John Steinbeck ft. Of Mice and Men
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When was Steinbeck born?
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1902
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When did Steinbeck die?
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1968
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What did Californians do to people who were migrating to CA in an attempt to escape the dust bowl?
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They used those people because there were so many of them and they paid them small portions for a long day of work.
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Who once said \"Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.\"?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Where was Steinbeck born?
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Salinas, California
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How long did Steinbeck stay in CA?
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He spent the first 23 years of his life there.
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Salinas, CA is known as the fertile valley and also what because why?
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Salad Bowl of the Nation due to the large amount of produce grown in the area
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At what age did Steinbeck know he wanted to be a writer?
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14
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What is a piece of advice that many successful writers give?
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Write what you know
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Where do the settings of most of Steinbeck's book take place?
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The Fertile Salinas Valley
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What is a transcendentalist and who is an example of this?
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They are people who have a very strong belief in nature and not conforming; if you spend more time in nature you will become spiritual. Thoreau is a prime example.
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What was his family like?
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He had working parents and three sisters.
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Where did he graduate High School from?
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Salinas High School
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What college did he attend?
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Attended Stanford University but did NOT graduate
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What did Steinbeck do instead of graduating from Stanford?
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Worked on freelance writing (writes what he wants and is waiting for publication)
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What has Steinbeck's childhood home been turned into?
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Restaurant and gift shop
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In what year did he move to New York?
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1925
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What jobs did he work while in New York?
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Worked odd jobs including manual labor and constructing Madison Square Garden
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Steinbeck moved from New York back to California in what year and did what?
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1926; continued to write, but he could not find a publisher
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What novel did he publish in 1929?
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Cup of Gold
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Who did he marry in 1930 and when did they get a divorce?
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Married Carol Henning and divorced in 1942
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What did the Great Depression do to Steinbeck's writing?
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Made his desire to write about common people stronger
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What type of writer is Steinbeck?
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Naturalist writer
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What was Steinbeck's nickname and how did he get it?
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Champion of the common man because he gave a voice to the common man
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In what year did the stock market crash?
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1929
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What did the Midwest experience in the 1930s?
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Dustbowl
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What were farmers told to do during the dustbowl?
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Cut back on production of goods
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What did Steinbeck see a direct link between?
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Man and his environment
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What did Steinbeck hear and witness during the Dustbowl?
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He heard the dreams of first-hand migrant workers looking for a better life in America and witnessed the prejudice and injustice experienced by man who labored in the California fields.
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What four states were hit the hardest and eventually the people were forced to leave their homes and everything behind?
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Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Texas
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What was published in 1932?
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The Pastures of Heaven
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What was published in 1933?
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The Red Pony & To a God Unknown
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What was published in 1934?
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The Murder
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What prize did the short story \"The Murder\" win?
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O. Henry Prize
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What was published in 1935?
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Tortilla Flat (first major success as a writer)
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What was published in 1936?
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The Dubious Battle
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What was published in 1937?
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Of Mice and Men
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What was published in 1938?
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The Long Valley (a series of short stories)
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What is O. Henry's real name?
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William Sydney Porter
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What type of book is Of Mice and Men and what is it about?
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It's a novella about the dreams of a pair of migrant laborers working the California soil, who must suffer the cruelty of prejudice and the loneliness of being considered \"misfits\" where conformity is prize.
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When did Steinbeck complete Of Mice and Men?
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1936
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How old was Steinbeck when he finished Of Mice and Men?
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34
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What happened to half of Steinbeck's first draft of Of Mice and Men?
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it was destroyed by Steinbeck's dog and had to be rewritten
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What was Steinbeck originally going to call Of Mice and Men?
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Something that Happened
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Whose poem inspired Steinbeck's title Of Mice and Men and what was this book called?
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Robert Burn's poem To a Mouse
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In what year was Steinbeck awarded a Nobel Prize and what was it for?
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Awarded in 1962 the Nobel Prize for Literature (for a collection of work unlike the Pullitzer Prize)
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When was The Grapes of Wrath published?
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1939
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When was the movie for The Grapes of Wrath released?
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1940
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What did The Grapes of Wrath receive in 1940?
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Pullitzer Prize
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What was The Grapes of Wrath about?
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It exposed exploitation and suffering of farm workers and described resilience of common people.
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What is an example of how people hated The Grapes of Wrath?
