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Quiz about The Old Man and the Sea Quells
Quiz about The Old Man and the Sea Quells

The Old Man and the Sea Quells Quiz


Add, change, or drop a letter from the book title 'The Old Man and the Sea' to discover the unwritten sequels that Hemingway might have written in a parallel universe. All questions are fill in the blank.

A multiple-choice quiz by Chavs. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Chavs
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
361,619
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
447
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Add a letter to 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find the best-selling parallel universe sequel in which Hemingway's hero, Santiago, goes back out to sea but this time to hunt an aquatic mammal.

Answer: (6 words)
Question 2 of 10
2. Change one letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find the sequel that involves Santiago taking his older brothers out on a voyage with him.

Answer: (6 words)
Question 3 of 10
3. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find the parallel universe land-lubber sequel in which Santiago tries to catch butterflies in a countryside meadow.

Answer: (6 words)
Question 4 of 10
4. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to discover Hemingway's parallel universe factual account in which Santiago spends 84 days afloat updating his ancient navigation chart.

Answer: (6 words)
Question 5 of 10
5. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to get Hemingway's parallel universe thriller about Santiago's Boston voyage, which ended in him losing all his precious cargo in the harbour.

Answer: (6 words)
Question 6 of 10
6. Drop a letter from 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find the title of Hemingway's controversial feminist and matriarchal re-working of the story in a parallel universe.

Answer: (6 words)
Question 7 of 10
7. Add a letter to 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find Hemingway's parallel universe sequel about a swimmer who developed hypothermia.

Answer: (6 words)
Question 8 of 10
8. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to discover the title of Hemingway's possible fairytale about a woman who claims to be a princess and wants to marry Santiago. To test her pedigree, Santiago places something in the princess's bed.

Answer: (6 words)
Question 9 of 10
9. Add a letter to 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find Hemingway's gripping parallel universe tale of Santiago's battle to win a game of musical chairs.

Answer: (6 words)
Question 10 of 10
10. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find Hemingway's final parallel universe sequel, in which Santiago goes on a well-earned holiday to a health resort.

Answer: (6 Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Add a letter to 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find the best-selling parallel universe sequel in which Hemingway's hero, Santiago, goes back out to sea but this time to hunt an aquatic mammal.

Answer: The Old Man and the Seal

The third in the parallel universe trilogy was 'The Old Man and the Sea-Bream'. Meanwhile, back in our universe, Hemingway really did write 'The Old Man and the Sea' as part of an unfinished trilogy.
2. Change one letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find the sequel that involves Santiago taking his older brothers out on a voyage with him.

Answer: The Old Men and the Sea

Meanwhile, back in our universe, Santiago is an isolated widower whose only real friend is the boy Manolin, his young apprentice. Their friendship seems more than just mentor and pupil, being sometimes more of a surrogate father and son relationship; it provides some of the most touching moments in the book as well as being symbolic of the circle of life.

Hemingway said: "I tried to make a real old man, a real boy, a real sea and a real fish and real sharks. But if I made them good and true enough they would mean many things."
3. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find the parallel universe land-lubber sequel in which Santiago tries to catch butterflies in a countryside meadow.

Answer: The Old Man and the Lea

Back in our universe, in the '40s Hemingway really did begin writing a land-based book called 'The Land'; he had an idea for a trilogy, separately to be called 'The Land', 'The Sea' and 'The Air', and to be combined as one novel to be called 'The Sea Book'. His work soon stalled and it wasn't until after his death that it was published under the title 'Islands in the Stream'.
4. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to discover Hemingway's parallel universe factual account in which Santiago spends 84 days afloat updating his ancient navigation chart.

Answer: The Old Map and the Sea

Back in our universe, although famous primarily for his fiction, Hemingway wrote several non-fiction books, including some about one of his passions, the Spanish tradition of bull-fighting: 'The Dangerous Summer' and 'Death in the Afternoon' describe the traditions, rites, and dramas of the battles in powerful detail, providing Hemingway with a chance to discuss the very nature of fear and courage, which he also touched on in 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
5. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to get Hemingway's parallel universe thriller about Santiago's Boston voyage, which ended in him losing all his precious cargo in the harbour.

Answer: The Old Man and the Tea

Meanwhile, back in our universe, although Hemingway said that he based the character of Santiago on "no one in particular", there are some who claim that the models for Santiago were one or both of the two first-mates who worked his fishing boat with him: Gregorio Fuentes and Carlos Gutierrez.
6. Drop a letter from 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find the title of Hemingway's controversial feminist and matriarchal re-working of the story in a parallel universe.

Answer: The Old Ma and the Sea

Indeed this could only happen in a parallel universe. Here in our universe, Hemingway's work has received some criticism from feminists for perceived misogyny and stereotyping.
7. Add a letter to 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find Hemingway's parallel universe sequel about a swimmer who developed hypothermia.

Answer: The Cold Man and the Sea

Meanwhile, in this universe, to mark the fact that not all of us can write to Hemingway's high standard, The International Imitation Hemingway Competition is an annual contest where entrants must write a "really good page of really bad Hemingway". The winner gets a trip to Harry's Bar in Italy.
8. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to discover the title of Hemingway's possible fairytale about a woman who claims to be a princess and wants to marry Santiago. To test her pedigree, Santiago places something in the princess's bed.

Answer: The Old Man and the Pea

It might have been very interesting to see what dark fairytales Hemingway could have written, but unfortunately there were no real sequels to 'The Old Man and the Sea'; in this universe it was Hemingway's final major work to be published in his lifetime. Several books were published posthumously.
9. Add a letter to 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find Hemingway's gripping parallel universe tale of Santiago's battle to win a game of musical chairs.

Answer: The Old Man and the Seat

In a parallel universe, this story won the Wurlitzer prize for literature; but here in our universe, Hemingway won the equally prestigious Pulitzer Prize for 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
10. Change a letter in 'The Old Man and the Sea' to find Hemingway's final parallel universe sequel, in which Santiago goes on a well-earned holiday to a health resort.

Answer: The Old Man and the Spa

They like happy endings in the parallel universe, you see, whereas in our universe Hemingway was not so sold on them.

Our universe's Hemingway enjoyed a bit of fishing rather than a spa for relaxation. He won a well-earned Nobel Prize for Literature to honour "his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in 'The Old Man and the Sea', and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style." (Quote from The Nobel Foundation)
Source: Author Chavs

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