Of Mice and Men
Jeopardy review
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Literary
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History
Characters
Plot Events
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What does CURLEY'S wife symbolize?
She symbolizes danger, temptation,
loneliness and lust (Literary terms 1)
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Of mice and men takes place during
which major world event in the 1930s?
The Great Depression (history 1)
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Which character's name is ironic and why?
It's ironic that Lennie's last name is small
because he's a large man. (Characters 1)
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What is symbolic about CURLEY'S
wife's name?
What about Crooks' name?
CURLEY'S wife is never given a name,
symbolizing how women weren't
important in society. Crooks' name is
symbolic of his physical appearance-his crooked back. (Plot events 1)
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What are the four main types of
conflict? Give an example of each one
from the novella.
Person vs. person, person vs. self,
person vs. society, person vs. nature
Lennie vs. Curley
George vs. himself
Crooks vs. racism
Lennie vs. mice and pup
(Surprise 1)
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Candy's dog being killed and the snake
being eaten by the heron both
foreshadow which event and why?
George killing Lennie when he's
not expecting it. (Literary
terms 2)
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The dust bowl was an area of land
located in the Midwest states of
Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, etc. explain
three causes of the dust bowl.
1. Agricultural devastation caused by
poor practices
2. Drought
3. Dust storms (history 2)
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Who is the only character who
understands George's loss?
Slim empathizes with George
because George had confided in slim
about his companionship with
Lennie. He understands George's
feelings towards Lennie. He's also
seen as a God-like figure to whom
all the men look for advice.
(Characters 2)
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Explain two childlike things
Lennie does when he kills the
pup.
He covers it with hay to hide what he did
He gets mad at the pup for dying
He Cares more about consequences
He Cries and rocks himself
He says he will lie that he found it dead
(Plot events 2)
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What is symbolic about "Soledad,"
the town near which the story
takes place?
Soledad means loneliness, one of the
novella's themes. (Surprise 2)
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When CURLEY'S wife comes into the
barn in chapter five after Lennie kills
the pup, what does her presence
foreshadow and why?
She comes in wearing red shoes, which
foreshadows something ominous
between her and Lennie since the girl in
weed also wore red. (Literary terms 3)
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Explain at least three details
about the Great Depression.
• October 1929, "Black Tuesday," the u.s. Stock market crashed
• Businesses closed, factories shut down, backs failed
• American dream became a nightmare
• 25% of Americans were unemployed
• Disparity between consumption and production
• Government spending for WWII (1940s) helped to accelerate recovery
• Hoover blamed and FDR a hero
• (HISTORY 3)
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Which character said the following quote:
"Well hell! I had him so long. Had
him since he was a pup. I herded sheep
with him. You wouldn't think it to
look at him now, but he was the best
damn sheep dog i ever
seen." (Characters 3)
Candy
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What is Candy's dream?
To cook, tend chickens, and hoe the
garden at George and lennie's
place. (Plot events 3)
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Which character said the following quote:
"I remember when i was a little kid on
my old man's chicken ranch. Had two
brothers. They was always near me,
always there. Used to sleep in the
same room, right in the same bed- all
three. Used to turn the chickens out
on in the alfalfa on a sunny
morning." (Surprise 3)
Crooks
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What does the bunkhouse symbolize?
Danger because it's where Lennie
and Curley fight
Poverty and loneliness because it's
where the poor, lonely workers live
on the ranch. (Literary terms 4)
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Farmers and laborers who were forced
to move To the West because of the Dust
Bowl were called this, even if they
weren't from the state from which the
name comes.
Okies
(History 4)
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Which character said the following quote:
"I think I knowed from the very first.
I think I knowed we'd never do her. He
Usta like to hear about it so much, I
got to thinking maybe we would."
George refers to Lennie and the fact
that the dream will not happen because
Lennie was a symbol of hope for the
American dream. (Characters 4)
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Explain why George changes. What is
the term used for a character who
changes?
George changes because he admits
that he used to be cruel to Lennie.
The term used to describe a
character who changes is dynamic.
(Plot events 4)
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What is the novella's point of view?
Third person omniscient
The narrator can access the
point of view of any character,
and it uses he, she, it, they.
(Surprise 4)
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Why is Candy's dog's death a
metaphor for lennie's death?
Candy's dog was killed because he
was suffering. Lennie would have
suffered if George hadn't killed
him. Both were a companion to Candy
and George, respectively. Both were
symbolic of what happens when we
don't fit society's mold. (Literary
terms 5)
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The government's spending under
which president for which war helped
to accelerate the U.S. Recovery from
the Great Depression?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
WWII
(History 5)
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Who are the protagonists of the novella?
Who are the antagonists?
Protagonists: George and Lennie
Antagonists: Curley, CURLEY'S Wife,
harsh reality, society, The Great
Depression
(Characters 5)
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Lennie, like most of the characters in
the novella, does not change. What is
the term for a character who does not
change?
Static
(Plot events 5)
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What is the genre of the novella?
Realistic fiction and tragedy
(Surprise 5)
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