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Questions, A. Answer the questions in two or three sentences., 1. How does Santiago wake the boy up?, Santiago walked in quietly into the room where the, boy was sleeping. He took hold of one foot gently, and held it for sometime. Then he woke him up., 2. What is the old man's attitude to food and, water?, Eating was a boring thing for him. He never carried, lunch with him. He consumed barely a bottle of, water a day., 3. What does the old man experience as he starts, his voyage?, As he starts the voyage, he willfully forgets the, land and looks forward to his experience in the sea, and enjoys the clean morning smell of the ocean., 4. How does the old man deploy his baits?, Each bait hung head down with the shank of, 1

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GEMS OF IMAGINATION, 23, the hook inside the bait fish and the rest was all, covered with sardines. These baits were deployed, at different levels, one at forty fathoms, next, at seventy-five fathoms, the third at a hundred, fathoms and the last at a hundred and twenty five, fathoms., 5. What does Santiago feel in the sharp morning, sun?, The bright sun's rays fell on the water and the glare, fell into his eyes. His eyes were hurt sharply and, he tried to avoid looking at the sea., 6. Why is Santiago happy seeing the plankton?, At the sight of the plankton Santiago were very, happy, because he knew that the presence of, plankton, an ideal food for fish, indicated the, presence of fish., 7. How does the old man catch an albacore?, When Santiago saw the albacore, he hit him on, the head and kicked him and caught the fish which, weighed almost ten pounds., 8. What would others think if they saw Santiago, talking to himself?, If others heard that Santiago was talking to himself,, they would think that he was crazy., 2, DE

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Santiago, in his sleep, dreamt of Africa when, A CHORUS GUID, 24, B. Answer the questions in about 100 words., 1. Describe the dream Santiago had at night., Santiago, in his sleep, dreamt of Africa whe, he was a boy. He dreamt of the long golden a, white beaches, the high capes and the great brow, mountains. He heard the surf roar and saw the, native boats riding through it. He dreamed no, of people but of places and of the lions on the, beach, which played like young cats in the dusk., The young lions symbolise a particular quality of, emotion, grandeur and the eternal youth which, Santiago represents a youth of the spirit rather, than of the flesh., n, 2. Describe the morning scene when the old man, bids goodbye to the boy., On the morning of the eighty-fifth day the old man, and the boy walked down the trail to the skiff,, feeling the pebbled sand under their feet and lifted, the sailboat and slid her into the water. There were, other boats going into the sea from other beaches., He could hear the dip and the push of their oars, though he could not see them because the moon, was below the hills and it was still dark., 3. How does the old man see the sea, unlike other, rich fishermen?, While the rich fishermen who were lucky in, business called the sea `elmar' which means, masculine and considered the sea as a contestant,, 3

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GEMS OF IMAGINATION, 25, a place or even as an enemy, Santiago always, thought of the sea as `lamar' in spanish, a term used, to address some one when they love her. He always, considered her as feminine and as something that, provided or withheld great favours. He believed, that if at all she did wild or wicked things, it was, because she could not help them. He also thought, that the moon affects the sea and the woman as, well., 4. What are the old man's thoughts regarding his, habit of talking to himself?, The old man thinks that if the others heard him, talking to himself, they would think that he is, crazy. He is sure that he is not crazy and he doesn't, mind it. He justifies it by saying that the rich have, radios in their boats to talk to them which bring, the baseball news and all. But he doesn't have any, other go., C. Answer the questions in about 300 words., 1. Describe Santiago's experiences during his, journey into the far out., Santiago and Manolin wish each other good luck, and they parted ways. The old man launches from, the harbour when it was still dark. He could hear, the dip and push of the other boatsmen's oars,, though he could not see them., The boats spread apart after they went out of, the mouth of the harbour. The old man left the, 4

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the phosphorescence of the Gulf weed and crossed, smell of the land behind and rowed out into the, clean early morning smel! of the ocean. He saw, A CHORUS GUIDE, 26, clean early morning smel! of the ocean. He saw, the great well, where all sorts of fish congregated, In the dark, he could feel the advent of the, morning and could hear the hissing sound of the, flying fish and he pitied the small birds and their, struggles. He considers the sea to be beautiful, kind, and at times cruel, especially to the small birds,, the small dark terns, that came flying., He rowed steadily for a while with the surface, of the sea. He realises that he has sailed further, than he has imagined and he allowed the current, also to play on the sail boat. Before dawn he had, let his bait down at four different levels and he, decides to work out where the schools of bonito, and albacore were there in plenty. He watched the, dip of the three sticks and towed gently so as to, hold the lines straight up and down at their proper, heights., As the sun rose, the other boats were visible,, but as the sun became brighter, its glare on the sea, water affected his eyes and he could not look at, it. Yet he kept sailing. He watched lines and kept, them more accurately and precisely, than anyone, else did. He prepares himself and hopes that luck, comes to him when he is ready. He recalls how the, sun has hurt his eyes in the morning all through., But as he is able to look at the evening sun without