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    This document contains a quiz about Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea". It includes 8 multiple choice questions testing comprehension of characters, settings, themes and plot points in the novel. It also includes two essay questions asking students to analyze symbols in the story and describe elements of Hemingway's writing style based on a short passage. The quiz aims to assess a student's understanding of key elements of the novel.

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    This document contains a quiz about Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Old Man and the Sea". It includes 8 multiple choice questions testing comprehension of characters, settings, themes and plot points in the novel. It also includes two essay questions asking students to analyze symbols in the story and describe elements of Hemingway's writing style based on a short passage. The quiz aims to assess a student's understanding of key elements of the novel.

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    The Old Man and the Sea Quiz

    Multiple Choice

    Choose the best definition of the underlined word.

    1. Hemingway describes Santiago as a gaunt man because he is (1 point)

    old.
    thin.
    brave.
    wise.

    2. A furled sail of a ship is (1 point)

    stretched.
    torn.
    rolled up.
    patched.

    3. Santiago think he violated his luck by going too far out at sea. To violate means to (1 point)

    try.
    risk.
    reverse.
    break.

    4. Santiago displays malignancy when he (1 point)

    follows the marlin into the open sea.


    hits the head of the mako shark.
    thinks of himself as a sinner.
    thanks Manolin for supper.

    Choose the best answer.

    5. The setting of The Old Man and the Sea is primarily (1 point)

    off the coast of Florida.


    off the coast of California.
    off the coast of Cuba.
    off the coast of Italy.

    6. What is the most likely reason DiMaggio was a source of inspiration for Santiago? (1 point)

    DiMaggio was also a fisherman.


    DiMaggio was the best contemporary baseball player.
    DiMaggio was a great athlete who played through physical pain.
    DiMaggio dated Marilyn Monroe.

    7. Which of the following words best describe Santiago's feelings toward the marlin? (1 point)

    respect and rivalry

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    hatred and vengeance


    patience and compassion
    indifference and apathy

    8. How is the fishermen's reaction to Santiago's catch different from their prior treatment of the old
    man? (1 point)

    They formerly teased him, but now they're impressed by the marlin's size.
    They formerly isolated him, but now they invite him to fish alongside them.
    They formerly asked him for advice, but now they doubt his abilities.
    They formerly thought he suffered some bad luck, but now they conclude that he's cursed.

    Essay

    Note: Your teacher will grade your responses to questions 9 and 10 to ensure that you receive proper credit for
    your answers.

    9. A symbol is something that has a meaning beyond the obvious one. In The Old Man and the Sea, catching
    the marlin is clearly Santiago's main goal, but it comes to represent something much larger than that.
    Describe what the marlin symbolizes for Santiago, and what it would have meant for him to keep it.
    (10 points)

    10. Read the following passage from The Old Man and the Sea. What elements of Hemingway's writing style
    are present? Explain whether this passage is indicative of his style.

    "They walked up the road together to the old man's shack and went in through its open door. The old man
    leaned the mast with its wrapped sail against the wall and the boy put the box and the other gear beside
    it. The mast was nearly as long as the one room of the shack. The shack was made of the tough
    budshields of the royal palm which are called guano and in it there was a bed, a table, one chair, and a
    place on the dirt floor to cook with charcoal. On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the
    sturdy fibered guano there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another of the Virgin of
    Cobre. These were relics of his wife. Once there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but
    he had taken it down because it made him too lonely to see it..." (10 points)

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