English Exam 2010

Front 1

John Steinbeck wrote Of Mice and Men, and the novel was published in ______________.

Back 1

1937

Front 2

This novel is set in the 1930s during the ____________________, near the town of ____________, which is in the agricultural valley of California about twenty-five miles from the ___________ Coast.

Back 2

Great Depression
Soledad
Pacific

Front 3

Steinbeck also wrote The Pearl, East of Eden, and __________________, which is considered his greatest work and for which he won the Pulitzer Prize.

Back 3

The Grapes of Wrath

Front 4

For his writing he also received the _____________ in 1962.

Back 4

Nobel Prize

Front 5

He died in ________________.

Back 5

1968

Front 6

tells Candy that Candy's dog stinks and offers to shoot the dog for Candy with his Luger

Back 6

Carlson

Front 7

rolls slowly over, faces the wall, & is silent after his dog is shot

Back 7

Candy

Front 8

his wife often visits the other men on the ranch, allegedly looking for him

Back 8

Curley

Front 9

Curley thinks this man is having an affair with his wife

Back 9

Slim

Front 10

tells Lennie about a cheap place they can buy with a windmill, a shack, an orchard, etc.

Back 10

George

Front 11

wants to join George & Lennie in buying their house and land

Back 11

Candy

Front 12

worries about getting "canned" from the ranch & so offers to help George & Lennie hoeing the garden & washing the dishes

Back 12

Candy

Front 13

says "George...I oughta to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot [him]."

Back 13

Candy

Front 14

fights Curley until Curley is left "flopping like a fish on a line"

Back 14

Lennie

Front 15

says to Curley "I think you got your han' caught in a machine"

Back 15

Slim

Front 16

Romeo's friend but not cousin; delivers Queen Mab speech

Back 16

Mercutio

Front 17

asks Lord Capulet about marrying Juliet

Back 17

Paris

Front 18

obedient, submissive daughter at the beginning of the play

Back 18

Juliet

Front 19

threatens death to anyone who disturbs the peace in Verona again

Back 19

Prince Escalus

Front 20

prattles on & on about nothing; both Lady Capulet and Juliet ask her to be quiet

Back 20

Nurse

Front 21

puts hospitality above feud between Montagues and Capulets

Back 21

Lord Capulet

Front 22

dreams that attending Capulets' party will lead to his early death

Back 22

Romeo

Front 23

Romeo's friend & cousin; tries to make peace; a "good" guy

Back 23

Benvolio

Front 24

loves Juliet like her own daughter; closer to Juliet than Lady Capulet is

Back 24

Nurse

Front 25

Romeo

Back 25

son of Montague

Front 26

Benvolio

Back 26

one who explains the slaying of Mercutio and Tybalt; "good" guy

Front 27

Nurse

Back 27

advisor to Juliet, big sister figure

Front 28

Lord Capulet

Back 28

father of Juliet

Front 29

Tybalt

Back 29

fiery nephew of Capulet

Front 30

Mercutio

Back 30

kinsman of the prince; loves puns

Front 31

Paris

Back 31

a suitor with permission to marry Juliet

Front 32

Escalus

Back 32

prince of Verona

Front 33

Friar Laurence

Back 33

advisor to Romeo, big brother figure

Front 34

Lord Montague

Back 34

father of Romeo

Front 35

Lord Montague

Back 35

father of Romeo

Front 36

ruler of the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus

Back 36

Charybdis

Front 37

Greek god of the sea & Polyphemus's father

Back 37

Poseidon

Front 38

sea nymphs who lured sailors to destruction with their songs

Back 38

Sirens

Front 39

Greek goddess of wisdom, crafts, and war; helps Odysseus in Ithaca

Back 39

Athena

Front 40

female monster with six heads who devoured passing sailors

Back 40

Scylla