This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > The Old Man And The Sea > The Old Man And The Sea – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do the birds in the story symbolize? A) The freedom that Santiago has at sea. B) The loneliness that Santiago feels while on the boat. C) Courage and bravery that Santiago feels. D) The quickness that Santiago feels while out at sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The loneliness that Santiago feels while on the boat. 2. For how long does Santiago wrestle with the Marlin? A) Two days and two nights. B) A week. C) One day and one night. D) Five days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two days and two nights. 3. Santiago often dreams about A) Catching a fish. B) Manolin. C) His late wife. D) Lions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lions. 4. A fluorescence that persists after radiation has ceased A) Lurch. B) Current. C) Phosphorescence. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphorescence. 5. Drop sharply A) Harpoon. B) Plummet. C) Tension. D) Stern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plummet. 6. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; a state of danger involving risk; verb put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position; pose a threat to; present a danger to A) Surge. B) Myriad. C) Peril. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peril. 7. Very thin, usually from being sick, hungry, or cold A) Myriad. B) Annul. C) Grudgingly. D) Gaunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gaunt. 8. The Old Man and the Sea was written by A) Ernest Hemingway. B) James Joyce. C) Charles Dickens. D) Pedro Santiago. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ernest Hemingway. 9. "The old man looked at him with his sunburned confident loving eyes." A) Direct. B) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct. 10. What type of fish does the old man catch? A) Tuna. B) Swordfish. C) Marlin. D) Salmon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marlin. 11. How does the portrayal of isolation and loneliness contribute to the overall theme of the novel? A) Isolation and loneliness highlight the characters' emotional struggles and the human need for connection. B) The characters in the novel do not experience isolation and loneliness. C) The portrayal of isolation and loneliness in the novel is unrealistic. D) Isolation and loneliness are irrelevant to the overall theme of the novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isolation and loneliness highlight the characters' emotional struggles and the human need for connection. 12. Rolled up/secured A) Flu. B) Furled. C) Sustenance. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Furled. 13. Why did the old man feelsorry for the small birds? A) Because they had to fly all thetime. B) Because the sea was alwaysrough. C) Because they seemed so weak. D) Because they looked so hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because they seemed so weak. 14. What literary device is used throughout the story to emphasize the old man's struggle? A) Imagery. B) Symbolism. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 15. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold A) Gaunt. B) Grudgingly. C) Teeter. D) Taut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gaunt. 16. Which is the image of 'la mar'? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 17. An act of deliberate betrayal; betrayal of a trust A) Taut. B) Treachery. C) Teeter. D) Peril. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Treachery. 18. What does Santiago (the old man) dream about? What do these objects mean? A) Stew and rice and black beans. They symbolize his hunger for knowledge. B) His wife. She symbolizes his loneliness. C) Lions on the beach in Africa. They symbolize his desire to be like a lion:proud, brave, free, and strong. D) Baseball. Baseball symbolizes his desire to be young and carefree again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lions on the beach in Africa. They symbolize his desire to be like a lion:proud, brave, free, and strong. 19. How long can the Shovel-Nosed shark grow up to? A) 8 feet. B) 100 inches. C) 3 meters. D) 7 feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7 feet. 20. "It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty ..... " A) Direct. B) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesThe Old Man And The Sea Quiz 1The Old Man And The Sea Quiz 2The 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