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People burned copies of it in front of a library in Salinas, California
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What did Steinbeck do when The Grapes of Wrath fell off the best seller list in a year?
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He celebrated
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What was The Chrysanthemums about and when was it published?
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It exposed the limits placed on women in the 1930s especially in rural areas and it was published in 1938.
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What was published in 1941?
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The Forgotten Village
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What was published in 1942?
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The Moon is Down
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Who inspired Steinbeck?
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Alfred Hitchcock
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What was published in 1942?
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Bombs Away
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What was published in 1944?
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Movie Lifeboat for Hitchcock
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The second time Steinbeck moved to New York what did he do?
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He became a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune
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What did he publish in 1945?
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Cannery Row
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When did Steinbeck publish The Pearl?
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1947
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When Steinbeck moved home to Salinas Valley the second time what did he do?
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He divorced his second wife Gwyndolyn Conger (1943-1948)
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Who is Steinbeck's third wife?
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Elaine Anderson Scott
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When did Steinbeck marry his third wife?
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1950
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Back in California Steinbeck (second time) he published The Log From the Sea of Cortez first then East of Eden. In what two years were these books published?
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1951 & 1952
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Sweet Thursday was published in what year?
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1954
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What was published in 1957?
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The Short Reign of Pippin IV
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What was published in 1958?
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Once there was a War
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What was published in 1961?
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The Winter of Our Discontentment
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Travels With Charley: In Search of America was published in what year?
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1962
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America and Americans was published in what year?
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1966
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What went on with the writing of Travels With Charley: In Search of America?
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Steinbeck travelled with his dog Charley and travelled the country because he wanted to reconnect with American and its citizens.
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How did Crooks get his nickname?
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He had a crooked back because a horse had kicked him.
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Who was Crooks?
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A black stable buck that took care of animals
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Who was discriminated against in Of Mice and Men?
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Black people, Women, and Mentally disabled people
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What river did George tell Lennie to jump into even though he knew Lennie couldn't swim?
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Sacramento River
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What does Steinbeck say about writers?
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He says that they have no place in literature if they don't write about the resilience of common people.
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What president did Steinbeck know personally?
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F.D.R.
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What presidents did Steinbeck write speeches for?
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John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
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What does Steinbeck say about power?
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\"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts...perhaps the fear of a loss of power.\"
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What was the purpose for Steinbeck's literature?
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- Concern for the welfare of common people - Expose the corrupt actions of others - Celebrate the resilience of people - Often writers don't write what people want to hear
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When writers write the truth what are they often called?
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Muckrakers
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What happened as result of things people saw as major injustices?
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Literary crusades
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Who were considered the three most profound naturalist writers?
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Steinbeck, Stephen Crane, and Jack London
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What did Crane, London, and Steinbeck all have a background in?
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journalism
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What did Crane, London, and Steinbeck all focus on?
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Focused on the power inherent to nature and the extremes people go through to survive
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What are qualities of naturalism?
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- Everyone has emotions that lead to unacceptable behavior - Man struggles to survive in an indifferent environment - The environment influences one's development - Belief in determinism
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When was Of Mice and Men released on film?
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1939
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When was the Tortilla Flat released on film?
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1942
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When was The Pearl (La Perla) released on film?
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1947
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When was East of Eden released on film?
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1955
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How can Steinbeck's personality be described in 4 ways?
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Loved people Humble Thought becoming too well-known would compromise his writing Died with a lot of money but didn't want it
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What does writing in layers mean?
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It means one is a subtle writer and you always have to be on the look-out for messages and ideas below the surface of the plot.
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What is regionalism?
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Accurately portraying a specific geographic location
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What is colloquialism?
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use of slang, relaxed speech, and the author's casual narration
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What are allusions?
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references to historical and literary people, places, & events in order to help the reader experience the world outside the limits of the story itself
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Where did Steinbeck accept his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962?
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Stockholm, Sweden
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What did Steinbeck do in 1967?
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Travelled to report on Vietnam
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What did Steinbeck die from in 1968?
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heart attack
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On what exact day did Steinbeck die?
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December 20th 1968
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Where was Steinbeck when he died?
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New York
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How old was Steinbeck when he died?
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66
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How many sons did Steinbeck have with his second wife?
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2
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Steinbeck's legacy?
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- Showed up on stamps - Works read around world - Germane themes for then and now - Pioneer in writing with ecological perspective - Model for individual freedom of thought and social equality
