This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > American Classics > Of Mice And Men > Of Mice And Men – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Of Mice And Men Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Artificially formal, stiff, pompous A) Relaxed. B) Awkward. C) Stilted. D) Clumsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stilted. 2. Which statement best describes Lennie after the incident with Curley? A) He is generally a gentle, slow-witted man who is unaware of his own strength. B) He is afraid of everyone. C) He is an angry, violent man who enjoys hurting others. D) He intentionally causes problems for himself and others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is generally a gentle, slow-witted man who is unaware of his own strength. 3. The crying baby was finally quiet and ..... when he received his binkie. A) Liniment. B) Scoff. C) Recumbent. D) Mollified. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mollified. 4. Soledad (in Spanish) in English means A) Solitude. B) Hope. C) Love. D) Sunshine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solitude. 5. What is a synonym for gingerly? A) Happily. B) Gorgeously. C) Hesitantly. D) Discreetly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discreetly. 6. Verb; looked over, made a judgement about A) Averted. B) Disarming. C) Appraised. D) Aloof. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appraised. 7. In fear or dread of possible evil or harm; mentally upset over possible misfortune A) Retort. B) Bemused. C) Apprehensive. D) Contemplate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apprehensive. 8. Provide comfort to someone who is distressed or sad A) Vicious. B) Bewildered. C) Console. D) Woe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Console. 9. Spotted or blotched in coloring=mottled A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. What does the swamper suggest about Curley's wife? A) She's terrifying. B) She's mean. C) She's ugly. D) She's flirtatious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She's flirtatious. 11. Angry and aggressive in behavior A) Monotonous. B) Sullen. C) Belligerent. D) Retort. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belligerent. 12. Everybody comes to Crook's room in chapter 4 EXCEPT A) Lennie. B) Candy. C) Slim. D) Curley's wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slim. 13. George and me, we willLive off the fat of the landI get to tend 'em! A) George. B) Lennie. C) Curley's Wife. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lennie. 14. Serious or dignified behavior; dignity A) Scoff. B) Joe Shmoe. C) Crestfallen. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 15. What did the men not keep on the box shelves? A) Soap. B) Neckties. C) Photos of their family. D) Razors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photos of their family. 16. What would the BEST synonym for wryly be? A) Wiggily. B) Complacent. C) Gloomy. D) Showing disgust. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Showing disgust. 17. Who complains about the old, smelly dog? A) Candy, the old swamper. B) The stable buck. C) Curley's wife. D) Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carlson. 18. Whenever Lennie is confused or upset, he thinks of which animals? A) Birds. B) Chicekns. C) Rabbits. D) Roosters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rabbits. 19. What does Lennie keep in his pocket? A) Picture of Aunt Clara. B) A dead mouse. C) A pocket knife. D) His work ticket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dead mouse. 20. When Curley's wife refuses to leave, Crooks threatens to tell the Boss where she's been and "ast the boss not to ever let you come in the barn no more" (80). Which answer best summarizes her reaction? A) She calls him a vile name and threatens to get him hanged. B) She runs away from the ranch. C) She meekly backs out of the harness room and returns to the house. D) She cries to her father-in-law that the men don't treat her kindly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She calls him a vile name and threatens to get him hanged. 21. Affected someone very strongly A) Subsided. B) Overwhelmed. C) Averted. D) Crestfallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overwhelmed. 22. Dejected; discouraged A) Dignity. B) Crestfallen. C) Aloof. D) Bemused. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crestfallen. 23. Why was Candy looking for Lennie? A) George returned from town and wanted to know where Lennie was. B) Candy was figuring out how much money they could make on the rabbits and wanted to report his findings to Lennie. C) He didn't want him to be bothering Crooks, so he made an excuse to talk to Lennie. D) Slim told Candy to keep an eye on Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candy was figuring out how much money they could make on the rabbits and wanted to report his findings to Lennie. 24. Which word is the following, a definition of:showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly. A) Pensive. B) Tense. C) Hostile. D) Sinister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hostile. 25. Noun; anger about an unfairness or wrongdoing A) Brutally. B) Disarming. C) Aloof. D) Indignation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indignation. 26. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy=plaintively A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray sculptured stones. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 28. How does the mention of Curley's wife contribute to the setting's atmosphere? A) It introduces a love interest. B) It adds a sense of danger and tension. C) It lightens the mood with humor. D) It showcases ranch hospitality. E) It underscores the workers' camaraderie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It adds a sense of danger and tension. 29. A comparison of two unlike things which does not use like or as? A) Metaphor. B) Similarly. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 30. Where things connect A) Recumbent. B) Juncture. C) Scowl. D) Mottled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juncture. 31. The trees were almost barren, and many of the branches lay ..... on the sodden ground. A) Yammered. B) Recumbent. C) Morosely. D) Scoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recumbent. 32. Who flirts with everyone? A) George. B) Slim. C) Curley's Wife. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curley's Wife. 33. Who really stole Carlson's Luger? A) Lennie. B) George. C) Slim. D) Candy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George. 34. They gave me some cashAfter I lost my right handRight here on this ranch. A) Carlson. B) Steinbeck. C) Candy. D) Lulu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Candy. 