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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Pages 193-212.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Biff formerly employed at Bill Oliver's company?
(a) As a janitor
(b) As a salesman
(c) As an officer junior
(d) As a shipping clerk

2. What does Willy find frustrating about the appliances he has bought over the years?
(a) They are too expensive, badly designed and badly made.
(b) They have design faults.
(c) They wear out or break before he has fully paid for them.
(d) They are not made by American companies.

3. What make of car does Willy currently drive?
(a) Chevrolet
(b) Morris Minor
(c) Studebaker
(d) Citroen

4. How is the presence of the Woman given away?
(a) She drops a mirror in the bathroom.
(b) She flushes the lavatory.
(c) She laughs at Biff mimicking his Math teacher.
(d) Biff sees her silk stockings on the bed.

5. How does Willy explain the Woman's presence to Biff?
(a) He says she is a visiting executive who has been accidentally locked out of her room.
(b) He says she is a buyer for J. H. Simmons and her room is being painted.
(c) He says she is a buyer for Westinghouse and has lost her car keys.
(d) He says she is a buyer for J. H. Simmons who is running away from a violent husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in Willy's behavior, embarrasses Happy?

2. What difference would it have made to his life if Willy had formed his own business?

3. All the old buyers who loved Willy are ___________.

4. Who does Linda refer to as "a philandering bum?"

5. Why does Biff no longer want Willy to intercede with Birnbaum over the Math failure?

(see the answer key)

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