) III - IV - I - II.