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Death of a Salesman

by Arthur Miller

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Death of a Salesman Quiz 1

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1 Where does the Loman family live?
Long Island

Queens

Boston

Brooklyn
2 What is Happy's real name?
Harlan

William

Harold

Benjamin
3 Why does Willy believe his sons will be more successful than Bernard?
That more women like Happy shows that he will be more successful.

Biff's athletic accomplishments will get Biff into a better college.

Bernard is "liked, but not well liked."

Biff and Happy have better business connections because of Willy.
4 What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Stockings

Marriage

Jewelry

Flowers
5 Where did Ben become rich?
Mexican gold mines

Alaskan oil fields

Montana ranches

African diamond mines
6 Why does Linda believe that her sons should treat Willy kindly?
He has provided well for his family.

He is a human being, and "attention must be paid."

He is a successful man who can teach his family a great deal.

He has been a dedicated father.
7 Which character states "nobody dast blame this man?"
Linda

Biff

Charley

Ben
8 What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
television

wire recorder

electric typewriter

radio
9 Why does Biff not go to college?
Biff preferred to go west and work on a ranch.

He refuses to go to summer school to pass math.

He cannot get an athletic scholarship, as he expected.

Willy cannot afford to pay for college.
10 Which of the following is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Biff does not study for the Regents exam.

Biff is too tough with the girls.

Biff is constantly stealing.

Biff never trains properly for his games.
11 Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Ben

Bernard

Stanley

Charley
12 Which of the following does Howard Wagner best represent?
Corporate bureaucratic inefficiency

Impenetrable, dynastic control over the business world

An impersonal corporate mentality

Business achievement through personality
13 Which of the following does not describe Linda Loman?
Loyal

Patient

Obedient

Helpful
14 Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Biff?
Happy has never risked failure.

Happy has never tasted the success that Biff has.

Happy has never had the gratifying social life that Biff has.

Happy has never been as loved by their father as Biff.
15 Which of the following characters does attend Willy's funeral?
Bernard

Howard

Ben

Charley
16 "Fearless creatures" populate which place, according to Charley?
Colorado ranches

Jail cells

Stock exchange

White House
17 Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
He did not want to have any contact with his father.

He was in jail.

He was homeless, living on the streets in Oklahoma City

He was moving from place to place without a concrete address.
18 Which is not a sign of the Loman sons' arrested adolescence?
Both men remain in their old bedroom at home.

Happy believes that since he can outfight any man he works for, he should be boss.

Biff still plays with his football.

Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry.
19 What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair.

Willy finds that Biff has been stealing.

Biff has unrealistic expectations about his father's success.

Willy is disappointed that Biff refuses to go to college.
20 Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
Biff does not show up to the exam at all out of bitterness toward WIlly.

Bernard thinks that Biff should do his own work.

Bernard neither admires nor respects Biff

It is a state exam, and Bernard could be arrested.
21 According to Happy, which character is a "poet and idealist?"
Charley

Biff

Linda

Willy
22 Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
His promise to buy her stockings

His charismatic personality

His sense of humor

His hope for the future
23 For what does Linda criticize Happy?
Hating his father

Philandering

Stealing

Lying
24 What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
Carpenter

Repairman

Salesman

Inventor
25 "A man is not a bird to come and go with the springtime." Which character makes this statement?
Biff

Happy

Charley

Linda

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