1. English Reading Test
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Score: / 20 pts
Date: / /
Instructions:
No usar corrector en ítem II
Responder con lápiz pasta.
Tienes una hora y veinte minutos para responder el test.
El intento de copia será evaluado con la nota mínima.
Objetivo: Evaluar comprensión lectora y análisis de textos, a través de asociación
de vocabulario, y preguntas de comprensión.
I. Read:
Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1809, lived a life filled with
tragedy. Poe was an American writer, considered part of the Romantic Movement,
in the sub-genre of Dark Romanticism. He became an accomplished poet, short
story writer, editor, and literary critic, and gained worldwide fame for his dark,
macabre tales of horror, practically inventing the genre of Gothic Literature.
Although his writings were well received, Poe struggled financially and was also
plagued with "bouts of depression and madness." Edgar Allan Poe was orphaned at
a young age after his mother died and his father abandoned the family.
He went to the University of Virginia for a term before running out of money, then
enlisted in the Army, where he failed as an officer's cadet at West Point.
Poe published his first work, an anonymous collection of poems, Tamerlane and
Other Poems in 1827.
Edgar Allan Poe’s epic poem The Raven, was published when he was in Baltimore
in 1835, and became an instant success. Poe planned to produce his own journal,
The Stylus, but he died in 1849 of unknown causes at the young age of 40, before
he could make that project a reality.
2. II. - Vocabulary: Write the letter of the phrase with the same meaning as the
underlined word. (8 pts)
a) To become full or almost full.
b) Achieve or complete successfully
c) Have difficulty handling or coping with.
d) Enroll or be enrolled in the armed services.
1) ____ Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1809, lived a life filled
with tragedy.
2) ____ Poe struggled financially and was also plagued with "bouts of depression
and madness."
3) _____ (…) then enlisted in the Army, where he failed as an officer's cadet at West
Point.
4) _____ He became an accomplished poet, short story writer, editor, and literary
critic
III. - Open Questions: Answer the following questions according to what you
understood from the test. (12 pts)
1) Did Edgar Allan Poe have an easy childhood? Why?
2) What genre did he invent?
3) Can you infer the type of content in his stories?
4) Which was his most popular work?
