BRAINS Literature 1999 Questions

1)  The Brazilian Film Um Copo de Cólera, with Júlia Lemmertz and Alexandre Borges, is based on a novel by an important contemporary Brazilian writer. Who is he? 2) João Romão and Pombinha are characters of a great novel written by Brazilian naturalist writer Aluízio Azevedo. What novel is that? 3) The novel "O Seminarista", by Bernardo Guimarães, tells the love story between Eugênio and Margarida. Question: What happens to the two characters at the end of the book? 4) British writer Emily Bronte wrote only one novel in 1847. Heathcliff and Cathrerine were the main characters. In 1992 a movie based on this novel starred Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche playing these characters. Question: What novel is that?   5) The famous novels A Farewell to Arms (Adeus às Armas), For whom the bell tolls (Por quem os sinos dobram) and The Old Man and the Sea (O Velho e o Mar) were all written by the same American writer, who lived many years in Cuba and then, back in the USA, shot himself in 1961. Who is he?   12 . (LISTEN) Alma minha gentil, que te partiste Tão cedo desta vida, descontente, Repousa lá no céu eternamente E viva eu cá na terra sempre triste. Se lá no assento etéreo, onde subiste, Memória desta vida se consente, Não te esqueças daquele amor ardente, Que já nos olhos meus tão puro viste. E se vires que pode merecer-te Alguma cousa a dor que me ficou Da mágoa, sem remédio, de perder-te, Roga a Deus, que teus anos encurtou, Que tão cedo de cá me leve a ver-te, Quão cedo de meus olhos te levou.  This sonnet is considered one of the most perfect of Portuguese language. Who wrote it? Click here to see the answers