This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What vocabulary word best fits the sentence below? I thought to myself, would you please shut up and stop your incessant ..... before I clobber you over the head? A) Apprehensiving. B) Mottling. C) Pantomiming. D) Yammering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yammering. 2. Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude A) Derogatory. B) Mimic. C) Mend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derogatory. 3. What happened to Lennie's puppy. A) George gave him away. B) The puppy ran away. C) Lennie killed him by accident. D) Slim took him back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lennie killed him by accident. 4. Which term best fits with the following synonyms:slog, trudge A) Elaborate. B) Quiver. C) Mottled. D) Lumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lumber. 5. Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch A) Contemplate. B) Reluctantly. C) Bewildered. D) Monotonous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monotonous. 6. "He was a jerkline skinner ..... There was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk stopped when he spoke ..... His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love." This excerpt best characterizes: A) Crooks. B) Slim. C) Carlson. D) Whit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slim. 7. Crooks has many friends A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 8. Who wants to get rid of Candy's dog? A) Lennie. B) Carlson. C) George. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carlson. 9. This picture illustrates A) Tornado alley. B) Dust Bowl. C) Storms of the century. D) Good farming conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dust Bowl. 10. (verb) to soften in feeling or temper A) Mollify. B) Complacently. C) Pugnacious. D) Liniment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mollify. 11. What colour were Curley's wife's fingernails and mules? A) Blue. B) Red. C) Pink. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 12. What causes the mice to die at Lennie's hands? A) He pets them too hard. B) He fails to feed and water them. C) He sits down with them in his pocket. D) He pinches their heads when they bite him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He pinches their heads when they bite him. 13. This person shoots Candy's dog. A) Carlson. B) Boss. C) Curley. D) George. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carlson. 14. Means to talk a lot A) Scummy. B) Yammered. C) Imperiously. D) Dejectedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yammered. 15. To reprimand or criticize that person A) Cowering. B) Derision. C) Precede. D) Reprehensible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reprehensible. 16. Looked over; made a judgment about A) Scornful. B) Indignation. C) Averted. D) Appraised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appraised. 17. What happens to Curley's wife in chapter 5? A) Curley kills her for talking to other men. B) Lennie accidentally breaks her neck. C) She moves to Los Angeles to finally make it big in the movies. D) Her pet rabbit is accidentally killed by Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie accidentally breaks her neck. 18. What does George's treatment of Lennie reveal about their relationship? A) Their relationship is characterized by George's manipulation and exploitation of Lennie. B) Their relationship is characterized by George's neglect and indifference towards Lennie. C) Their relationship is characterized by George's jealousy and resentment towards Lennie. D) Their relationship is characterized by George's care and protection for Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their relationship is characterized by George's care and protection for Lennie. 19. What is the MOST significant effect of the novel's objective third person point of view narration? A) It allows the reader a closer look into the thoughts and feelings of both characters. B) It allows the reader to understand that George and Lennie are equally important in the story. C) It allows the reader understand the impact of the historical context on the conflicts of the novel. D) It allows the reader to feel sympathy for the main characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It allows the reader to understand that George and Lennie are equally important in the story. 20. What does it mean to roll up a stake? A) Cook a steak. B) Save up money. C) Buy a farm. D) Gamble away your money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Save up money. 21. A person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time OR with whom one travels A) Company. B) Companion. C) Drone. D) Tramp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Companion. 22. This class ..... at Mrs. Moreira's jokes.:'-( A) Complies. B) Embodies. C) Scoffs. D) Cauterize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scoffs. 23. Curley's wife says: "Well, I ain't giving you no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a awhile? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?" What other character has shared these same feelings/complaint earlier in the chapter? A) George. B) Candy. C) Crooks. D) Lennie. E) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crooks. 24. What does Curley have on his left hand? A) Scar. B) Glove. C) Cast. D) Tattoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glove. 25. How does Crooks FIRST feel about Lennie's future barn? A) He doesn't care. B) He's so excited that he wants to live with George and Lennie. C) He doesn't believe their dream is real. D) He wants Candy to come with. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He doesn't believe their dream is real. 26. Who has only one hand? A) Candy, the old swamper. B) George. C) Lennie. D) Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Candy, the old swamper. 27. What is the meaning of the word 'morosely'? A) An imitation of someone else's mannerisms. B) With extreme anxiety or torment; distressed. C) In a withdrawn or gloomy way; sadly; thoughtfully. D) Abruptly, angrily, or bluntly in manner of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a withdrawn or gloomy way; sadly; thoughtfully. 28. A hint or a clue about something that will happen later in the story is called ..... A) Foreshawdowing. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshawdowing. 