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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Pages 173-193.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What offer of Charley's does Willy refuse?
(a) To intercede with Howard to give Willy his job back
(b) A job where he will not have to go out on the road
(c) Fifty dollars per week for life
(d) A supervisory job in Boston

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

3. What sound is heard before the curtain rises?
(a) Fiddle music reminiscent of the countryside
(b) Bagpipes playing a highland lament
(c) A melody played on a flute.
(d) Stage hands moving sets about

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

5. Of what does Charley accuse Willy?
(a) Being in love with his wife
(b) Dominating Linda
(c) Stealing his lumber
(d) Being jealous of him all his life

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willy tell Linda about his feelings for her?

2. To what does Bernard attribute Biff's lack of success after the age of seventeen?

3. Why does Willy call Charley "disgusting?"

4. What surrounds the Salesman's house?

5. Why didn't Biff attend the university?

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