Reading Quiz 12
Due Feb 13 at 11:59pm
Points 40
Questions 80
Available Jan 31 at 12am - Feb 13 at 11:59pm
Quiz submitted
Time Limit 160 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 132 minutes 40 out of 40
Score for this quiz: 40 out of 40
Submitted Feb 9 at 2:50am This
attempt took 132 minutes. Correct
answer
Question 1
0..5 pts
is the narrow humid fringe of tropical rain forest on the Atlantic, where Portuguese settlers planted
sugarcane in the early 1500s.
Mata
Moreno
Agreste
Caatinga
Sertao
Correct answer
Question 2
0..5 pts
The is a semi-arid woodland.
Caatinga
Sertao
Agreste
Orixas
Mata
,Correct answer
Question 3
0..5 pts
The Drought Polygon is in the region in northeastern Brazil.
Mata
Agreste
Colono
Sertao
Caatinga
Correct answer
Question 4
0..5 pts
The most recent federal definition of the Drought Polygon includes million people.
20.9
14.8
17.2
18.3
15.1
19.5
16.7
Correct answer
Question 5
0..5 pts
The difficult lives of peasants in the Sertao was portrayed in Barren Lives (Vidas Secas), a book that North
Americans would see as Brazil's:
Ulysses
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Grapes of Wrath
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Reivers
Correct answer
, Question 6
0..5 pts
Although they are two very different environments, the and the are often the subject of Brazilian
films (and are a major part of Brazil's collective geographical imagination), although images from each of these
rarely coexist.
praca/ shoppings
Cerrado/ Pantanal
Sertao/ favela
Quadrilatero/ Boteco
pardo/ moreno
Correct answer
Question 7
0..5 pts
The origins of Brazilian hip-hop are located in periferia--peripheral urban settlements
sometimes synonymous with favelas.
Recife's
Fortaleza's
Salvador's
Rio de Janeiro's
Brasilia's
Sao Paulo's
Correct answer
Question 8
0..5 pts
One of the few films to blend two archetypes is , which takes viewers from urban Rio de
Janeiro to the Sertao of northeastern Brazil.
Black God, White Devil
City of God
Orfeus
Central Station
Perfumed Ball
Correct answer
Question 9
Due Feb 13 at 11:59pm
Points 40
Questions 80
Available Jan 31 at 12am - Feb 13 at 11:59pm
Quiz submitted
Time Limit 160 Minutes
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 132 minutes 40 out of 40
Score for this quiz: 40 out of 40
Submitted Feb 9 at 2:50am This
attempt took 132 minutes. Correct
answer
Question 1
0..5 pts
is the narrow humid fringe of tropical rain forest on the Atlantic, where Portuguese settlers planted
sugarcane in the early 1500s.
Mata
Moreno
Agreste
Caatinga
Sertao
Correct answer
Question 2
0..5 pts
The is a semi-arid woodland.
Caatinga
Sertao
Agreste
Orixas
Mata
,Correct answer
Question 3
0..5 pts
The Drought Polygon is in the region in northeastern Brazil.
Mata
Agreste
Colono
Sertao
Caatinga
Correct answer
Question 4
0..5 pts
The most recent federal definition of the Drought Polygon includes million people.
20.9
14.8
17.2
18.3
15.1
19.5
16.7
Correct answer
Question 5
0..5 pts
The difficult lives of peasants in the Sertao was portrayed in Barren Lives (Vidas Secas), a book that North
Americans would see as Brazil's:
Ulysses
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Grapes of Wrath
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Reivers
Correct answer
, Question 6
0..5 pts
Although they are two very different environments, the and the are often the subject of Brazilian
films (and are a major part of Brazil's collective geographical imagination), although images from each of these
rarely coexist.
praca/ shoppings
Cerrado/ Pantanal
Sertao/ favela
Quadrilatero/ Boteco
pardo/ moreno
Correct answer
Question 7
0..5 pts
The origins of Brazilian hip-hop are located in periferia--peripheral urban settlements
sometimes synonymous with favelas.
Recife's
Fortaleza's
Salvador's
Rio de Janeiro's
Brasilia's
Sao Paulo's
Correct answer
Question 8
0..5 pts
One of the few films to blend two archetypes is , which takes viewers from urban Rio de
Janeiro to the Sertao of northeastern Brazil.
Black God, White Devil
City of God
Orfeus
Central Station
Perfumed Ball
Correct answer
Question 9
