Characters
Quotes
Literary Terms
Plot
Literary Terms 2
100
the principal antagonist in the story
Who is Curley?
100
The person who said “Maybe you guys better go. I ain’t sure I want you in here no more. A colored man got to have some rights even if he don’t like ‘em.”
Who is Crooks?
100
“Snorting into the water like a horse” is an example of this.
What is a simile?
100
The fight between Curley and Lennie falls into this part of the plot.
What is rising action?
100
When Curley fights with Lennie, it is an example of what type of conflict?
What is external? OR What is person vs. person?
200
tells how his father did not like him playing with white children
Who is Crooks?
200
The person who said “I don’ like this place, George. This ain’t no good place. I wanna get outa here."
Who is Lennie?
200
“She’s a rat-trap” is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
200
George takes Carlson's Luger and meets Lennie by the river.
What is falling action?
200
“You’re yella as a frog belly” is an example of this.
What is a simile?
300
thinks that he should have killed his own dog
Who is Candy?
300
The person who said “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.”
Who is Candy?
300
The scene in which Candy’s dog is shot is an example of this, as it relates to the ending of the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
Slim says, "You hadda, George," and leads George toward the highway.
What is the resolution?
300
Soledad, California in the 1930s is the ________________ of the novel.
What is setting?
400
the protagonist of the story
Who is George?
400
The person who said “He’s a nice fella…Guy don’t need no sense to be a nice fella.”
Who is Slim?
400
George has to decide what to do after Lennie runs away after killing Curley’s wife.
What is internal conflict?
400
Lennie kills Curley's wife.
What is the climax?
400
In the novel, rabbits can be seen as a _____________ of George and Lennie's dream, or of danger.
What is symbol?
500
portrayed as an archetype of the Biblical "Eve"
Who is Curley's wife?
500
The person who said “This ol’ dog jus’ suffers hisself all the time. If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head—“ he leaned over and pointed, “—right there, why he’d never know what hit him.”
Who is Carlson?
500
Loneliness, dreams, and prejudice are all examples of this from Of Mice and Men.
What is theme?
500
the incident in Weed
What is part of the exposition?
500
The name "Lennie Small" is an example of this.
What is irony?