This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To speak or act in a whining, tearful, or emotional manner. A) Monotonous. B) Belligerent. C) Snivel. D) Sullen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Snivel. 2. Suspended (adjective) A) Puzzled or confused because of something absurd. B) Hanging in the air; lifted off the ground. C) Done with seriousness or sincerity. D) A sense of immense sadness; dissatisfaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hanging in the air; lifted off the ground. 3. Mother should not beStealing my letters from guys.I could be a star! A) Curley's Wife. B) Whit. C) Aunt Clara. D) The Boss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Curley's Wife. 4. Assessed the value of something A) Appraised. B) Aloof. C) Averted. D) Accumulated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appraised. 5. Which statement best summarizes why Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket? A) He likes to pet soft things because they are comforting to him. B) He loves the smell of a dead mouse. C) It's the only animal he could find. D) He is malicious and wants to anger George every chance he gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He likes to pet soft things because they are comforting to him. 6. Small in amount, fragile or slight A) Strong. B) Wispy. C) Revere. D) Big. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wispy. 7. Which symbolic card game is first mentioned in Section 2? A) Poker. B) Snap. C) Basket. D) Solitaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solitaire. 8. To take great pleasure or delight in A) Relish. B) Despise. C) Savor. D) Slough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relish. 9. The professor spoke with a ..... voice, and many of his students fell asleep during his boring lectures. A) Jar. B) Dutiful. C) Monotonous. D) Triumph. E) Belligerent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monotonous. 10. Old swamper; lost his hand in an accident A) Crooks. B) Candy. C) Carlson. D) Curley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candy. 11. Lennie and George have a dream to have their own farm. Who is going to join them on that dream? A) Curley. B) Candy. C) Carlson. D) Slim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candy. 12. What does the word wryly mean? A) To say something nicely. B) To smile sneakily. C) To say something mockingly. D) To laugh evilly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To say something mockingly. 13. Which word means ready to fight? A) Stilted. B) Ominous. C) Recumbent. D) Pugnacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pugnacious. 14. What is the definition of derision? A) Twisted or bent out of the normal shape. B) Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen. C) Contemptuous ridicule or mockery. D) With pleasure or satisfaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contemptuous ridicule or mockery. 15. Character vs Society, Character vs Nature, Character vs. Self, Character vs. Supernatural, Character vs. Character are all examples of A) Methods of characterization. B) Climax. C) Conflict type. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict type. 16. Another name for a handyman or a maintenance person is a: A) Wisp. B) Gingham. C) Bindle. D) Swamper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Swamper. 17. The object was contorted, which means it was A) Greatly bent out of shape. B) Pasted back together after it broke. C) Broken into two or more pieces. D) Thrown away because stopped working. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greatly bent out of shape. 18. Which statement best summarizes what George would like to do if he was alone and didn't have to watch over Lennie? A) He would sleep-in rather than getting up for work every day. B) He would take his fifty bucks, visit a cathouse, drink whisky and shoot pool at the end of each month. C) He would get married to his high school sweetheart. D) He would travel around the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He would take his fifty bucks, visit a cathouse, drink whisky and shoot pool at the end of each month. 19. Adj.; wrapped or padded with material in order to stifle sound. A) Muffled. B) Hurled. C) Sullenly. D) Pawed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muffled. 20. Early on in the novel, Lennie asked George if he could have rabbits of various colors and hues, including those that were ..... A) Brusque. B) Bemused. C) Derogatory. D) Mottled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mottled. 21. Aloof (adjective) A) Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant. B) Lacking in amount or quality or extent. C) Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness. D) A longing for something better than the present situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant. 22. What does Slim think is funny about George and Lennie? A) That they go around together. B) That they have no past. C) That they are related. D) That they have no families. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That they go around together. 23. Who is always looking for her husband and gives men on the ranch "the eye" ? She is also known as a "tart" . A) Candy. B) Curley's wife. C) Lennie. D) Matilda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curley's wife. 24. Choose the best description for Curley A) Small but Smart. B) Big guy. C) Small guy who hates big guys. D) Old guy with no hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small guy who hates big guys. 25. Identify whether the following pairing is an example of antonyms or synonyms:indignation/ fury A) Antonym. B) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 26. Find the antonym for cowering. A) Trembling. B) Cringing. C) Greeting. D) Recoiling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greeting. 27. Why did George and Lennie have to leave Weed? A) George and Lennie robbed a bank. B) Lennie ripped the girl's dress. C) Aunt Clara made them leave. D) Lennie killed someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie ripped the girl's dress. 28. Of Mice and Men was selected for the Book-of-the-Month Club because it quickly sold how many copies? A) 100. B) 10, 000. C) 1, 000. D) 100, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10, 000. 29. Shout or laugh at in a mocking or hurtful way A) Woe. B) Bewildered. C) Sometimes. D) Cringe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sometimes. 30. Giving humanlike qualities to nonhuman object? A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Idiom. