Questão 36 - UDESC Manhã 2016/2

Unsuitable for Young People

 

[1]  …………………… Brazilians know Jorge Amado's work through television or film 

adaptations. 

A TV soap opera version of Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon starring Sonia Braga took the 

country, then ……………….. military rule, by storm in 1975. 

[5] Gabriela was a sexy migrant worker with whom Nacib, a bar owner of Arab origin, falls in 

love in the small port of Ilheus, in Brazil's cocoa producing region. 

A year later, Dona Flor hit the cinema screens, telling the story of a young woman 

……………. after remarrying continued to go to bed with the spirit of her deceased, 

debauched husband. 

[10]  The characters were credible - from the local political leaders in ……………….. white suits 

to the pious small town ladies. 

But the cocktail of sex and strong language kept many of Amado's novels off official school 

reading lists for decades. 

My Catholic school in Rio de Janeiro was …………………… those deeming his work 

[15] unsuitable for young people. 

But the popularity of his stories meant that by the time he died in 2001, buses loaded with 

tourists stopped regularly outside his house.

By Leonardo Rocha. www.bbc.com/news ( accessed on March 23rd, 2016)

Mark the correct alternative which can be answered by the information given in Text 3.