Which John Steinbeck novel(la) are you? (or, which one you should read)

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Discover Your Inner Steinbeck

Are you curious which John Steinbeck novel resonates with you the most? This engaging quiz will guide you through questions about your personality, preferences, and values to match you with the perfect Steinbeck work.

Participate now to find out:

Which themes in Steinbeck's novels you connect with most
Which characters mirror your own experiences
Recommended reading for your interests

12 Questions3 MinutesCreated by WanderingBook123

What's your relationship to your family?

I'm very close with my family and consider them an important part of my life

Family is important but not a priority; I care about my family and others just about equally

I have no emotional attachment to my family whatsoever

I have no emotional ties to my biological family, but I do have a found family I cherish (including friends)

I do love my family, but it's a tough kind of love

Would you consider yourself an adventurer?

Yes; I love going outdoors and exploring, it makes me feel alive

To a degree, I suppose. I don't have enough time or energy to go on adventures as much as I would want to

No, I prefer to stay at home and live life quietly

I may not go on adventures much, but I do enjoy reading about them

I'm always on the move, but it's not necessarily of my own volition

Usually, I prefer to stay at home, but I do feel the occasional longing for something grander

I don't actively seek any adventures out, I simply take things as they come

Picture yourself living in a house with all your closest friends. How does that image make you feel?

That's quite literally one of my dreams. It sounds ideal

I know it would probably be messy, but it's a pleasant mental image

God, no. I would much rather live on my own

I would rather start a family or stay with my own

Do you prefer bigger ensemble casts or would you rather focus on a small cast/singular protagonist?

I prefer ensemble casts

I prefer a small cast

I don't care about the size of the cast, so long as I have a protagonist to focus on

I don't care either way, so long as the cast is handled well

Do you generally care more about the plot or the characters?

Both are important, but a boring cast will make the plot seem pointless

Both are important, but a dissatisfying plot will lead to wasting the cast, no matter how good

I tend to focus on the characters and the relationships between them

I tend to focus on the plot, I care about the storytelling aspect

I'll do you one better: I don't need plot at all, I'd be entirely satisfied with a set of loosely connected short stories

Pick a quote

�When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.”

�I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.”

"And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good."

"And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed."

“Two generations of Americans knew more about the Ford coil than the clitoris, about the planetary system of gears that the solar system of stars.”

�The good story lay in half-told things which must be filled in out of the hearer’s own experience.”

�Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love.”

�Her father was frightened by a strange bed or a foreign language or a political party he didn't belong to. Her father truly believed that the Democratic party was a subversive organization whose design would destroy the United States and put it in the hands of bearded communists.”

�The one thing our species is helpless against is good fortune. It first puzzles, then frightens, then angers, and finally destroys us.”

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