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 31. To speak harshly; mock; jeer A) Pantomime. B) Despair. C) Morosely. D) Scoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scoff. 32. Which word means "in a blunt direct manner" ? A) Gingerly. B) Brusque. C) Deliberately. D) Slough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brusque. 33. Identify Aunt Clara. Who is she? A) The boss. B) Curley's wife. C) George's aunt. D) Lennie's aunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lennie's aunt. 34. (adjective) inclined to quarrel or fight readily, combative A) Liniment. B) Pugnacious. C) Mollify. D) Complacently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pugnacious. 35. Which word means "heavily loaded or weighed down" ? A) Scourge. B) Brusque. C) Laden. D) Slough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laden. 36. TRUE or FALSE The story takes place in South Carolina. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 37. A finger-like claw A) Writhed. B) Taloned. C) Wisps. D) Sullenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taloned. 38. An SYNONYM for the word "fawning" would be: A) Aid. B) Flattering. C) Displeasure. D) Cease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flattering. 39. Where did George always to tell Lennie to hide if he gets in trouble? A) Hide in the water. B) Hide in the brush. C) Hide in the banana stand. D) Hide in the boxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hide in the brush. 40. You travel in pairs?Say, what you trying to pull?I get suspicious ..... A) Curley's Wife. B) The Boss. C) Slim. D) Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Boss. 41. Fragments of something broken into pieces A) Debris. B) Brusquely. C) Mottled. D) Lumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debris. 42. What does Candy say Curley has done in the past? A) Wrestling. B) Boxing. C) Mixed martial arts. D) KuyouGF U. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boxing. 43. Does Curley's wife have a name? A) Answer not given. B) Jenny. C) Matilda. D) Geraldine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Answer not given. 44. An imitation of someone else's mannerisms A) Debris. B) Anguish. C) Juncture. D) Pantomime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pantomime. 45. Attempting to please with flattery A) Fawning. B) Liniment. C) Averted. D) Crestfallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fawning. 46. Kristian and Angie realized they had become (a) in their relationship, taking each other for granted and neglecting the small gestures of love and appreciation that had once brought them closer together. A) A complacent. B) Indignation. C) Mollify. D) Ominous. E) Snivel. F) Crestfallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A complacent. 47. How does loneliness affect the characters in the novel? A) Loneliness leads to increased social interactions and stronger relationships. B) Loneliness causes the characters to become more confident and independent. C) Loneliness has no impact on the characters in the novel. D) Loneliness affects the characters by causing isolation and emotional struggles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loneliness affects the characters by causing isolation and emotional struggles. 48. Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting. A) Apprehension. B) Contemptuously. C) Indignation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indignation. 49. What did we learn about Crooks' early life? A) He was always poor. B) He never had any siblings. C) His dad owned a chicken ranch. D) There were lots of coloured families in the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His dad owned a chicken ranch. 50. George can be described as A) Dominant. B) Affectionate. C) Weak. D) Lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dominant. 51. Why does Lennie always hurt his animals? A) Because he feeds them too much. B) Because George tells him. C) Because he is mean. D) Because he does not know his own strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because he does not know his own strength. 52. Having a combative nature A) Pugnacious. B) Derogatory. C) Contorted. D) Dejectedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pugnacious. 53. Where are George and Lennie going in scene one? A) They have work tickets at a new ranch in Salinas. B) They are headed to a campout and are supposed to meet up with friends. C) They are leaving the countryside, working their way to New York City. D) They are headed to a boxing match. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They have work tickets at a new ranch in Salinas. 54. Who does George confide in about Lennie's past troubles? A) Candy. B) Carlson. C) Slim. D) The Boss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slim. 55. Feeling of contempt for someone or something; belief someone or thing is worthless A) Contemptuously. B) Subsided. C) Aloof. D) Scornful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scornful. 56. Why did George and Lennie have to leave their last job? A) The work ran out. B) They raised their stake and no longer need the job. C) The rancher died. D) Lennie got in trouble there. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lennie got in trouble there. 57. Which of the following adjectives best sums up Slim's character? A) Capable. B) Wise. C) Nervous. D) Confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wise. 58. Obedient manner; without protest A) Monotonous. B) Wooden. C) Dutiful. D) Crafty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dutiful. 59. What happened as a result of the Great Depression? A) It caused a boom in prices so all products became too expensive. B) Everyone was depressed and struggled with their mental health. C) It caused drastic declines in factory output, mass unemployment and people spent very little as they had little money to spend. D) Huge numbers of the population went to work on farms across the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It caused drastic declines in factory output, mass unemployment and people spent very little as they had little money to spend. 60. What does George say he will probably end up doing with his money at the end of the story? A) Spend it in a 'cat house;'. B) Buy some land. C) Buy the ranch. D) Travel the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spend it in a 'cat house;'. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature 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 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