Question

Read the following passage carefully and complete the activities: [10 Marks]

B1. State True or False:

(02)

i.

On the eighty-fifth day the old man succeeds in hooking a salmon with his bait.

ii.

Mandolin was his apprentice.

iii.

The old man hardly had any experience in fishing.

iv.

During the First World War, the old man had worked with the Red Cross.

An old and experienced Cuban fisherman has a run of terrible bad luck and is unable to catch

any fish for eighty-four days. His young and devoted apprentice, Manolin, has been forced by his

parents to start working with another fisherman. The old man resolves to sail out farther than all the

other fishermen and attempt to catch the really big fish. On the eighty-fifth day he succeeds in hooking

a marlin with his bait but the marlin is too strong for him and starts pulling the boat. ‘The Old Man and

the Sea’ is the story of the old man’s struggle with the marlin and his later battle against sharks.

Social/ Historical context:

Hemingway’s novel is based on real events and it also draws heavily on his own life. He had

experience of fishing in the Cuban waters and like the old man he was also a fan of baseball. He

worked for the Red Cross during the First World War and was injured by shrapnel when he was in

Italy. Hemingway always talks about the need to struggle against defeat or death and how

determination and endurance can help one to win in this struggle The old man is at the end of the novel

very near death, but we know that the story of his suffering and loss will live on in the memories of the

people of his village. Ultimately his story becomes one of triumph because the tales of his life will on

even after his death​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 FALSE

2 TRUE

3FALSE

4 TRUE