Lit Flashcards
When Steinbeck tells us that Lennie likes to pet soft things, which literary technique is he using?
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Irony
Narration
Figurative Language
Foreshadowing
Disappointed with her life, Curley’s wife wonders where she would be if she had become…
a school teacher.
an actress.
a nurse.
She never mentions any other aspirations.
a cathouse owner.
Actress
After killing Curley’s wife, which pair of figures appear and scold Lennie?
None of the characters mentioned here
George and Lennie’s mother
Aunt Clara and Lennie’s mother
Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit
George and a giant rabbit
Aunt clara and a giant rabbit
Before George meets Lennie in the woods in the final scene, whose gun does he take?
Candy’s
Curley’s
Slim’s
Carlson’s
Whit’s
Carlson’s
From whom does Candy seek advice before allowing Carlson to shoot his dog?
No one
Slim
Curley
George
Whit
Slim
George and Lennie are different from the other men
because they have more specialized skills.
because they look out for each other.
because they’ve inherited money from Aunt Clara.
because they like to stay a long time at each job they take.
There is no difference between them and the other men.
because they look out for each other
In the power structure of the ranch, which character has the least amount of power?
Whit
Curley’s wife
Candy
Lennie
Crooks
Crooks
How did Crooks get his name?
He has a crooked smile
He spent time in jail for stealing
The source of his nickname is never mentioned
He has a crooked smile and back plus he spent time in jail
He has a crooked back
He has a crooked back
The structure of the novel most resembles a
Letter
Newspaper article
Play
Diary
Stream-of-consciousness piece of writing
Play
In which state is the story set?
California
Iowa
Texas
Oklahoma
The exact location is never mentioned
California
Which of the following characters checks the dead body of Curley’s wife for vital signs?
Curley
Slim
Carlson
Crooks
Candy
Slim
Of Mice and Men is set in which decade?
1940s
1930s
1920s
1910s
1950s
1930s
Why does Carlson want to shoot Candy’s dog?
The dog is too old to be of any use and it stinks up the room
He thinks the dog is ugly and reminds him of a drowned rat
The exact reason is never mentioned
Carlson doesn’t have a good reason; he’s just a mean guy
The dog is mean and tried to bite him
the dog is too old to be of any use and it stinks up the room
“I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would.”
George
“What the hell you laughin’ at?”
Curley
“If I catch any one man, and he’s alone, I get along fine with him. But just let two of the guys get together an’ you won’t talk. Just nothing but mad.”
Curley’s wife
“We could live offa the fatta the lan’.”
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Lennie
“I ought to of shot that dog myself.”
Candy
“You hadda, George. I swear, you hadda.”
Slim
“But not us! An’ why? Because…I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why!”
Lennie
“Bus driver give us a bum steer…we hadda walk ten miles.”
George
“Everybody wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their heads. They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their heads.”
Crooks
“Whatever we ain’t got, that’s what you want. God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy.”
George
“A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya, a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”
Crooks