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   Despite the tricky and life-threatening relationship between Paleolithic humans and the megafauna that comprised so much of their environment, twentieth-century scholars tended to claim cave art as evidence of an unalloyed triumph for our species. It was a “great spiritual symbol,” of a time when “man had just emerged from a purely zoological existence, when instead of being dominated by animals, he began to dominate them.” But the child-like and highly stylized stick figures found in caves do not radiate triumph. By the standards of our own time, they are excessively self-effacing and, compared to the animals portrayed around them, pathetically weak.

   While twentieth-century archeologists tended to solemnize prehistoric art as “magico-religious” or “shamanic,” today’s more secular viewers sometimes detect a vein of sheer silliness. India’s Mesolithic rock art portrays few human stick figures; those that are portrayed have been described by modern viewers as “comical,” “animalized” and “grotesque.” As Judith Thurman wrote about the artists, “despite their penchant for naturalism, rarely did they choose to depict human beings, and then did so with a crudeness that smacks of mockery.”

   But who are they mocking, other than themselves and, by extension, their distant descendants, ourselves? Of course, our reactions to Paleolithic art may bear no connection to the intentions or feelings of the artists. Yet there are reasons to believe that Paleolithic people had a sense of humor not all that dissimilar from our own.


Barbara Ehrenreich. The Humanoid Stain. Later on. Internet: (adapted).

Judge whether the following items about text I are right (C) or wrong (E).


In the expressions “unalloyed triumph” (first sentence of the text) and “sheer silliness” (first sentence of the second paragraph), the adjectives “unalloyed” and “sheer” convey similar meanings.


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unnalloyed = not mixed with anything else (PURE)

unalloyed joy

sheer: complete and not mixed with anything else (UTTER)

The concert was sheer delight.

Os dois adjetivos são similares.

Resposta: Correto.

A afirmação está CORRETA.

  1. "Unalloyed triumph":
  • O adjetivo "unalloyed" significa "puro" ou "não misturado com algo indesejável". No contexto, descreve um triunfo completo, sem reservas ou complicações.
  1. "Sheer silliness":
  • O adjetivo "sheer" também significa "puro" ou "absoluto", mas enfatiza a totalidade ou intensidade da qualidade descrita. Nesse caso, destaca a "silliness" (tolice) como algo completo ou absoluto.

Ambos os adjetivos, "unalloyed" e "sheer", têm sentidos próximos, pois ambos expressam algo que é puro, absoluto ou total. Embora sejam usados em contextos diferentes (um positivo e outro negativo), suas funções semânticas são equivalentes.

A afirmação é CORRETA, já que os adjetivos "unalloyed" e "sheer" transmitem significados semelhantes.

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