Of Mice and Men-Chapter 1 w/ Intro

In which state was author John Steinbeck born?

• Ohio

• California

• Iowa

• Las Vegas

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What was the name of the newspaper Steinbeck worked for?

• The Republican

• The Roots

• The Canadian

• The American

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What was the name of Steinbeck’s first novel?

• The Pastures of Heaven

• Of Mice and Men

• The Grapes of Wrath

• Holes

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Because Steinbeck also wanted Of Mice and Men to become a play as well, the novel is told almost entirely in what:

• Flashbacks

• Slang

• Dialogue

• Essays

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Of Mice and Men was selected for the Book-of-the-Month Club because it quickly sold how many copies?

• 100,000

• 1,000

• 100

• 10,000

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In what year was Steinbeck chosen as 1 of the Ten Most Outstanding Young Men of the Year?

• 1917

• 1937

• 2007

• 1957

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For which book did Steinbeck win a Pulitzer Prize?

• Of Mice and Men

• Romeo and Juliet

• Frankenstein

• The Grapes of Wrath

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In 1962, Steinbeck won what award?

• The Heisman Trophy

• an Oscar

• Nobel Prize for Literature

• Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship

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Which term is defined as writing which supports the idea that people have no free will and are controlled by social and economic circumstances?

• Naturalism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Determinism

Which term is defined as the belief that everything is pre-determined by fate?

• Naturalism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Determinism