Historical Context Quiz

Where was John Steinbeck born?

• Salinas, Mexico

• Stanford, California

• Salinas, California

What university did Steinbeck graduate from?

• He didn't graduate

• Stanford University

• Cal State Monterey Bay

Many of Steinbeck's most famous novels and short stories were written in the 1930s during America's __________.

• Great Drought

• Great Depression

• Great Plains

Steinbeck had a strong interest in

• photography

• migrant mothers

• migrant workers

What was the name of Steinbeck's "breakout work" (his first piece of writing that garnered attention)?

• Grapes of Wrath

• Tortilla Flat

• East of Eden

When severe drought hit the Great Plains in 1930, many sought refuge in

• Texas

• New York

• California

In 1936, Los Angeles Authorities blockaded the California _______.

• rails

• bridge

• border

Steinbeck's novels showed __________ versions of the very real problems people faced in California during the 1930s.

• fictional

• non-fictional

Like Steinbeck, Dorothea Lange was a

• Californian

• writer

• migrant worker

Unlike Steinbeck, Dorothea Lange was a(n)

• author

• photographer

• teenage hobo