MCQs – The Old Man And The Sea Novel By Ernest HemingwayBy: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 8, 2025 39 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/39 Subscribe 1. Santiago usually had dreams of: (A) Tigers (B) Cats (C) Young lions (D) None of A, B, and C 2. Old man’s favourite game was: (A) Baseball (B) Football (C) Cricket (D) None of A, B, and C 3. Ernest Hemingway was born in: (A) 1892 (B) 1893 (C) 1900 (D) 1899 4. Ernest Hemingway passed away in: (A) 1963 (B) 1962 (C) 1961 (D) 1964 5. The subject of the Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms is: (A) Romance (B) The Problem of Woman (C) Futility of War Answer: (C) Futility of War 6. Hemingway was awarded “Nobel Prize for Literature” in: (A) 1950 (B) 1955 (C) 1957 (D) 1954 7. Who was the principal friend of Santiago on the ocean? (A) Dolphin (B) Flying fish (C) Birds (D) None of A, B, and C 8. Who is the author of The Old Man and the Sea? (A) Bernard Shaw (B) Jane Austen (C) Ernest Hemingway (D) None of A, B, and C 9. Which is not a novel by Hemingway? (A) The Old Man and the Sea (B) Pride and Prejudice (C) The Sun Also Rises (D) None of A, B, and C 10. Ernest Hemingway’s father was a: (A) Engineer (B) Soldier (C) Doctor (D) None of A, B, and C 11. The Old Man and the Sea received the Pulitzer Prize in: (A) 1953 (B) 1952 (C) 1951 (D) 1954 12. Hemingway passed away by: (A) Kidney Failure (B) Heart Failure (C) Committing Suicide (D) None of A, B, and C 13. For how many days was Santiago unable to catch a fish? (A) 87 days (B) 85 days (C) 86 days (D) 84 days 14. Ernest Hemingway’s mother was a: (A) Housewife (B) Musician (C) Doctor (D) None of A, B, and C 15. After writing The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway became the voice of the: (A) Children (B) Lost Generation (C) Young Generation (D) None of A, B, and C 16. Ernest Hemingway, after finishing school, wanted to become a: (A) Doctor (B) Soldier (C) Architect (D) None of A, B, and C 17. Who was Manolin? (A) Old Man’s Son (B) Old Man’s Student (C) Old Man’s Nephew (D) None of A, B, and C 18. Manolin’s parents ordered him to go in another boat because they thought: (A) Old man was crazy (B) Old man was bad (C) Old man was unlucky Answer: (C) Old man was unlucky 19. Hemingway was rejected by the army on account of: (A) Liver Problem (B) Kidney Problem (C) Injured Eye (D) None of A, B, and C 20. Who were the two American writers and critics who helped Hemingway find his literary feet? (A) T. S. Eliot and W.B. Yeats (B) Bernard Shaw and Ibsen (C) Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein (D) None of A, B, and C 21. The first novel of Hemingway was: (A) A Farewell to Arms (B) The Old Man and the Sea (C) The Sun Also Rises (D) None of A, B, and C 22. What Santiago thought to say if he caught the fish? (A) Twenty our father’s and twenty hail Mary’s (B) Fifty our father’s and fifty hail Mary’s (C) Ten our father’s and ten hail Mary’s (D) None of A, B, and C 23. When Manolin saw old man he: (A) Smiled (B) Laughed (C) Wept (D) None of A, B, and C 24. The fish caught by Santiago was: (A) Shark (B) Dolphin (C) Marlin (D) None of A, B, and C 25. Santiago was: (A) Anti-religious (B) Religious (C) Optimist (D) None of A, B, and C 26. When Santiago arrived home, Manolin decided to: (A) Go in another boat (B) Go with him for fishing (C) Go alone (D) None of A, B, and C 27. People in the town: (A) Were shocked to see it (B) Were jealous to see it (C) Were surprised to see the Skeleton of fish (D) None of A, B, and C 28. The restaurant in the town was called: (A) Village (B) Terrace (C) Inn (D) None of A, B, and C 29. Santiago’s wife was: (A) Divorced (B) Dead (C) Killed (D) None of A, B, and C 30. How much the first shark ate up from the hunted fish? (A) 20 pounds (B) 50 pounds (C) 40 pounds (D) None of A, B, and C 31. How many more sharks attacked the hunted fish? (A) Five (B) Three (C) Four (D) Two 32. On his first day at sea, Santiago hung: (A) Sydney (B) Tokyo (C) Havana (D) None of A, B, and C 33. The capital of Cuba is: (A) 3 baits in the sea (B) 4 baits in the sea (C) 5 baits in the sea (D) None of A, B, and C 34. The young lions in the novel are the symbol of: (A) Strength (B) Weakness (C) Bravery Answer: (A) Strength 35. Manolin is the symbol of: (A) Childhood (B) Youth (C) Innocence (D) None of A, B, and C 36. The “Marlin” caught by Santiago was: (A) Eighteen Feet Long (B) Ten Feet long (C) Twenty Feet Long Answer: (A) Eighteen Feet Long 37. What does ‘cumulus’ mean? (A) Clouds (B) Rain (C) Wind (D) None of A, B, and C 38. The match lasted for: (A) Three days and two nights (B) Two days and two nights (C) One day and one night (D) None of A, B, and C 39. The Old Man and the Sea is a story of the struggle of an: (A) Young Man (B) Boy (C) Old Man (D) None of A, B, and C Related Posts:MCQs | Pride and Prejudice Novel by Jane Austen20th Century English Novel MCQsEnglish Novel MCQs18th to 19th Century Novel Past PapersAbstract noun of novelTheory of Automata and Computation - Past (old) Papers for BSCS/MCS