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1. The marlin pulls Santiago and his little skiff out to sea. Where would this event fall on a plot diagram of this story?
A. the resolution
B. the rising action
C. the climax
D. the falling action
2. Which of Hemingway's descriptions allow the reader to BEST grasp the characterization of Santiago?
A. "The fish never changed his course nor his direction all that night as far as the man could tell from watching the stars."
B. "Perhaps he is too wise to jump."
C. "His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps and treacheries. My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people."
D. "Just then, watching his lines, he saw one of the projecting green sticks dip sharply."
3. Why is it significant that Santiago has traveled so far out to sea?
A. It demonstrates Santiago's strength and ability to row out so far.
B. It reveals why he's a more talented fisherman than the others.
C. It explains why Santiago begins talking to the birds.
D. It increases the tension of Santiago's fishing experience.
4. “He loved green turtles and hawk-bills with their elegance and speed and their great value and he had a friendly contempt for the huge, stupid loggerheads, yellow in their armour-plating, strange in their love-making, and happily eating the Portuguese men-of-war with their eyes shut."
What is this an example of?
A. personification
B. descriptive language
C. metaphor
D. foreshadowing
5. Hemingway is developing the theme of ___ in The Old Man and the Sea.
A. man vs. self
B. adventure
C. travel
D. man vs. nature
6. What role do the birds play in the story?
A. They taunt the old fisherman.
B. Their presence signals fish nearby.
C. They scare the fish away.
D. They attract turtles to the boat.
7. Hemingway is known for his journalistic writing style. Which of these excerpts is an example of that style?
A. “What I will do if he decides to go down, I don't know. What I'll do if he sounds and dies I don't know. But I'll do something. There are plenty of things I can do.”
B. “The spot was, indeed, a near relation of night, and when night showed itself an apparent tendency to gravitate together could be perceived in its shades and the scene.”
C. “Every now and then a shoal of flying fish, scared from the water under the bows, would leap into the air, and fall the next moment like a shower of silver into the sea.”
D. “A great elm tree spread its broad branches over it, at the foot of which bubbled up a spring of the softest and sweetest water, in a little well formed of a barrel.”
8. The omniscient narrator describes Santiago's observations as he sails his skiff
A. to show Santiago's connection to nature
B. to explain why people hunt for turtles
C. to show why he doesn't hunt turtles
D. to establish a subplot in the story
9. Why does Santiago talk to himself while he's fishing?
A. because it keeps him from going crazy
B. because he's all by himself and lonely
C. because he feels comfortable on the ocean
D. because it helps get fish on the line
10. Which of the following is moving the plot forward?
A. the action between the turtles and the Portuguese man-of-war
B. the conflict between Santiago and the fish
C. the description of Santiago's catch of one of a pair of marlin
D. the conflict between Santiago and the birds
