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Of Mice and Men Trivia

Show you’re no soft mouse by wrangling Steinbeck’s wild ranch dreams, mercy killings, and downright mousey mayhem.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

George’s climactic decision to shoot Lennie is often characterized as what ethically driven act?

Mercy killing

Which poet wrote the line about “the best-laid schemes”, from a 1785 Scots poem, that inspired the novel’s title?

Robert Burns

In the acclaimed 1992 film adaptation directed by and starring Gary Sinise, who played Lennie Small?

John Malkovich

Which character is forced to live in a small room off the barn, barred from the bunkhouse by racial segregation?

Crooks