OMAM Test Back-to-Front Flashcards
1
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1902
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When was John Steinbeck born?
2
Q
Salinas, California
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Where was John Steinbeck born?
3
Q
Stanford
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Which university did John Steinbeck attend?
4
Q
1937
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When was Of Mice and Men published?
5
Q
Humanizing the working class or “loser” archetype
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What is Steinbeck known for in his works?
6
Q
Rooted in the idea of scientific determinism and threw traditional religious beliefs out of question
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Naturalism
7
Q
Drop in market price of farm crops
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What happened to farm crops after WWI?
8
Q
Near Soledad
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Where is the ranch in the novel?
9
Q
- Shoot’s Candy’s dog
- Helps Curley find Lennie
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What does Carlson do throughout the novel?
10
Q
- George and Lennie go to first day of job
- George warns Lennie to avoid Curley and his wife
- Carlson suggests Candy to shoot his dog
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What happens in Chapter 2?
11
Q
- Slim gives Lennie a puppy
- Carlson eventually convinces Candy to shoot his dog
- Curley confronts Slim about having affair with wife
- Curley starts fight with Lennie and Lennie breaks his hand
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What happens in Chapter 3?
12
Q
Her dog
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Who dies along with Curley’s wife?
13
Q
- Lennie goes into Crook’s room and they discuss why no one likes him
- Candy comes in and talks to Lennie about plans to buy farmhouse
- Crooks proposes to help
- Curley’s wife comes in and berates and threatens Crooks
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What happens in Chapter 4?
14
Q
- Curley’s wife comes in and talks to Lennie
- Curley’s wife admits that she doesn’t like her husband
- She says she wants to become an actress
- Curley’s wife lets Lennie touch her hair
- Lennie doesn’t let go and ends up killing her by breaking her neck
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What happens in Chapter 5?
15
Q
- Lennie goes to Salinas river where George told him to go
- Lennie feels guilty of causing troubles for George
- Lennie starts hallucinating about Aunt Clara and a giant rabbit
- George finds Lennie and tells him to imagine
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What happens in Chapter 6?
