Vocabulary
Of Mice and Men
Romeo and Juliet
John Steinbeck
Shakespeare/Elizabethan Theater
100

Fatherly; father-like

paternal

100

Which character wanted to raise rabbits

Lenny

100

What 3 themes were established throughout the play?

Love, Family, Fate

100

What year was John Steinbeck born?

1902

100

What is the name of the theater Shakespeare's plays were performed in?

Globe Theater

200

To examine very carefully

scrutinize

200

Which character was the stable buck who wants to live alone?

Crooks
200

What is Mercutio's "Queen Mab" speech about?

Dreams

200

John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, ________

California

200

Where was Shakespeare born?

Stratford-Upon-Avon

300

A pouring forth

effusion

300

He is “the prince of the ranch”.

Slim

300

Which 2 characters are related to the Prince?

Mercutio and Paris

300

What did his mother do for a living?

teacher

300

How many lines are in a Shakespearean Sonnet?

14

400

To conclude from the evidence; to infer

deduce

400

Why does Crooks taunt Lennie for George not returning?

Crooks is jealous
400

Why does Juliet kiss Romeo before she stabs herself?

To try to steal some poison from his lips

400

His father managed a _____ mill.

flour

400

Why was the Globe Theater closed down the first time?

the Bubonic Plague

500

A consequence; a branching out

ramification 

500

What is Carlson shooting Candy's dog an example of?

Foreshadowing

500

What literary device is seen when Romeo says, “Well, in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hit/ With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit,/ And, in strong proof of chastity well armed,/ From Love’s weak childish bow she lives uncharmed./ She will not stay the siege of loving terms,/ Nor bid th’ encounter of assailing eyes,/ Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold.”

Extended Metaphor

500

Steinbeck attended this University

Stanford

500

How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write?

37 plays and 154 sonnets