This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What year was the Wall Street Crash? A) 1928. B) 1929. C) 1918. D) 1932. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1929. 2. Which of the following is NOT an action performed by Lennie in this chapter? pg. 4 A) Gets them kicked off the bus. B) Dips his whole head into standing water to take a drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gets them kicked off the bus. 3. Eager and ready to fight A) Pugnacious. B) Derision. C) Viciously. D) Precede. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pugnacious. 4. What is the significance of George's repeated warning to Lennie about not speaking in front of the boss in Chapter 2? A) It emphasizes the importance of secrecy regarding their dream. B) It reveals Lennie's inability to follow directions. C) It foreshadows a confrontation with the boss. D) It demonstrates George's fear of the boss's authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It reveals Lennie's inability to follow directions. 5. George warns Lennie about these two characters. He has a bad feeling about both of them and tells Lennie to steer clear of them. A) The boss and Curley. B) Curley and his wife. C) Curley and Candy. D) Slim and Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curley and his wife. 6. For which book did Steinbeck win a Pulitzer Prize? A) Of Mice and Men. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Frankenstein. D) The Grapes of Wrath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Grapes of Wrath. 7. In Lennie's past, he experienced ..... from others, even from George who once made fun of Lennie too. A) Accolades. B) Caution. C) Mimicry. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derision. 8. What can be inferred about George's character through his indirect characterization in his decision-making? A) He is impulsive. B) He lacks confidence in his decisions. C) He is easily influenced by others . D) He is a natural leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is a natural leader. 9. What animal has Lennie not been compared to? A) A terrier. B) A bear. C) A cat. D) A horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A cat. 10. He peered at the dark clouds which were gathering ..... on the horizon. A) Complacently. B) Ominously. C) Bridled. D) Liniment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ominously. 11. Who is the highest on the ranch's hierarchy? A) Slim. B) The Boss. C) Curley. D) George. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Boss. 12. What sentence uses "aloof" correctly? A) The teacher was strict and aloof with the students. B) She was very friendly and aloof at the party. C) Despite being surrounded by people, she remained aloof and distant. D) He was always approachable and aloof with his coworkers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Despite being surrounded by people, she remained aloof and distant. 13. Able and willing to listen to and accept information, new ideas, etc. A) Receptive. B) Viciously. C) Derision. D) Cowering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Receptive. 14. Adj.; feeling or expressing great contempt for someone or something. A) Fawning. B) Meager. C) Scornful. D) Averted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scornful. 15. How does George take care of Lennie? A) George looks out for Lennie and protects him. B) George often abandons Lennie and leaves him to his own devices. C) George constantly criticizes and belittles Lennie. D) George ignores Lennie and lets him fend for himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George looks out for Lennie and protects him. 16. What would you most likely do with liniment? A) Scrub floors with it. B) Eat it it give you energy. C) Use it to repair a wobbly table. D) Rub on achy muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rub on achy muscles. 17. Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion A) Drone. B) Contemplate. C) Quiver. D) Scoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quiver. 18. Steven walked morosely back home after getting dumped. A) Having a variety of hues or colors. B) A small bundle of items rolled up inside a blankey. C) In a sad, gloomy manner. D) Remains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a sad, gloomy manner. 19. Where does Lennie go after he kills Curlie's wife? A) He returns to Weed. B) He hides in the brush. C) He goes to Florida. D) He takes the bus to Soledad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He hides in the brush. 20. What did the Wall Street Crash start over the next 10 years? A) The battle of California. B) The great depression. C) The Wall Street Crash. D) The Great Depression. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Depression. 21. Adv.; in a hostile, unsociable, or morose way A) Writhed. B) Jeering. C) Sullenly. D) Bewildered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sullenly. 22. What can you infer about the following quote: "Come on in, if everybody's coming' in, you might just as well." It was difficult for Crooks to conceal his pleasure with anger ..... A) The audience can infer that Crooks does not like company. B) The audience can infer that Crooks has visitors frequently. C) The audience can infer that Crooks his secretly happy to have visitors. D) The audience can infer that Crook is angry with Lennie and Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The audience can infer that Crooks his secretly happy to have visitors. 23. What are some of George's last words to Lennie? A) "Guys like us got no fambly. They make a little stake an' then blow it.". B) "No, Lennie, I ain't mad. I never been mad, an I ain't now.". C) "Jesus Christ, Lennie! You can't remember nothing that happens.". D) "If I was alone, I could live so easy.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Guys like us got no fambly. They make a little stake an' then blow it.". 24. To shake with very small, quick movements. A) Raise. B) Quiver. C) Dim. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quiver. 25. Doubtfully and suspiciously are synonyms for: A) Skeptically. B) Earnestly. C) Dutifully. D) Scornfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeptically. 26. The way that Lennie walks is less of a graceful stroll and more of a ..... A) Juncture. B) Pantomime. C) Lumber. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lumber. 27. Preoccupied; deep in thought A) Derision. B) Rouged. C) Precede. D) Bemused. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bemused. 28. What word BEST describes Curley's wife? A) Deceiving. B) Flirtateous. C) Lonely. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. A going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people A) Famine. B) Exodus. C) Crisis. D) Journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exodus. 