This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Old Man And The Sea > The Old Man And The Sea – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Catching the big fish was the old man's way of A) Proving he was a man. B) Replying to his critics. C) Being the "Spanish Captain Ahab". D) Cementing the boy's friendship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proving he was a man. 2. Impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses A) Immune. B) Improvise. C) Imperceptible. D) Ineffectual. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperceptible. 3. Which word has the same meaning of '' huge" ? A) Small. B) A little. C) Short. D) Big. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Big. 4. How many days did Santiago have without catching any fish? A) 2. B) 5. C) 20. D) 84. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 84. 5. Sustenance A) Firm decision. B) Violent, spasming, uncontrollable. C) Nourishment (food and drink); maintaining of life. D) To begin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nourishment (food and drink); maintaining of life. 6. Who got to the old man's boat? A) THE BOY. B) A SIREN. C) A BIRD. D) A HORSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A BIRD. 7. Where does Santiago live? A) In Cuba, sometime in the middle of the 1900s. B) In Cuba, in 2020. C) In Spain, in the 1930s. D) In space, the year 7859. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In Cuba, sometime in the middle of the 1900s. 8. The old man killed the big fish by driving a harpoon into his ..... A) Heart. B) Eye. C) Brain. D) Head. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heart. 9. A refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics) A) Elegance. B) Resolution. C) Improvise. D) Interminable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elegance. 10. What is the significance of the lions that the old man dreams about? A) They represent his fear of failure. B) They represent his hope for success. C) They represent his memories of youth and strength. D) They represent his fear of the unknown. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They represent his memories of youth and strength. 11. Why doesn't the old man have any food in his house, except for food that his landlord gave him? A) Because he's a robot who doesn't eat food. B) Because a hurricane wrecked his house. C) Because he is too sad to eat, due to his struggles with not being able to catch fish. D) Because the only food he really wants/cares about are the fish he catches himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because the only food he really wants/cares about are the fish he catches himself. 12. Producing no result A) Ineffectual. B) Furled. C) Attained. D) Gaunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ineffectual. 13. This is a ..... A) Python. B) Loggerhead. C) Leatherhead. D) Man-of-War Bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loggerhead. 14. What kind of fish does Santiago first catch? A) A tuna. B) A shrimp. C) A mackerel. D) A marlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tuna. 15. In The Old Man and the Sea, which character is the "old man?" A) Manolin. B) Rodrigo. C) Santiago. D) Diego. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Santiago. 16. A word that means nourishment A) Sustenance. B) Flu. C) Myriad. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sustenance. 17. Who is Manolin? A) A baseball player. B) A type of orange. C) A musical instrument. D) A boy who helps Santiago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A boy who helps Santiago. 18. If he could catch the big fish, the old man vowed to go on a pilgrimage. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. How many days had the old man gone without catching a fish? ( first page of the novella) A) 74. B) 34. C) 84. D) 94. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 84. 20. What is a 'carapace'? A) The hard upper shell of a turtle, crustacean, or arachnid. B) The webbing between the legs of an arachnid usually evident during gestation. C) The tail of a crustacean. D) The soft underbelly of a turtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hard upper shell of a turtle, crustacean, or arachnid. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesThe Old Man And The Sea Quiz 1The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 3The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 4The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 5The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 6The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 7The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 8The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 9The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books