This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following completes the analogy below? pugnacious:boxer as nautical: A) Sailor. B) Ship. C) Navy. D) Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sailor. 2. Cried or wept with sniffling A) Bewildered. B) Sulkily. C) Sniveled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sniveled. 3. If something is done in a serious or honest way, it is done: A) Brutally. B) Earnestly. C) Scornfully. D) Belligerently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earnestly. 4. Which word best describes how George and Lennie's relationship was in the past? A) George didn't meet Lennie until a year ago. B) George has always been kind to Lennie. C) George was mean to Lennie. D) Lennie used to be in charge of George. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George was mean to Lennie. 5. Select the positive mood word: A) Hostile. B) Melancholic. C) Euphoric. D) Ominous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphoric. 6. Which word means "a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance" ? A) Rheumatism. B) Hand. C) Swamper. D) Nuisance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuisance. 7. Where is the setting of the ranch in the story? A) Mountain. B) Countryside. C) City. D) Beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Countryside. 8. What does gravity mean? A) Twisted or bent out of the normal shape. B) Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen. C) Puzzled, confused, or bewildered. D) Extreme or alarming importance; seriousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extreme or alarming importance; seriousness. 9. What does the conversation about the dream of owning land reveal about the characters' hopes and dreams? A) They are realistic and achievable. B) They are desperate attempts to escape reality. C) They are shared by everyone on the ranch. D) They are unique to Lennie and George. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are desperate attempts to escape reality. 10. Slim and Curley are arguing about ..... A) A mule. B) Lennie. C) Curley's wife. D) Candy's dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curley's wife. 11. Who takes care of Lennie and travels with him. He is small and has sharp features. A) Slim. B) Carlson. C) George. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George. 12. Which best describes why Lennie brings the newborn pup into the bunkhouse? A) He is trying to harm the puppy. B) He wants to pet the puppy. C) He wants to run away with the puppy. D) He likes to disobey everything George tells him to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants to pet the puppy. 13. Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain A) Irrigation. B) Laden. C) Mollify. D) Anguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anguish. 14. What happen in Weed? A) Lennie stole money. B) Lennie tried to touch a girl's red dress. C) George tried to touch a girl's red dress. D) Lennie and George robbed a bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie tried to touch a girl's red dress. 15. "Did you ..... erase the correct answers from my homework, or was it by mistake?" he asked. A) Deliberately. B) Contorted. C) Derogatory. D) Ominously. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deliberately. 16. Which of these quotes is an example of foreshadowing in Chapter 3? A) When George lets Lennie have a puppy. B) When Candy asks to join George and Lennie on their future ranch. C) When Carlson takes Candy's dog outside and shoots it because it isn't "no good to itself no more" . D) When Curley's wife comes into the bunkhouse asking questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When Carlson takes Candy's dog outside and shoots it because it isn't "no good to itself no more" . 17. Who interrupts the conversation between Crooks, Lennie, and Candy? A) The boss. B) Curley. C) Slim. D) Curley's wife. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Curley's wife. 18. Beligerently (adverb) A) To do in a manner of hostility and anger. B) Covered in spots and splotches of color. C) Special importance or prominence for something. D) Dull and repetitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To do in a manner of hostility and anger. 19. Twisted or bent out of the normal shape A) Pantomime. B) Juncture. C) Contorted. D) Mollified. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contorted. 20. Which character is missing a hand? A) Carlson. B) Curley. C) Curley's wife. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Candy. 21. How does Steinbeck use indirect characterization to reveal that the boss is "fair-minded" ? A) By having the old man share about the boss through his speech. B) By describing his actions. C) Through his speech. D) By describing his looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By having the old man share about the boss through his speech. 22. Indignant (adjective) A) Lacking in amount or quality or extent. B) Move in a twisting or contorted motion. C) Perplexed and confused; very puzzled. D) A feeling of righteous anger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A feeling of righteous anger. 23. Why does George become angry about the bus driver's instructions? A) Because the bus driver overcharged them. B) Because the driver gave them wrong directions. C) Because the driver said it was a short walk to the ranch, but it was actually much longer. D) Because the bus broke down. E) Not specified. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the driver said it was a short walk to the ranch, but it was actually much longer. 24. Mottled (adjective) A) Special importance or prominence for something. B) Dull and repetitive. C) In an attentive or obedient manner. D) Covered in spots and splotches of color. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Covered in spots and splotches of color. 25. This character complains about the old, smelly dog. A) George. B) Slim. C) Carlson. D) Smitty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carlson. 26. Who shoots Candy's old dog? A) The boss. B) Carlson. C) Crooks. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carlson. 27. Adj. ; lying back; resting or leaning A) Mottled. B) Brusquely. C) Recumbent. D) Lumbered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recumbent. 