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Who played Cal Trask in the 1955 film East of Eden?
Answer: James Dean
Why: East of Eden was the only one of Dean's three starring films released in his lifetime.
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Whose poem gave Of Mice and Men its title?
Answer: Robert Burns
Why: Burns wrote To a Mouse in 1785 after his plough turned up a field mouse's nest.
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Which Hitchcock film began as a Steinbeck story?
Answer: Lifeboat
Why: His story earned an Oscar nomination for Best Original Story, though Jo Swerling wrote the screenplay.
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In which US state was Steinbeck born?
Answer: California
Why: He was born in Salinas, the farm town at the heart of the valley where East of Eden is set.
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Where was Steinbeck's paternal grandfather from?
Answer: Germany
Why: Johann Adolf Großsteinbeck shortened the family name to Steinbeck after arriving in America.
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What does 'timshel' mean in East of Eden?
Answer: Thou mayest
Why: Lee's Chinese elders spend two years studying Hebrew just to settle the meaning of that one word.
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