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Of Mice and Men, an Epic card
Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 750,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Of Mice and Men quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Of Mice and Men card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse": "The best laid ______ o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley".
Answer
schemes. The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse": "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley". From the Of Mice and Men article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Of Mice and Men is a ____ novella written by American author John Steinbeck.
Answer
1930s. Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. From the Of Mice and Men article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California, searching for jobs during the Great Depression.
- Steinbeck based the novella on his own experiences as a teenager working alongside migrant farm workers in the 1910s, before the arrival of the Okies whom he would describe in his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
- The title is taken from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse": "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley".
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Of Mice and Men article was read about 750,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Of Mice and Men
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Of Mice and Men (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Illustrated by Ross MacDonald. Published by Covici-Friede., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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