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Literary Devices in "Of Mice and Men"

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A writer's tone can be described as
a)
the words the writer uses to help the reader feel something.
b)
how the writer feels about a particular subject or idea.
c)
the writer's use of literary devices to create an atmosphere.
d)
the writer's use of slang and vernacular to capture a particular culture or time period.
2.

George says he and Lennie are different from other ranch hands because they have…?

a)

more experience.

b)

a dream.

c)

each other.

d)

money saved.

3.
This character offers to lend George and Lennie money; he also lost a hand.
a)
Curly
b)
Carlson
c)
Candy
d)
Crooks
4.

This “prince of the ranch” gives Lennie a puppy

a)

Slim

b)

Curly

c)

George

d)

Crooks

5.

Who said: "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy.”

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.
The following is an example of what literary device: “In and out of the beam flies shot like rushing stars.”
a)
hyperbole
b)
allusion
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
7.

Which literary device is being employed here: "On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones."

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

idiom

8.

time and place the story takes place

Ex. Salinas River, 1930s; "A few miles south of Soledad."

a)

setting

b)

plot

c)

imagery

d)

exposition

9.
the author directly tells the reader what the character is like
Ex. "He stepped short, quick steps, of a fat legged man."
a)
indirect characterization
b)
pointed characterization
c)
direct characterization
d)
straight characterization
10.
the author gives clues about a character by describing what a character looks like, does, and says, as well as how other characters react to them
Ex. "Crooks scowled, but Lennie's disarming smile defeated him. Come on in and set a while."
a)
direct characterization
b)
indirect characterization
c)
forward characterization
d)
round characterization
11.

the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected

Ex. Crooks lets Lennie in his room.

a)

imagery

b)

irony

c)

flashback

d)

foreshadowing

12.

descriptive words that appeal to the five senses

Ex. "A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas river drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green."

a)

adjectives

b)

sensory words

c)

imagery

d)

verbs

13.

hints that something is going to happen in the story

Ex. George tells Lennie in the opening chapter that if he gets into trouble to go back and hide in the brush by the river.

a)

hinting

b)

teasing

c)

foreshadowing

d)

spoiler alerts

14.
the main character
Ex. Lennie and George because they are the main people in the story.
a)
lead actor
b)
antagonist
c)
MVP
d)
protagonist
15.
opposing character to the main character
Ex. Curley/Curley's wife
a)
antagonist
b)
the opposition
c)
protagonist
d)
the bad guy
16.

struggle between opposing forces

Ex. Lennie vs. Curley; Lennie vs. George; Candy vs. himself; Ranch men vs. society

a)

fight

b)

feud

c)

conflict

d)

argument

17.

it gives the perspective from which a literary work is told.

a)

point of view

b)

literary lens

c)

background

d)

author

18.
The narrator (the voice that is telling the story) is a character who is part of the action and uses the first-person pronouns I, me, and my. The reader sees everything through this character's eyes.
a)
second person point of view
b)
third person point of view
c)
first person point of view
d)
fourth person point of view
19.
The narrator is someone outside the action, rather than a character.
a)
first person point of view
b)
second person point of view
c)
third person point of view
d)
third person onmniscient
20.
"America is a melting pot" is an example of 
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Repetition
21.

What is a hyperbole?

a)

An extreme exaggeration

b)

A little exaggeration

c)

Similar sounds

d)

Compares two things using like or as

22.
Which line from chapter 1 foreshadowed the events to come in chapter 5
a)
a.  “ ‘You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get. . . You do bad things and I got to get you out.’ . . . He took on the elaborate manner of little girls when they are mimicking one another.  ‘Jus’ wanted to feel that girl’s dress – jus’ wanted to pet it like it was a mouse –‘ …”(11)
b)
a.  “  ‘Well,’ said George, ‘we’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens.  And when it rains in the winter, we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work…’ “(14)
c)
a.  “ ‘The hell with the rabbits.  An’ you ain’t to be trusted with no live mice.  Your Aunt Clara give you a rubber mouse and you wouldn’t have nothing to do with it.’ “(10)
d)
a.  “ ‘Whatever we ain’t got, that’s what you want.  God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy.  I could go get a job, an’ work, an’ no trouble.”(11)

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