This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lennie is a good worker because he is A) Very smart. B) Good with animals. C) Big and strong. D) Dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Big and strong. 2. After spilling his milk on the floor, the young boy ..... under table. A) Cowered. B) Intensity. C) Meager. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cowered. 3. What does Lennie have in his pocket that George disapproves of? A) A picture. B) A letter. C) A mouse. D) A piece of candy. E) Not specified. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mouse. 4. What is a common theme found in Of Mice and Men? A) Going against the crowd. B) Being yourself. C) Loneliness. D) Appreciate nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loneliness. 5. The lead migrant worker who understood exactly what happened to Curley's Wife in the barn. A) Carlson. B) Crooks. C) Curley. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slim. 6. ..... and sycamores with mottled, white, recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool. A) Moved clumsily. B) Lying back; in a resting position. C) Fragments of something broken into pieces. D) An immitation of someone else's mannerisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lying back; in a resting position. 7. Since Curley was also a boxer, he was always ready to fight, so he was considered to be ..... A) Gingerly. B) Bemused. C) Mollified. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pugnacious. 8. Through her conversation with Lennie, Curley's wife reveals that she is ..... A) Loved. B) Happy. C) Angry. D) Lonely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lonely. 9. Showing that he didn't care about the rules, he ..... left his backpack in the middle of the walkway. A) Liniment. B) Mollified. C) Complacently. D) Contorted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complacently. 10. Which word means "a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection, typically in order to gain favor or advantage" ? A) Tattered. B) Fawn. C) Aloof. D) Contemptuously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fawn. 11. Which character is the most short-tempered and loves to fight? A) Slim. B) Curley. C) George. D) Curley's wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curley. 12. Define RECUMBENT A) A long step. B) A green vegetable. C) Lying back; resting or leaning. D) Highly unacceptable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying back; resting or leaning. 13. What kind of worker is Lennie? A) He is lazy and often doesn't show up. B) He works hard but accomplishes very little. C) He is so fast and strong that others can barely keep up with him. D) He sleeps on the job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is so fast and strong that others can barely keep up with him. 14. Verb; struck at repeatedly; touched clumsily A) Woe. B) Jeering. C) Pawed. D) Cringed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pawed. 15. In Of Mice and Men, what literary device does John Steinbeck use when Lennie says, 'I don't like this place, George. This ain't no good place. I wanna get outa here'? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Foreshadowing. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 16. Which character is the boss's son that hates big guys? A) Crooks. B) Carlson. C) Candy. D) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Curley. 17. What was Lenny hiding in his pocket? A) A weapon. B) A grasshopper. C) An old penny. D) A mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mouse. 18. Mariah and Jamarion worked tirelessly to ..... the necessary funds for their dream vacation, saving every penny and making sacrifices to ensure that they could make their dream a reality. A) Writhe. B) Complacent. C) Accumulate. D) Times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accumulate. 19. George can best be described as A) A lonely guy who cries a lot. B) A dangerous man who likes to fight. C) The best worker on the farm. D) A smart man with a good heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A smart man with a good heart. 20. George entered the house ..... , holding his prize. A) Lumbered. B) Periscope. C) Morosely. D) Triumphantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triumphantly. 21. To speak to someone about something in a mocking way A) Scoff. B) Contemplate. C) Drone. D) Quiver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoff. 22. She appeared dejected as she walked away, her shoulders slumped and her eyes downcast. What does the word 'dejected' mean? A) Lying down or reclining in a resting position. B) A point in time where things join. C) Feeling sad and downhearted. D) Bossy or commanding in an unpleasant way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling sad and downhearted. 23. Why do George and Lennie feel so lucky to have one another? A) Because the life of most ranch hands is a lonely one. B) Neither has any family that is still alive. C) Protection in numbers. D) They can combine their money to buy nicer things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the life of most ranch hands is a lonely one. 24. Mrs. Dant's mother constantly ..... around her, but she knew it was because her mother loved her so much. A) Contorted. B) Hovered. C) Writhed. D) Consoled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hovered. 25. This quote is an example of what type of figurative language? A) A comparison, specifically, a simile. B) Personification. C) A comparison, specifically, a metaphor. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 26. Glumly; gloomily A) Contorted. B) Mourned. C) Mottled. D) Morosely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morosely. 27. Which term best fits with the following synonyms:convulse, tremble A) Emerge. B) Quiver. C) Despair. D) Mottle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quiver. 28. Looking at the answers below, who are the THREE most powerful people on the ranch? A) The Boss, Curley, Slim. B) Curley's Wife, Crooks, Candy. C) Bob, Sam, and Dave. D) Slim, the Boss, George. E) George, Lennie, Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Boss, Curley, Slim. 29. Why was George upset about his bunk at first? A) He wanted the bunk next door. B) He thought it was uncomfortabe. C) He thought it was infested and dirty. D) It was missing a blanket. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He thought it was infested and dirty. 30. What is the role of hope in the realization of the 'American Dream' in 'Of Mice and Men'? A) Fear and uncertainty. B) Motivation and determination. C) Pessimism and negativity. D) Laziness and procrastination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motivation and determination. 31. Which word means "a foot traveler, someone who goes on extended walks" ? A) Tramp. B) Juncture. C) Companion. D) Emerge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tramp. 