old man and the sea exam

Question 1

group of writers who went to france after WWI

Answer 1

the lost generation

Question 2

person whose home these writers went to

Answer 2

gertrude stein

Question 3

two of hemingway’s war novels

Answer 3

a farewell to arms

for whom the bell tolls

Question 4

what prize did the old man and the sea win

Answer 4

the pulitzer prize

Question 5

adventurous locations that hemingway visited

Answer 5

italy
cuba
keywest

Question 6

hotel where boy gets meals for santiago

Answer 6

terrace

Question 7

possible symbol for hemingway’s critics in the novel

Answer 7

sharks

Question 8

hemingway’s strength as a writer

Answer 8

minimalistic style

Question 9

characteristiccs that classify santiago as an atypical hero

Answer 9

unlucky
poor/old
humble

Question 10

santiago’s nickname for the sea

Answer 10

la mar

Question 11

word that means unlucky

Answer 11

salao

Question 12

protagonist in the novel

Answer 12

santiago

Question 13

antagonist in the novel

Answer 13

the marlin

Question 14

length of marlin

Answer 14

18 feet

Question 15

weight of marlin

Answer 15

1500 lbs

Question 16

name for a short novel

Answer 16

novella

Question 17

element in nature that has the same heart as santiago

Answer 17

turtle

Question 18

element in nature that he refers to as his brother

Answer 18

the marlin

Question 19

element in nature that he calls a whore

Answer 19

portuguese man of war- jellyfish

Question 20

santiago promises pilgrimage to

Answer 20

virgin of cobre

Question 21

the most important symbol of santiago’s youth

Answer 21

the lions on the golden beaches of africa

Question 22

ways that santiago is a typical hero

Answer 22

male

perseveres

Question 23

“and his _____ ____ was still as tight as the gripped claws of an eagle”

Answer 23

left hand

Question 24

” he took about ____ pounds”, the old man said. “He took my _____ too and all the ______

Answer 24

forty
harpoon
rope

Question 25

You violated you ______ when you went too far outside

Answer 25

luck

Question 26

i wish I had the _____

Answer 26

boy

Question 27

they were wider than a man's hand with his fingers spread and the fish's _____ looked as detached as the mirrors in a periscope or as a ______ in a procession

Answer 27

eyes | saint's

Question 28

5 ways that santiago reflects hemingway's knowledge of the sea and fishing

Answer 28

santiago taught manolin how to fish santaigo sets his lines at certain depths and keeps them still santiago has knowledge of the jelly fish and to not touch a line that has its slime on it santiago knows the trade winds as that is how he gets home santiago uses the strategy of lashing the oars across the stern to slow down the fish

Question 29

six religious images in the novel

Answer 29

santiago carried the mass up the hill and manolin carried box of supplies he could feel the nail go throu his hand and into the wood he lied facedown with palms up and spread the fish's eyes were detached like a saint's in a procession santiago is a fisherman like Jesus was one santiago denied the sharks from the marlin as jesus denied the romans

Question 30

hemingway stacks odds against santiago

Answer 30

``` only has a bottle of water poor old man fishing in hurricane season faces the shark and marlin hand becomes cramped does not have the boy ```

Question 31

two themes of the novel

Answer 31

respect | never give up

Question 32

how are hemingway and santiago similiar

Answer 32

fishermen caught huge marlin slump of 84 days to hemingway's bad reviews both had redemption

Question 33

what is a parable

Answer 33

lesson

Question 34

reasons that hemingway is considered one of the master of american writers

Answer 34

work is considered classics won nobel prize considered best writer since shakespeare