History quiz

Exercises on the Contestado War - with feedback

Question 01 - UDESC - 2012.2 - The Contestado War began in October 1912, and this year will mark 100 years since the beginning of the conflict. This event brought to light disputes over land between states of the federation, residents, caboclos and local (state and federal) power. Tick ​​the alternative that contains the name of the states involved in the Contestado War. A. ( ) Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina B. ( ) Paraná and Santa Catarina C. ( ) Pernambuco and Alagoas D. ( ) Bahia and Pará E. ( ) Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná
Question 02 - UDESC - 2015.2 - Tick the correct alternative in relation to land conflicts in Santa Catarina. A. ( ) During the Contestado War, Chapecó was the seat of the Republic of Santa Catarina, hence the historical importance of this region in the State. B. ( ) The Juliana Republic was the occupation of Lages by the Gaucho Farroupilhas, whose conflict spilled over from Rio Grande do Sul to Santa Catarina. C. ( ) The Federalist Revolution took place in the extreme west of Santa Catarina, involving religious fanatics (monks João Maria and José Maria) and landowners. D. ( ) The Contestado War was a land dispute between Santa Catarina and Paraná. E. ( ) The War of the Farrapos, in the state of Santa Catarina, was called Revolta Armada and was associated with the land disputes between Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.
Question 03 - UTFPR 2008 - Summer - 1st test - “Social movement that began as a religious phenomenon of millenarian exaltation with strong messianic characteristics, basically maintaining these mystical characteristics, with greater or lesser intensity, until its final liquidation. In this aspect, this movement presented a certain originality due to the fact that the main mystical leadership - the monk José Maria - was killed in the first combat, in the faxinal of Irani, in October 1912. However, the expectation for the "return" of the monk, in addition to of provoking a new meeting of its initially restricted group of followers the following year, it ended up adding different social segments, such as squatters and ranchers expelled from their lands, black and cabocla communities from the plateau, herbalists, unemployed workers on the railroad, medium-sized farmers , former federalist leaders and political opponents of the colonels of Curitibanos, Canoinhas, Lages, Rio Negro, Timbó and União da Vitória.” The excerpt above was taken from an important book written by the gaucho historian Paulo Pinheiro Machado in 2004 about:Federalist.B) Canudos Revolt.C) Civilist Campaign.D) Vaccine Revolt.E) Contestado War.
Question 04 - TJ-SC - 2010 - Conflict that reached enormous proportions in the history of Brazil and, particularly, in the States of Paraná and Santa Catarina. The conflict region, located between the two states, was disputed by the governments of Paraná and Santa Catarina, an area rich in yerba mate and, above all, wood, where political, economic and religious interests were mixed. Occurred between 1912 and 1916, the conflict involved, on the one hand, the caboclo population of those states, and, on the other, the two state governments, supported by the President of the Republic, Hermes da Fonseca. The text above refers to:a) Farrapos War b) Emboabas War c) Contestado War d) 1930 Revolution e) Armada Revolt
Question 05 - TJ-SC - 2009 - During the period of the First Republic there was a conflict that reached enormous proportions in the history of Brazil and, particularly, of the States of Paraná and Santa Catarina. Similar to other serious moments of crisis, political-economic interests and messianism mixed in the explosive context. Occurred between 1912 and 1916, the conflict involved, on the one hand, the caboclo population of those states, and, on the other, the two state governments, supported by the President of the Republic, Hermes da Fonseca. The text above refers to:a) Farroupilha Revolution. b) Julian Revolt. c) War of Canudos. d) Contestado War. e) Revolution of 1930.

Question 06 - FUVEST 2018 - Transfer - 1st Phase - -The Contestado War was the only movement that unequivocally took on a millenarian character. Opponents of the Republic [...], the participants of the rebel brotherhood called themselves monarchists. However, the monarchy they aspired to, more than a political institution, was perceived as the realization of the eschatological kingdom. D. T. Monteiro, “A confrontation between Juazeiro, Canudos and Contestado”. In:B. Fausto, História geral da civilization Brasileira, 1977.
The so-called Contestado Revolt, which took place between 1912 and 1916,
a) took place in an yerba mate producing area disputed by the states of Santa Catarina and Paraná and had, in José Maria, a leadership of a messianic character.
b) it was an offshoot of the Canudos War, whose remnants followed under the leadership of Blessed José Lourenço, reacting to the persecutions against the former followers of Antônio Conselheiro.
c) was characterized by the attempt to establish a monarchy of sacred character in Juazeiro do Norte, under the strong influence of Father Cícero Romão Batista.
d) presented itself as a continuity of Sebastianist beliefs in northeastern Brazil, in a context of crisis in sugarcane production.
e) brought together religious brotherhoods from Minas Gerais, which contested the separation between Church and State established by the Brazilian Constitution of 1891.