32. Who does Curley like to pick on? A) Little guys. B) Guy the Gorilla. C) Guy Fawkes. D) Big guys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Big guys. 33. Why was the boss angry at George and Lennie? A) They were disrespectful. B) They lost some equipment. C) They fought with other workers. D) They didn't complete their tasks. E) They arrived late to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) They arrived late to work. 34. The psychic predicted a terrible future and spoke in ..... tones about what was in store for all of us. A) Ominous. B) Stilted. C) Cesspool. D) Anguished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ominous. 35. Steinbeck uses all of the following animal imager to describe Curley during the fight scene except ..... A) A timid lamb. B) Yella' as a frog belly. C) Flopping like a fish. D) The dirty little rat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A timid lamb. 36. Verb; beat, battered, or tore at a person or animal A) Brutally. B) Disarming. C) Mauled. D) Indignation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mauled. 37. What does Lennie's forgetfulness indirectly suggest about his character? A) He is not interested in the plans he and George have made. B) He has a mental disability that affects his memory. C) He is careless and irresponsible. D) He is pretending to forget things . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has a mental disability that affects his memory. 38. What role does Curley's wife play in Chapter 4? A) She exacerbates the theme of loneliness. B) She serves as a confidante to Crooks. C) She represents the unattainable American Dream. D) She acts as a peacemaker among the men. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She exacerbates the theme of loneliness. 39. "If you use that ..... language in my class again, there will be consequences!" shouted Mrs. Dant furiously. A) Monotonous. B) Aloof. C) Crestfallen. D) Derogatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derogatory. 40. When the two men get into the clearing, what does Lennie do that causes George to worry he might get sick? A) Greedily gulps in a large lungfull of air. B) Chases a rabbit and falls. C) Eats a dead mouse. D) Drinks water from a swimming hole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drinks water from a swimming hole. 41. What does Slim want Curly to tell people about his busted hand? A) A dog attacked him. B) Slim broke it. C) Lennie broke it. D) It got caught in a machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It got caught in a machine. 42. What does Crooks do to Lennie that scares him? A) Hits him. B) Suggests George might not come back. C) Threatens to kick him out. D) Tells him the puppies are dead. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suggests George might not come back. 43. The detailed description of the harness room serves primarily to provide- A) A contrast between the neatness of Crook's work materials and the disorder of his personal possessions. B) Foreshadowing of Crook's future in life. C) A comparison between Crook's room and the bunkhouse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A contrast between the neatness of Crook's work materials and the disorder of his personal possessions. 44. (adverb) pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc. A) Mollify. B) Liniment. C) Pugnacious. D) Complacently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complacently. 45. To honor, to guard with respect A) Wispy. B) Revere. C) Plaintive. D) Scuttle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revere. 46. What's different about George and Lennie from other ranch hands? A) They care about each other. B) They are from up north. C) They're white but the other ranch hands are black. D) They have a large family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They care about each other. 47. Rubbing linimentOn my poor, twisted backboneAlone in my shack A) Crooks. B) Candy. C) Carlson. D) The Boss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crooks. 48. George and Lennie make a plan with the one-handed old man, Candy. What is it? A) Save their money and buy a place. B) Get Curley fired. C) Rob the ranch. D) Play a trick on Curley's wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Save their money and buy a place. 49. Adj.; downcast disappointed, or humiliated A) Crestfallen. B) Disarming. C) Averted. D) Appraised. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crestfallen. 50. He was, at many times, ..... and ready to argue or start a fight. A) Bindle. B) Majesty. C) Deliberately. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pugnacious. 51. The rescuers sifted through the ..... , trying to find survivors in the broken pieces of collapsed building. A) Morose. B) Yammered. C) Debris. D) Brusquely. E) Juncture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Debris. 52. What sentence uses "avert" correctly? A) She managed to avert the crisis by acting quickly. B) The crisis was averted by her quick actions. C) She averted the crisis by acting quickly. D) Averting the crisis was her quick actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She managed to avert the crisis by acting quickly. 53. Who wanted Candy's dog dead A) Curley. B) Carlson. C) Slim. D) Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carlson. 54. What kind of feathersIn little bouquets adornCurley's Wife's red shoes? A) Mockingbird. B) Crow. C) Ostrich. D) Peacock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ostrich. 55. What does apprehensive mean? A) With pleasure or satisfaction. B) Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen. C) Twisted or bent out of the normal shape. D) Puzzled, confused, or bewildered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen. 56. What can be inferred about Lennie's reliance on George through indirect characterization? A) Lennie is capable of making decisions on his own. B) Lennie looks up to George as a mentor. C) Lennie is manipulative and uses George. D) Lennie depends on George for guidance and protection . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lennie depends on George for guidance and protection . 57. Able to deal authoritatively with affairs A) Morosely. B) Pantomime. C) Imperious. D) Tramp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperious. 58. In Chapter 2 of "Of Mice and Men, " what is the primary role of Curley's Wife in the story? A) She is a symbol of hope and a better future for George and Lennie. B) She is the ranch's cook, responsible for preparing meals. C) She represents something the characters dislike about the ranch. D) She is George's love interest and the person who supports their dream of land ownership. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She represents something the characters dislike about the ranch. 59. What is George and Lennie's dream? A) To live with Aunt Clara. B) To buy a farm. C) To work on the ranch. D) To fight Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To buy a farm. 60. In the opening scene of the novel, the setting can be described as: A) Desert-like. B) Ugly. C) Dull. D) Lush, vibrant. 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