Q 01/05

Who wrote Of Mice and Men?

A) William Faulkner

B) Ernest Hemingway

C) John Steinbeck

D) Sinclair Lewis

Answer · why

C) John Steinbeck

He based it on his own teenage years working alongside migrant farm workers.

Q 02/05

In what year was Of Mice and Men published?

A) 1931

B) 1933

C) 1935

D) 1937

Answer · why

D) 1937

It came two years before The Grapes of Wrath.

Q 03/05

What is Lennie's surname?

A) Milton

B) Small

C) Slim

D) Curley

Answer · why

B) Small

The irony is deliberate: he is a huge man with wide, sloping shoulders.

Q 04/05

What is George's surname?

A) Carlson

B) Whit

C) Milton

D) Bright

Answer · why

C) Milton

Steinbeck describes him as quick and defined, with restless eyes and a thin, bony nose.

Q 05/05

What animals does Lennie dream of tending on the farm?

A) Rabbits

B) Goats

C) Puppies

D) Chickens

Answer · why

A) Rabbits

He loves soft things but pets them so hard he kills them.

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