Read the following passage from Ernest Hemingway’s “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”: It had taken a strange chance of hunting, a sudden precipitation into action without opportunity for worrying beforehand, to bring this about with Macomber, but regardless of how it had happened it had most certainly happened. Look at the beggar now, Wilson thought. It’s that some of them stay little boys so long, Wilson thought. Sometimes all their lives. Their figures stay boyish when they’re fifty. The great American boy-men. Damned strange people. But he liked this Macomber now.      Identify the three phrases that are sentence fragments.  Rewrite them so that they are independent clauses.

How do we get a glimpse into Hemingway's mind by reading 'The Old Man and the Sea'? aHemingway longed for simpler times, as is suggested through Santiago's recurring dream of seeing lions playing. This dream also ties to Hemingway's love of hunting safaris. bHemingway was an avid fisherman just like Santiago, and it was the only outdoor activity that the author really enjoyed. c.One could presume that like Santiago, Hemingway longed for simpler times, as is suggested through Santiago's recurring dream of seeing lions playing. This dream was tied to a memory from Santiago's childhood, and it also connects to Hemingway's love of hunting safaris. dHemingway was an avid fisherman and went on many long fishing expeditions just like Santiago did. Both men also lived in Cuba, and that is where Hemingway was born and where he spent much of his life. e'The Old Man and the Sea' reflects a much simpler life set at a slower pace, which Hemingway longed for towards the end of his life. He was born in Cuba.

In Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, the sea setting is where all of these events happen EXCEPT which? aThe man's conversation with the birds bThe struggle for the marlin cThe man's conversation about the Yankees dA dream of the lions on the beach

Ernest Hemingway is often viewed as part of Question 15Answera.American naturalismb.the lost generationc.the angry young mend.the anti-war generation

Hemingway's depressive tone may be expressed through what element of The Old Man and the Sea? aThe way the fisherman perseveres despite obstacles. bThe fisherman's thoughts about missing the boy. cThe name of the boat the fisherman sails in dThe terse, matter-of-fact language

What insight about Santiago's character does Hemingway's physical description offer the reader in The Old Man and the Sea? aThat he should be less foolish and retire. bThat he should wear more sunscreen. cThat he has led a life without much comfort yet remains happy. dThat he is not very physically capable to be sailing on his own.