Question 07 - UFPR 2009 - Regarding the Contestado movement, which took place from 1912 to 1916, consider the following statements:1. At the beginning of the movement, the monk José Maria, its main leader, was killed, but his guidelines continued to influence the participants. 2. This movement ended up bringing together different social segments, such as squatters and ranchers expelled from their lands, and black and cabocla communities. 3. The Contestado movement had millenarian and messianic characteristics, but also political, of social contestation. 4. Despite its contestatory nature, sympathy for the Republic is a characteristic that is continually present in the Contestado movement. 5. One of the main causes of the movement was the fact that the sertanejos – or caboclos – were expelled from their lands by the railroad built in the region. Tick ​​the correct alternative. a) Only statements 3, 4 and 5 are true. b) Only statements 1 and 4 are true. c) Only statements 1, 2, 3 and 5 are true. d) Only statements 2 and 3 are true. e) Only statements 1, 2, 4 and 5 are true.

Question 08 - UERJ 2001 - 2nd Qualification Exam - Read the text about the Contestado (1912-1916), a conflict that took place in the south of the country and motivated, among other factors, by the land dispute. The revolt had above all a social and religious character. What kept the caboclos together was the belief in a prophet known as the monk José Maria, a mystical warrior like Antônio Conselheiro. Contestado was a millenarian movement, that is, impregnated with apocalyptic fears and hopes of salvation for the initiated. The caboclos believed in the end of this world and the emergence of a better one, without hunger or misery. Until today, the local population refers to the episode as the war of the fanatics, says historian Paulo Pinheiro Machado, from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC).
(Adapted from Superinteressante, May 2000.)The expression “war of the fanatics” was used to define the participation of the insurgents and was created at that time by the political authorities and the landowners. From a current critical point of view, it can be said that the expression indicates the intention to:(A) disqualify the participants of the rebellion
(B) support the monarchist ideas of the rebels
(C) emphasize the degenerate character of the revolting caboclos
(D) highlight the indolence of psychoclimatic origin of the peasants

Question 09 - UFPR LITORAL 2009 - Regarding the Contestado movement, which took place from 1912 to 1916, consider the following statements:
1. At the beginning of the movement, the monk José Maria, its main leader, was killed, but his guidelines continued to exert influence on the participants.
2. This movement ended up bringing together different social segments, such as squatters and ranchers expelled from their lands, and black and cabocla communities.
3. The Contestado movement had millenarian and messianic characteristics, but also political, of social contestation.
4. Despite its contestatory nature, sympathy for the Republic is a characteristic that is continually present in the Contestado movement.
5. One of the main causes of the movement was the fact that the sertanejos – or caboclos – were expelled from their lands by the railroad built in the region.
Check the correct alternative.
a) Only statements 3, 4 and 5 are true.
b) Only statements 1 and 4 are true.
c) Only statements 1, 2, 3 and 5 are true.
d) Only statements 2 and 3 are true.
e) Only statements 1, 2, 4 and 5 are true.

Question 10 - UFPR 2017 - Look at the image and read the following fragment:

Since 1853, the territorial dispute between Paraná and Santa Catarina had been dragging on and, already in the The beginning of the 20th century - after the Proclamation of the Republic and the principle of autonomy of the states of the Federation - was a reason for fierce discussions between the instances of power of these Brazilian states, relying, at different times, on the opinions of political representatives from other regions of the world. country. There were several opinions issued by the federal government, sometimes winning the case to one, sometimes to another.
(DALFRÉ, Liz A. Other narratives of nationality:the Contestado movement. Theses Collection of the Paranaense Museum. v. 8 . Curitiba:SAMP. 2014. p. 38-39.) Regarding the Contestado movement, consider the following statements:1. The Contestado movement took place in eastern Paraná, in which several missionaries sought to rescue lands acquired by Santa Catarina in the late 19th century.
2. Among the most emblematic figures of the movement is that of José Maria, a lay monk who had several followers, giving the combat a messianic aspect.
3. In 1912, the federal government ended the conflict, after the battle of Irani, in which several sertanejos died, among them José Maria.
4. The Contestado movement comprises the conflict that occurred between Santa Catarina and Paraná sertanejos and the forces of the federal and local government. Choose the correct alternative.
a) Only statements 1 and 3 are true.
b) Only statements 2 and 4 are true.
c) Only statements 1, 3 and 4 are true. true.
d) Only statements 2, 3 and 4 are true.
e) Statements 1, 2, 3 and 4 are true.
FEEDBACK 01 - B02 - D03 - E04 - C05 - D
06 - A
07 - C
08 - A
09 - C
10 - B