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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Pages 150-172.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Biff give Linda for Willy throwing him out?
(a) Biff has not paid enough board to his parents.
(b) Willy does not like Biff bringing girls home.
(c) Willy is uncomfortable around people who know he is a fake.
(d) Willy finds out Biff had been gambling.

2. What great regret does Willy mention to Happy?
(a) Not buying new stockings for Linda
(b) Not going to Alaska with his brother
(c) Not talking to Mr Birnbaum about Biff's Math results
(d) Driving badly in Yonkers

3. All the old buyers who loved Willy are ___________.
(a) in New York
(b) retired to Florida
(c) in Boston
(d) dead or retired

4. Why does Willy become annoyed with Linda?
(a) She has not finished the washing-up.
(b) He does not like to see her mending her stockings.
(c) He does not like her asking so many questions of him.
(d) He does not like the brand of cheese she buys..

5. What surrounds the Salesman's house?
(a) Countryside
(b) Office buildings
(c) Tall apartment buildings
(d) A wide stoop

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Linda suggest is "not nice?"

2. What suggests to us that Biff has returned from a journey?

3. What does Willy's plan for cutting off the tree branch show us about him?

4. Where was Ben living when he died?

5. What is it that Happy says he has always wanted?

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