This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Brusque A) Mottled. B) Elaborate. C) Quivering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mottled. 2. What kind act does Slim do for Lennie? A) Gives him a rabbit. B) Gives him a puppy. C) Takes him on an adventure. D) Buys him a ranch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives him a puppy. 3. Evaluated A) Sullenness. B) Contemptuously. C) Indignation. D) Appraised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appraised. 4. She had a brusque response to his question. What does the word 'brusque' mean? A) Feeling sad and downhearted. B) Intense sadness or suffering. C) Being blunt or curt in behavior. D) To explain in more detail or add more information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being blunt or curt in behavior. 5. To move to a higher position; lift A) Raise. B) Elaborate. C) Dim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raise. 6. Recumbent (adjective) A) A person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar. B) Marked by complexity and richness of detail. C) Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way. D) Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest. 7. Which of the following sentences uses an alternative form for the word reprehensible correctly? A) The children were reprehensibly sad when after they smashed the vase. B) The people had some nonreprehensibleness popcorn to eat at the movie. C) She had some unreprehensibleness after her pictures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The children were reprehensibly sad when after they smashed the vase. 8. Fawning (adjective) A) Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant. B) Displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious. C) Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant. D) Injure badly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious. 9. What inference can be made about Lennie's understanding of Crooks' situation? A) Lennie fully understands Crooks' feelings of isolation. B) Lennie is indifferent to Crooks' plight. C) Lennie is curious but lacks the capacity to fully comprehend. D) Lennie sees Crooks as a figure of authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lennie is curious but lacks the capacity to fully comprehend. 10. How did Crooks become crippled? A) A horse kicked him in the head. B) A horse kicked him in the back. C) He was badly injured when he was a little kid. D) Crooks isn't crippled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A horse kicked him in the back. 11. Which word means suggesting that something bad is going to happen? A) Ominous. B) Stilted. C) Pugnacious. D) Bindle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ominous. 12. What does it mean to "live off the fatta the lan" '? A) To save up money. B) To eat all of the food on a farm. C) To live off of the things the land produces. D) To raise rabbits for a living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To live off of the things the land produces. 13. "Arrogantly or domineeringly; like a dictator" is the definition of: A) Impatiently. B) Derogatory. C) Imperiously. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperiously. 14. Sad; withdrawn A) Morosely. B) Yammered. C) Mottled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Morosely. 15. How does Steinbeck use dialogue between characters to develop the theme of loneliness? A) Through their discussions about family. B) By showing their reluctance to share personal stories. C) Through expressions of their dreams and desires. D) By highlighting their conflicts and misunderstandings. E) Through jokes and laughter to mask true feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through expressions of their dreams and desires. 16. "Awright, " he said brusquely. "Gi'me that mouse!" A) In a withdrawn or gloomy manner. B) Howeled as if in pain. C) In an abrupt or curt manner. D) Thought deeply about. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In an abrupt or curt manner. 17. Which word means "gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of things" ? A) Fawn. B) Bindle. C) Accumulate. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accumulate. 18. A reference to another story or author? A) Alliteration. B) Exposition. C) Allusion. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 19. To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease A) Scowl. B) Irrigation. C) Mollify. D) Anguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mollify. 20. In a threatening way A) Ominously. B) Complacently. C) Mollified. D) Recumbent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ominously. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesOf Mice And Men Quiz 1Of Mice And Men Quiz 2Of Mice And Men Quiz 3Of Mice And Men Quiz 4Of Mice And Men Quiz 5Of Mice And Men Quiz 6Of Mice And Men Quiz 7Of Mice And Men Quiz 8Of Mice And Men Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books