Characters
Themes
Symbols
Setting
Miscellaneous
100
In the film, the character of Hazel is most likely a combination of which two characters?
What is Hazel and Frankie?
100
Steinbeck's novel celebrates what kind of character?
What is the Everyman?
100
Baseball is America's favorite pasttime, and Doc left behind a fortunate pitching career. What does the game of baseball represent in the film version of Cannery Row?
What is success/the American dream/winning the "game" of life?
100
Cannery Row is the waterfront area of what city and state?
What is Monterey, California
100
Henri has a great talent for...
What is building/crafting a boat?
200
Which film character represents the ideas of faith and forgiveness?
What is the seer?
200
Doc's commitment to looking out for the seer reflects Steinbeck's Cannery Row theme of
What is Community?
200
"Fauna" is a latin word that refers to earth's animal life. How does the film character represent respect for all forms of life, high and low?
What is she tries to educate and cultivate her "girls" so they can rise up from their work as "floozies"?
200
The canning industry depicted in the film concerns itself with what type of fish?
What is sardines?
200
Mrs. Malloy is mocked because...
What is she wants curtains but she has no windows in the boiler where she lives.
300
In the film, the character Joseph and Mary replaces whom from the novel?
What is Lee Chong?
300
When Mack and the boys become tempted by good whiskey and frog profits, they set off a chain of unfortunate events. This reflects Steinbeck's concern with...
What is balance in the community/individual versus group?
300
The boiler, while represented by different characters in the novel and film, functions as a symbol of...
What is domesticity/pride in home?
300
Steinbeck's novel is set in what significant American era?
What is post-Depression?
300
Hazel likes to ask Doc questions because...
What is he likes the sound of talking?
400
What is Doc's baseball nickname?
Eddie "the Blur"
400
Doc disapproves of Suzy's "dirty" business as much as Suzy disapproves of Doc's filthy laboratory. Nonetheless, both characters demonstrate good hearts and pure intentions, which reflects Steinbeck's definition of...
What is Morality?
400
The seer is a symbol of...
What is spirituality/faith/God?
400
It is ironic that Fauna/Dora's Bear Flag must pay taxes because...
What is it's an illegal business (brothel)?
400
Frankie's intended birthday gift for Doc is...
What is a clock?
500
The film character of Suzy DeSoto is likely an allusion to...
What is an early American car model?
500
Both the film and the movie, through the character of Doc, emphasize that all people really want in life is...
What is love/companionship?
500
The octopi tank that Doc studies is a symbol of...
What is human nature/behavior?
500
What is Doc's road trip destination to the coast to find octopi?
What is La Jolla?
500
Mack and the boys all love the same woman. Who is she?
What is the dog, Darling?
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