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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the appearance of Bill Oliver's fountain pen?
(a) Gold
(b) Silver with a gold top
(c) Silver
(d) Platinum with gold scrolling

2. Who mentions that the cemetery gates will soon be closing?
(a) Charley
(b) Howard
(c) Happy
(d) Biff

3. What musical instrument can be heard as the scene changes?
(a) A flute
(b) A harmonica
(c) A violin
(d) A ukelele

4. How many home improvements does Linda mention Willy has undertaken?
(a) Five
(b) Six
(c) Ten
(d) Two

5. What does Biff suggest is the reason for his reluctance to have called on Oliver in the first place?
(a) Biff's inefficiency in the shipping area.
(b) Biff's theft of the basketballs all those years ago.
(c) Biff's getting the sack for laziness.
(d) Biff's theft of the fountain pen.

6. What does Linda think is best?
(a) For Biff to leave
(b) For Willy to have supper
(c) For Happy to clear away the garden tools
(d) For Happy to leave

7. Who brings flowers for Linda?
(a) Bill Oliver
(b) Willy
(c) Biff
(d) Happy

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

9. In his outburst, what does Biff call Willy?
(a) A liar, a rake and a phony
(b) A fake and a rake
(c) A phoney, a liar and a wizened Lothario
(d) A liar, a fake and a phony

10. Why does Biff no longer want Willy to intercede with Birnbaum over the Math failure?
(a) He does not think Math is important.
(b) He thinks it is now too late. He does not think Willy can argue well enough.
(c) He knows it really would not work.
(d) He no longer has respect for his father.

11. What is Charley's assessment of the funeral?
(a) It was very nice.
(b) It should not have happened yet.
(c) It was too cheap.
(d) It was moving.

12. To whose comment about Willy does Happy object?
(a) Linda's
(b) Charley's
(c) Bernard's
(d) Biff's

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

14. Biff wants Willy to ____________.
(a) make a new will
(b) come inside and have supper
(c) come inside and talk to Linda
(d) come with him to see Bill Oliver

15. What does Biff notice when he is in Bill Oliver's office?
(a) That there is a wire recorder on the desk.
(b) That there is a mahogany desk with a fountain pen lying on the blotter.
(c) That there are fine pictures, a dado rail and Huon pine paneling.
(d) That it has paneled walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willy explain the Woman's presence to Biff?

2. What is the woman wearing?

3. How does Happy advise his brother to deal with the Bill Oliver matter?

4. What makes Willy feel broken and desperate?

5. What does Happy want to show everyone?

(see the answer keys)

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