30. Encourage (verb) A) To examine in an official or professional capacity. B) To inspire hope, determination, or confidence in someone. C) A sense of immense sadness; dissatisfaction. D) Puzzled or confused because of something absurd. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To inspire hope, determination, or confidence in someone. 31. His voice was monotonous, had no emphasis. A) Misery resulting from affliction. B) Answer back. C) Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. D) Give moral or emotional strength to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. 32. How do George and Lennie differ in appearance? A) They are described as being very similar in appearance. B) George is small and quick, Lennie is huge and shapeless. C) Both are tall and strong. D) Both are short and stocky. E) Not specified. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George is small and quick, Lennie is huge and shapeless. 33. Which of the following contributes the the suggestion that Slim is somehow almost superhuman? (EXCERPT 1) A) " his ears heard more than was said to him.". B) There was a gravity in his manner. tagsE2.6B. C) "His voice was was very gentle.". D) " he moved with a majesty only achievable by royalty.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) " his ears heard more than was said to him.". 34. George refuses to let Candy in on the plans for the ranch because it is him and Lennie's private dream. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 35. Which sentence in Chapter 2 demonstrates proper comma usage? A) "Lennie and George want to buy a piece of land but, they need money.". B) "Curley's wife wants to talk to someone in the bunkhouse?". C) "Slim, is a well-respected figure among the ranch workers.". D) "In the evening, they sit around the campfire telling stories.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "In the evening, they sit around the campfire telling stories.". 36. A performance using gestures or movements without words A) Anguish. B) Pantomime. C) Quiver. D) Lumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pantomime. 37. Who discovers Curley's wife? A) Candy. B) George. C) Slim. D) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Candy. 38. Which comparison between Candy and his dog is NOT true? A) Candy and his dog are both outcasts. B) Candy and his dog are both aged and decrepit. C) Candy and his dog are both barely able to function without others' help. D) Candy and his dog are both sacrificed when useless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Candy and his dog are both barely able to function without others' help. 39. Why does George feel ashamed about wanting to live his dream life without Lennie? A) He knows Lennie would be lost without him. B) Aunt Clara wants Lennie to go live with her again, but Lennie refuses. C) George knows Lennie won't be allowed in cat houses. D) Lennie is his baby brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He knows Lennie would be lost without him. 40. Who is the Boss' son and used to be a boxer? A) Mike Tyson. B) Slim. C) Curley. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curley. 41. To put down by force or intimidation A) Receptive. B) Nuisance. C) Subdue. D) Derision. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subdue. 42. What color does Curley's wife wear a lot of? A) Yellow. B) Green. C) Red. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red. 43. Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful A) Laden. B) Juncture. C) Contemplate. D) Plaintive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plaintive. 44. What is a synonym for imperious? A) Haughty. B) Reverential. C) Appreciative. D) Duplicitous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haughty. 45. A pain-relieving cream or ointment A) Averted. B) Scornful. C) Appraised. D) Liniment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Liniment. 46. What is one physical quality George had? A) Shapeless face. B) Bony nose. C) Large. D) Pale eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bony nose. 47. Who is angry that George and Lennie arrived late? A) The boss. B) Candy, the old swamper. C) The stable buck. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boss. 48. George warns Lennie that when they meet up with the ranch owner, Lennie should keep his mouth shut. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Black stable hand; has a crooked back A) Candy. B) Crooks. C) Curley. D) Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crooks. 50. Pick the word below that means:cause to become awake or conscious A) Avert. B) Arouse. C) Fawning. D) Indignation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arouse. 51. To move in an exaggerated or angry way A) Flounced. B) Mollified. C) Ominously. D) Plaintively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flounced. 52. To go with the flow, to not become upset A) Complacent. B) Brindle. C) Rouge. D) Retort. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complacent. 53. Carlson shoots Candy's old dog because ..... A) He is old. B) He is stiff with rheumatism and he has no teeth. C) His quality of life is no good anymore. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 54. The dog ..... outside the door to let his owners know he was ready to come back in from the cold. A) Scuttled. B) Writhed. C) Lumbered. D) Yammered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yammered. 55. Synonyms for this word are blameworthy, shameful, and disgraceful: A) Reprehensible. B) Belligerent. C) Monotonous. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reprehensible. 56. What did Candy mean when he said that Curley was handy? A) Curley is a good fighter. B) Curley is good at fixing things. C) Curley is kind and loves to help. D) Curley is very smart/clever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curley is a good fighter. 57. Serious or earnest A) Solemnly. B) Subdued. C) Bemused. D) Solitaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solemnly. 58. Abruptly; quickly; bluntly; almost rudely A) Anguished. B) Junctures. C) Brusquely. D) Morosely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brusquely. 59. Why is the boss suspicious of George's relationship with Lennie? A) He thinks that George is taking advantage of Lennie. B) He thinks that they are lazy. C) He thinks that they are trying to take advantage of him. D) He thinks that Lennie is taking advantage of George. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He thinks that George is taking advantage of Lennie. 60. How does the concept of the American Dream manifest in the characters' aspirations and realities? A) It is depicted as easily attainable for all. B) It is shown as a source of conflict and division. C) It serves as a distant, unachievable goal. D) It motivates their daily actions and decisions. E) It is irrelevant to their current circumstances. 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