28. In a sullen, gloomy, or ill-humored way A) Complacently. B) Ominously. C) Morosely. D) Imperiously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morosely. 29. When Curley's wife is discovered by the men, does Curley shoes affection A) Yes, he is distraught and touches her to see if she's in fact, dead. B) No, he doesn't even touch her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, he doesn't even touch her. 30. In this chapter Lennie tells Curley's wife that the reason the death of his puppy is so upsetting to him is that now he "won't get to tend the rabbits" . The fact that the loss of imaginary rabbits he never had is more tragic to him than the death of his real pet puppy is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 31. When he was scared Cody put his hand over his mouth to ..... his screams, so no one could hear him. A) Contort. B) Muffled. C) Vicious. D) Consoled. E) Bewildered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muffled. 32. Who is most suspicious of George and Lennie's relationship? A) Candy. B) Crooks. C) Lennie. D) The Boss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Boss. 33. This character is angry that George and Lennie arrived late. A) Candy. B) Slim. C) Curley. D) The boss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The boss. 34. To make a continuous, low humming sound A) Quiver. B) Draw. C) Drone. D) Contemplate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drone. 35. Read the passage. Based on the passage, the boss could be described as ..... A) Fair-minded. B) Apathetic. C) Cheap. D) Disrespectful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fair-minded. 36. Put deep into thought A) Subsided. B) Entranced. C) Reprehensible. D) Bemused. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bemused. 37. What can be inferred about Slim's character through his dialogue with other characters? A) He is not well-respected by the other characters. B) He is considered a leader and a voice of reason. C) He does not understand the bond between George and Lennie. D) He is indifferent to the struggles of others . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is considered a leader and a voice of reason. 38. To look thoughtfully; to think deeply or at length A) Quiver. B) Commiserate. C) Scoff. D) Contemplate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contemplate. 39. When he was in trouble, he always flashed his ..... smile. A) Disarming. B) Retort. C) Writhe. D) Sullen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disarming. 40. Hints at what might happen later? A) Foreshadowing. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 41. Who does George tell about what happened with Lennie in Weed? A) Carlson. B) Candy. C) Slim. D) Whit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slim. 42. Which word best characterizes Curley? A) Sheepish. B) Amiable. C) Melancholy. D) Confrontational. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confrontational. 43. Who is respected by ALL of the men on the ranch? He is the the boss over George and Lennie. A) Slim. B) Crooks. C) Candy. D) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slim. 44. The story takes place in A) Los Angeles, CA. B) Soledad, CA. C) At-fanta, ga. D) New York, NY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soledad, CA. 45. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:retort/ comeback A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 46. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:prim/ polite A) Synonym. B) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 47. Which term is defined as writing which supports the idea that people have no free will and are controlled by social and economic circumstances? A) Determinism. B) Capitalism. C) Communism. D) Naturalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naturalism. 48. While discussing Curley's wife, Candy says, "Married two weeks and got the eye. Maybe that's why Curley's pants is full of ants" . This statement is what literary element? A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Fore-shadowing. D) Similarly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 49. Curley's wife was known for her ..... attire. A) Bemused. B) Pugnacious. C) Rouged. D) Mottled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rouged. 50. Which two books did Crooks have in his bunk? A) The bible and the Declaration of Independence. B) A tattered dictionary and the California civil code for 1905. C) A poetry anthology and the autobiography of Harriet Tubman. D) Considerations of the New Deal and a harness repair manual. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tattered dictionary and the California civil code for 1905. 51. (verb) to gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity A) Confide. B) Reassure. C) Accumulate. D) Scowl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accumulate. 52. If something is worthy of disapproval or blameworthy, it is ..... A) Reprehensible. B) Mollified. C) Brusquely. D) Recumbent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reprehensible. 53. To think about something A) Contemplated. B) Recumbent. C) Apprehensive. D) Derogatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contemplated. 54. In a gloomy manner A) Sulkily. B) Gingham. C) Hovered. D) Emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sulkily. 55. With self-satisfaction; smugly A) Decisive. B) Complacently. C) Plaintively. D) Slough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complacently. 56. Where are George and Lennie going at the beginning of the novel? A) To work on a Ranch. B) To sail on a boat. C) To visit Aunt Clara. D) To work in a factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To work on a Ranch. 57. Is the correct FANBOY being used?:The weather was sunny, so I felt a bit chilly. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 58. Anxious, fearful A) Apprehensive. B) Derogatory. C) Contemplated. D) Recumbent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apprehensive. 59. The ..... sound of the ocean waves helped ease my fear of getting into the water. A) Belligerent. B) Crestfallen. C) Disarming. D) Reprehensible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disarming. 60. The act of treating with contempt A) Nuisance. B) Derision. C) Receptive. D) Subdue. 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