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The Old Man and the Sea Part I Quick Check

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following elements of a narrative are evident in Part I of The Old Man and the Sea?
(3 points)

setting
exposition
an unreliable narrator
direct and indirect characterization

2. Which of the following sentences reflects Hemingway's preference for factual details that make the
story more realistic and believable? (1 point)

"The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him."
"He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility."
"Those who caught sharks had taken them to the shark factory on the other side of the cove
where they were hoisted on a block and tackle, their livers removed, their fins cut off and their hids
skinned out and their flesh cut into strips for salting."
"I hope no fish will come along so great that he will prove us wrong."

3. Which of the following vocabulary words best defines what archaeologists study? (1 point)

furled
gaunt
attained
relics

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