Vocabulary
Define the word dope.
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Marlin off the Morro was originally published in ______.
Esquire Magazine
What is Nick's nickname in The Three-Day Blow?
Wemedge
In WWI Hemingway worked as a(n) ______________ in Italy.
ambulance driver
Define the word smack.
small wooden fishing boat.
animal gut
Into which town did Nick travel in Big Two-Hearted River?
Seney
With whom did Nick fight about the coffee?
Hopkins
Instead of attending college, Hemingway ___________.
worked as a reporter
Define the word scythe.
a curved blade used for cutting crops or hay.
What taper fly line does Hemingway use?
Double taper.
Which is the largest of the Marlin species that Hemingway fishes for?
Black
"There was a heaviness, a power not to be held..."
To what is Hemingway referring?
Hemingway won a Pulitzer prize in 1952 for ___________.
The Old Man and the Sea.
Define the word undulating.
move in a smooth wavelike motion.
Other fish caught in Cuba are dolphin or _________.
mahi-mahi
Hemingway uses _______ person and __________ person verbs in Marlin off the Morro.
First, second
What spits tobacco juice in Big Two-Hearted River?
grasshopper
Hemingway's father was employed as a(n) _________.
doctor
Define the word offal.
entrails
Hemingway's favorite fly was tied using feathers from this long-billed, migratory game bird.
woodcock
The best time for fish for Marlin in Cuba is in the months of __________ and ___________.
July, August
Identify the literary device:
“He sat on the logs, smoking, drying in the sun, the sun warm on his back the river shallow ahead entering the woods, curving into the woods, shallows light glittering, big water-smooth rocks, cedars along the bank and white birches, the logs warm in the sun, smooth to sit on, without bark, gray to the touch; slowly the feeling of disappointment left him.”
Asyndeton
How many times was Hemingway married?
4