29. The sound of her cries echoed with anguish throughout the empty house. What does the word 'anguish' mean? A) Lying down or reclining in a resting position. B) Going from side to side or level. C) Small pieces of broken or scattered materials. D) Intense sadness or suffering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intense sadness or suffering. 30. Small strands or pieces are also known as: A) Ginghams. B) Swampers. C) Wisps. D) Bindles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wisps. 31. The series of events that make up a story is the A) Symbol. B) Plot. C) Climax. D) Conflict type. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 32. What does Lennie want on his beans? A) Salt. B) Ketchup. C) Onions. D) Vinegar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ketchup. 33. Sense of self; self-awareness A) Aloof. B) Meager. C) Ego. D) Arouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ego. 34. Made a low, indistinct, mournful sound=mottled A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. The word which means "something that may be shed or cast off" is ..... A) Swamper. B) Wryly. C) Reprehensible. D) Slough. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slough. 36. Hernan and Lesley rubbed the (a) onto their aching feet after dancing all night at the salsa club. A) Mollify. B) Snivel. C) Avert. D) A liniment. E) Debris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A liniment. 37. WHO SAID IT? "What's the matter with me? Ain't I got a right to talk to nobody?" A) Curley's wife. B) Lennie. C) Slim. D) Crooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curley's wife. 38. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:imminent/ avoidable A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonym. 39. Mrs. Watson was utterly ..... by the student's lack of effort on the final exam. Especially since she saw the students study all week. A) Bemused. B) Solemn. C) Sullen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bemused. 40. Which best describes the relationship between Curley and his wife? A) He wants to divorce her. B) He doesn't seem to trust her; he is always searching for her on the ranch to see what she is up to. C) He loves her. D) He hopes she's unfaithful to him so he can beat somebody up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He doesn't seem to trust her; he is always searching for her on the ranch to see what she is up to. 41. How does the author use contrast between the characters' dreams and their reality to enhance the narrative? A) By making the dreams seem trivial. B) By showing the harshness of their reality. C) By ignoring the dreams altogether. D) By suggesting that dreams are unnecessary. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By showing the harshness of their reality. 42. What is the role of dreams and aspirations in the lives of the characters in 'Of Mice and Men'? A) Dreams and aspirations have no impact on the characters' lives. B) Dreams and aspirations lead to disappointment and despair for the characters. C) Dreams and aspirations provide motivation and purpose for the characters. D) Dreams and aspirations create division and conflict among the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dreams and aspirations provide motivation and purpose for the characters. 43. Her remarks were ..... and not at all complimentary or positive. A) Contorted. B) Liniment. C) Derogatory. D) Yammered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Derogatory. 44. What does Curley's Wife reveal to Lennie during their conversation? A) She is lonely. B) She is angry. C) She is happy. D) She is loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is lonely. 45. Define REPREHENSIBLE A) Highly memorable. B) Highly unacceptable. C) Highly forgettable. D) Highly appropriate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Highly unacceptable. 46. How does the death of Curley's wife contribute to the plot development? A) It underscores the power dynamics between the characters. B) It serves as a turning point, leading to the climax of the story. C) It highlights the theme of loneliness. D) It provides a moment of comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It serves as a turning point, leading to the climax of the story. 47. (of behavior, speech, or writing) too formal and not natural=stilted A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. Noun; grief or distress resulting from serious misfortune A) Hurled. B) Cringed. C) Woe. D) Sullenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woe. 49. Expressing a prolonged thought A) Contemplative. B) Limited. C) Mollify. D) Plaintive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contemplative. 50. What does Curley's wife call Lennie? A) A maniac. B) A savage. C) A coward. D) A machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A machine. 51. A cloth tied to stick. That cloth contains a person's possessions. A) Luggage. B) Bindle. C) Binder. D) Suitcase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bindle. 52. TRUE or FALSE Curley's wife's name is Susie A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 53. A point of joining A) Division. B) Imperious. C) Junction. D) Brittle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Junction. 54. Which word means "with sincere and intense conviction; seriously" ? A) Earnestly. B) Complacent. C) Snivel. D) Discontent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earnestly. 55. Verb; howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered A) Brusquely. B) Imperiously. C) Yammered. D) Mottled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yammered. 56. Scoffing at, mockery, ridicule A) Derision. B) Admiration. C) Contempt. D) Scorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Derision. 57. According to Crooks, what do most ranch hands spend their money on to keep them from accomplishing their American Dream of owning land? A) Horseshoes and euchre. B) Their wives and their kids. C) Women and blackjack games. D) Boxing fights and the movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Women and blackjack games. 58. Arrangement of power from top to bottom A) In half res. B) Timid. C) Misnomer. D) Pecking order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pecking order. 59. A person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work A) Tart. B) Companion. C) Tramp. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tramp. 60. What does the word 'yammered' mean? A) Howled or wailed as if in pain; whimpered. B) Moved clumsily or heavily. C) In a haughty, dictatorial, or overbearing manner. 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