Of Mice and Men

Question 1

Who wrote ‘Of Mice and Men’?

Answer 1

John Steinbeck

Question 2

What big event is happening at the time Of Mice and Men is set?

Answer 2

The Great Depression

Question 3

How many people were unemployed during the Great Depression?

Answer 3

13-15 million people

Question 4

What is the cardboard shanty town called?

Answer 4

Hoovervilles

Question 5

What was the Dust Bowl?

Answer 5

Name given to the drought and dust storm that swept across mid-west America

Question 6

Why did the Dust Bowl cause farmers to suffer?

Answer 6

The Dust Bowl ruined crops which means they could not be sold.

Question 7

Where did most farmers migrated to during the Great Depression?

Answer 7

California

Question 8

What is Nomadic?

Answer 8

Living of a life as a person who do not stay in one place for long

Question 9

What is Migrant?

Answer 9

They who moved to a place to find a job or a better life condition

Question 10

Definition of ‘mood’

Answer 10

The general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader

Question 11

Definition of ‘Tone’

Answer 11

The tone of literature is the speaker’s or narrator’s attitude towards the subject

Question 12

What does the bigger of the two men do when they reached the pool?

Answer 12

The bigger of the two men flung himself down and drank the water like a horse

Question 13

What are the name of the two men?

Answer 13

George Milton and Lennie Small

Question 14

Why is George angry at the bus driver?

Answer 14

The bus driver dropped them far from their destination.

Question 15

What adjective described George’s eyes

Answer 15

‘Restless eyes’

Question 16

What does Lennie have in his pocket?

Answer 16

A dead mouse

Question 17

Where are George and Lennie heading?

Answer 17

They’re heading to a ranch

Question 18

What happened in a town called ‘Weed’

Answer 18

Lennie touched a girl’s dress and the girl accused him raping her, causing both Lennie and Geroge to leave the town.

Question 19

Definition of ‘Zoomorphism’

Answer 19

The device of giving animal-like qualities to anything
that is not that animal such as humans, gods, and
inanimate objects.

Question 20

What is George and Lennie’s dream?

Answer 20

Getting their own farm. George wants an independent land and Lennie wants to have rabbits.

Question 21

Definition of ‘Symbiotic’

Answer 21

Denoting a mutually beneficial
relationship between different people or
groups.

Question 22

What are John Steinbeck’s aim?

Answer 22

• Tragedy for ordinary migrant workers
• Harsh environment
• Cut-throat society
• Dehumanising

Question 23

How do Steinbeck use Curley’s wife in his aim Ordinary Tragedy?

Answer 23

Her dream which is to be an actor is what makes her to marry Curley. But by marrying him makes her life worse.

Question 24

How does Curley’s wife explore the harsh conditions?

Answer 24

Despite her hardwork to improve her appearance, she is described as a manipulator and temptress.

Question 25

When did Curley’s wife lost her ‘humanity’?

Answer 25

She threathened Crooks when she had the chance in Chapter 4.

Question 26

Who has the most power in the ranch in terms of authority?

Answer 26

Slim has the most power in authority. Others are willing to follow him even though it is against Curley.

Question 27

What is Lennie doing in a barn?

Answer 27

Lennie is petting a puppy that is later discovered to be dead.

Question 28

Why is it dangerous that Lennie is in the barn with Curley’s wife without George?

Answer 28

Without George monitoring Lennie, he might do something that can get both of them in trouble

Question 29

How does Curley’s wife say she is feeling?

Answer 29

Curley’s wife is feeling lonely for being the only woman in the ranch

Question 30

What had happened in Curley’s wife’s life? What is her own American dream and why did it not come true?

Answer 30

Curley’s wife is unfortunate because her American dream which is to be an actress did not come true because she is in possession of Curley so she can’t escape him until her life ends.