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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie does Biff accuse Happy of telling?
(a) That he is office manager.
(b) That he is an assistant buyer.
(c) That he is head of sales.
(d) That he is getting married.

2. What does Biff say about himself?
(a) That he is a great footballer.
(b) That he is a man of the earth.
(c) That he is the scum of the earth.
(d) That he is a liar.

3. Who is Letta?
(a) Miss Forsythe's friend
(b) Howard's secretary
(c) Charley's secretary
(d) The woman in Boston

4. What implement is Willy using?
(a) A spade
(b) A rake
(c) An adze
(d) A hoe

5. Did his funeral meet Willy's expectations?
(a) No. Nobody came.
(b) Yes. People came from Boston.
(c) No. Only a few people sent flowers.
(d) Yes. People told Linda how Willy had made their lives happier.

6. Which is the first of several lies Happy tells Miss Forsythe?
(a) That he sells silk stockings
(b) That Biff is a famous footballer
(c) That he is a champagne salesman
(d) That he is a famous footballer

7. What is Happy's intent for the future?
(a) To be a traveling salesman
(b) To have a different drea
(c) To have a great apartment and lots of girlfriends
(d) To carry on the same fight as his father

8. What is the woman wearing?
(a) A camisole
(b) A towel
(c) A black slip
(d) A hat

9. How does Biff convey his strong reluctance to see Bill Oliver?
(a) He says he would rather walk over hot coals than go back.
(b) He says a mad bear would have to chase him back into the place.
(c) He says a team of horses could not have dragged him back.
(d) He says wild horses wouldn't make him go back.

10. How does Happy advise his brother to deal with the Bill Oliver matter?
(a) He urges Biff to lie to Willy and pretend Bill Oliver is considering the matter.
(b) He urges Biff to return the fountain pen anonymously.
(c) He advises Biff to go back and try again in a week.
(d) He urges Biff to pretend Bill Oliver has offered the money unconditionally.

11. What does Charley say causes an earthquake?
(a) When people start to not smile back.
(b) A young man flunking Math.
(c) Someone having an affair.
(d) The San Andreas Fault

12. What is Linda's response to the flowers?
(a) She smiles grimly, then puts the flowers in a vase.
(b) She weeps, then throws them right back at the giver.
(c) She weeps a little and puts them to her face.
(d) She knocks them to the floor.

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

14. What does Linda ask Willy to forgive?
(a) Her inability to cry
(b) That she kept darning her silk stockings
(c) That she was not also in the car when it crashed
(d) Her inability to cope

15. What valuable observation does Biff make about his father's legacy?
(a) That they had better hurry and put in the claim for it.
(b) That Willy showed them all that you needed to keep smiling to avoid failure.
(c) That there is more of him in the front stoop than in all his sales.
(d) That it should just be enough to support Linda for the rest of her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason Biff gives Willy for Birnbaum's dislike of him?

2. How has Biff passed Math in the past?

3. Why does Stanley tell off the other waiter?

4. What uncomfortable truth does Biff expose?

5. What sound can be heard behind Linda's last speech?

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