This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 83 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 83 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. George criticizes other men saying, they sit around and drink, "blowin' their stake ..... "This idiom refers to A) Saving as much money as possible in order to buy some land. B) The cooling of the beans after they take them off of the campfire. C) Scattering fence posts after a fight. D) Losing, spending, or gambling away money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Losing, spending, or gambling away money. 2. Deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy. A) Aloof. B) Bemused. C) Reprehensible. D) Raptly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reprehensible. 3. Weak, scared, shy A) Timid. B) Ominously. C) Misnomer. D) Stigma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Timid. 4. Extra Credit:In what state is the novel set? A) California. B) Florida. C) New York. D) Missouri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) California. 5. Which term best fits with the following synonyms:desperation, gloom A) Tramp. B) Despair. C) Emerging. D) Lumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despair. 6. Whit enters the bunkhouse with a magazine featuring a man he used to work with. Why is the man in the magazine? A) He wrote a letter to the editor, praising the publication. B) He was an undercover journalist, who wrote a piece exposing the difficult working conditions of migrant farmers. C) He is a fugitive, the subject of a nationwide manhunt. D) He recently bought a farm much like the one George and Lennie hope to own. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wrote a letter to the editor, praising the publication. 7. Which vocabulary word means "ridicule; mockery" ? A) Swamper. B) Imperiously. C) Derision. D) Pantomime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derision. 8. Emphasis (noun) A) To do in a manner of hostility and anger. B) Dull and repetitive. C) Special importance or prominence for something. D) Covered in spots and splotches of color. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Special importance or prominence for something. 9. To quiet or bring under control by physical force A) Concealing. B) Subdued. C) Impressively. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subdued. 10. Able to make decisions quickly; firm A) Derogatory. B) Pugnacious. C) Flounced. D) Decisive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decisive. 11. Which word means, "to walk in an emphatic or exaggerated way" ? A) Deliberately. B) Relish. C) Flounce. D) Abruptly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flounce. 12. What does the death of Curley's wife symbolize in the novel? A) The power of dreams. B) The fragility of human life. C) The dangers of isolation. D) The destruction caused by loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The destruction caused by loneliness. 13. Means something bad is about to happen A) Ominously. B) Anguished. C) Dejectedly. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ominously. 14. The crowd greeted their arrival with mockery and ..... A) Derision. B) Meager. C) Reprehensible. D) Receptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derision. 15. Why does Curley's wife feel lonely on the ranch? A) She is not allowed to have a life or identity of her own. B) She is a "tart" and isn't happy unless she is causing trouble. C) She used to be a movie star and hates ranch life. D) Curley always teased her in front of other people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is not allowed to have a life or identity of her own. 16. Lennie and Crook's common bond is that they are both- A) Lonely. B) Physically handicapped. C) Incapable of playing cards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lonely. 17. Who is the most respected on the ranch? A) Slim. B) George. C) Carlson. D) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slim. 18. Being sullen or gloomy A) Happy. B) Cheerful. C) Joyful. D) Morose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morose. 19. Which character is arrogant, pugnacious, and insecure? A) Curley. B) Slim. C) Crooks. D) Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curley. 20. Which character wants to shoot Lennie? A) George. B) Curley. C) Curley's Wife. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curley. ← 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