Questões de Concurso Para diplomata

Considering the ideas and the vocabulary presented in the text, mark the following items as right (C) or wrong (E).  

In line 15, the word “patchwork” conveys the idea of a seamless system of regional markets. 

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The expansion of the trade network designed by the Portuguese was enabled by the range of technical solutions they offered, rather than by the nature of the products transacted. 

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The Portuguese contributed to lure invaders to Chinese shores. 

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Despite setbacks in handling the relations with China, the Portuguese have been able to maintain a commercial presence in some parts of the Chinese territory.

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Italian Renaissance decisively contributed to usher in the age of European domination. 

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In the last paragraph, Vidal admits that, unlike himself, Alec Guinness and Terry Southern are not nostalgic. 

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In Vidal’s opinion, Joe Alsop was not likeable.  

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In the statement “Videocassettes are beginning to crowd out the books”, in line 7, one could infer that tapes might outnumber books at some point. 

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In the sentence “look about the room”, in line 1, about is used as adverb rather than a preposition. 

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In lines 2, 11, and 12, the word “breach” could not be replaced by severance in any of the situations without changing the meaning of the sentences.

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In lines 10 to 12, in the passage “this is more straightforward when no formal breach of relations has taken place”, “more straightforward” could be replaced by less complex without changing the meaning of the sentence.

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In line 7, the expression “there are no constraints in their contacts” means that their contacts remain regular.

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In line 3, the “sending State” is the one capable of expelling foreign diplomats from its territory.

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The word “acute” (line 27) could be replaced with mutual without changing the meaning of the sentence. 

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Effective diplomacy in the traditional sense assumed that commitments made through the diplomatic process would be enforced by a single center of power in the diplomat’s own country, irrespective of any resistance from other domestic authorities.  

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Texts of treaties agreed upon by the American chief executive in an international negotiation might come to be later rejected or modified by the Senate of the United States. 

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As a consequence of the extreme fragmentation of American policy-making and diplomacy, ambassadors of the United States represent only the interests of the federal government abroad. 

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Although conceived by a few local intellectuals and elite members, Dutch culture exerted an appeal over the rest of the country because the latter saw themselves reflected by those artistic expressions.  

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The text admits that Dutch culture, understood as “collective ways of seeing themselves, and the world beyond”, in lines 5 and 6, was a conscious invention.  

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In line 9, the expression “propertied nation” refers to the sovereignty of the Dutch nation.