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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Pages 130-149.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Happy say is his ideal girl?
(a) Someone with financial experience
(b) Anyone he can look up to and who will help him get along
(c) Someone who is a good cook and a good typist
(d) Someone like his mother

2. What difference would it have made to his life if Willy had formed his own business?
(a) He would have been able to travel in luxury.
(b) He would not have to leave home any more.
(c) He would have been able to work from home.
(d) He would have built a house on Long Island.

3. Who is Bill Oliver?
(a) Willy's best friend
(b) Happy's merchandise manager
(c) Biff's previous employer
(d) Biff's previous employee

4. What, in Willy's behavior, embarrasses Happy?
(a) Willy has been mocking Biff.
(b) Willy does not know the way to Florida.
(c) Willy has been singing in the lift.
(d) Willy has been talking to himself.

5. What jobs has Biff mostly had since leaving school?
(a) Salesman and cattle herder
(b) Businessman and sales clerk
(c) Shipping clerk and horse-breeder
(d) Shipping clerk and salesman

Short Answer Questions

1. When Linda says "You notice?", what is she referring to?

2. What does Biff say would make him happy?

3. What surrounds the Salesman's house?

4. For what reason does Willy think the builder should have been arrested?

5. In what way does Willy contradict himself in this opening scene?

(see the answer key)

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