35. Involving many carefully arranged parts or details A) Collaborate. B) Quiver. C) Elaborate. D) Recumbent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elaborate. 36. In the barn, what does Curley's wife let Lennie touch? A) Her pet rabbit. B) Her dress. C) Her old acting photos. D) Her hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her hair. 37. In chapter two, George and Lennie have arrived at the: A) Their American dream farm. B) Aunt Clara's house. C) The bunkhouse of the ranch. D) Curley's house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bunkhouse of the ranch. 38. Micah couldn't hide his (a) expression when Naomi told him she had accepted a job offer in another city, leaving him to face the prospect of a long-distance relationship or a painful breakup. A) A crestfallen. B) Pugnacious. C) Indignation. D) Mollify. E) Brusque. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A crestfallen. 39. What does Crooks say about men's dreams of owning land? A) They always achieve them. B) They are easy to accomplish. C) They are just in their head. D) They are a good investment. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are just in their head. 40. Disappointed with her life, Curley's wife wonders where she would be if she had followed her dreams and become which of the following things? A) A schoolteacher. B) A showgirl. C) A nurse. D) An actress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An actress. 41. How does the reaction of the other characters to Curley's wife's death highlight societal attitudes of the time? A) It shows a deep respect for women. B) It demonstrates the community's ability to come together in times of tragedy. C) It reveals the lack of empathy and understanding towards women. D) It underscores the importance of justice in the community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It reveals the lack of empathy and understanding towards women. 42. The state of being self-satisfied A) Discontent. B) Arrogance. C) Complacency. D) Contentment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complacency. 43. In the text it states the following: "Slim smiled wryly. He knelt down beside Curley" (Steinbeck). What is the best definition for the word wryly based on the way it is used in the text? A) To humiliate by superior showing. B) Devious in course or purpose. C) To twist in coils or folds. D) To suffer keenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Devious in course or purpose. 44. What is the dream that Lennie likes to hear from George to calm him down? A) The two friends will find a place to work and get along with others. B) The two friends find gold and get rich, never having to worry about money again. C) The two friends are going to get a small farm and live off of it. D) The two friends own a zoo with all the animals they can pet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The two friends are going to get a small farm and live off of it. 45. Charming; friendly; trusting A) Disarming. B) Meager. C) Mauled. D) Brutally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disarming. 46. Writing intended to explain/describe introductory material? A) Allusion. B) Exposition. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 47. Who's room do Lennie and Candy gather in? A) Crooks. B) The Bunkhouse. C) Curley's wife's. D) Carlson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crooks. 48. What does George say to Lennie before shooting him? A) He tells Lennie that he is a bad man and that he deserves to die. B) He tells Lennie that he has no other choice but to shoot him since it's the law. C) He tells Lennie the story of their farm. D) He tells Lennie he's sorry that he let him down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He tells Lennie the story of their farm. 49. In the text it states the following: "Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe game, and now and then the sound of voices raised in approval or derision" (Steinbeck). What is the best definition for the word derision based on the way it is used in the text? A) To amuse oneself. B) The use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt. C) To deviate or vary abruptly from type. D) To believe in another person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt. 50. If a person is quarrelsome or combative in nature, always starting a fight, they could be described as being ..... A) Pugnacious. B) Recumbent. C) Mollified. D) Fawning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pugnacious. 51. What character trait of George can be inferred from his dialogue throughout the first five chapters? A) Caring. B) Impatience. C) Hostility. D) Indifference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caring. 52. Who does Candy think should have shot his dog? A) Whit. B) Candy. C) Slim. D) George. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Candy. 53. George and Lennie dream about A) Traveling to Europe. B) Having their own ranch. C) Eating rabbits. D) Moving to New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having their own ranch. 54. Find the antonym for ALOOF. A) Removed. B) Detached. C) Familiar. D) Distant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Familiar. 55. How does Steinbeck use dialogue in Chapter 4 to develop Crooks' character? A) By showing his aggressive confrontations with other characters. B) By revealing his educated background and intelligence. C) By highlighting his humorous side. D) By demonstrating his indifference to the other ranch workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By revealing his educated background and intelligence. 56. Verb; greatly bent out of shape A) Contorted. B) Cringed. C) Muffled. D) Sullenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contorted. 57. Hints or clues about future events in the story A) Symbol. B) Allusion. C) Idiom. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 58. Which word means 'lying back; resting or leaning'? A) Mottled. B) Recumbent. C) Imperiously. D) Debris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recumbent. 59. Who is impressed by Curley's wife's beauty and caught staring at her? A) Carlson. B) George. C) Slim. D) Lennie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lennie. 60. Why isn't Crooks allowed in the bunk house? A) He is black and the men say he stinks. B) His crooked back grosses out the other men. C) The men don't want him to win cards like he does horse shoes. D) He got into a fight with one of the men last time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is black and the men say he stinks. ← 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 5Of Mice And Men Quiz 7Of Mice And Men Quiz 8Of Mice And Men Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books