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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where did Biff leave to travel to Boston to find his father?
(a) Yonkers
(b) Union Station
(c) Brooklyn Bridge
(d) Grand Central

2. What does Charley say is an "earthquake" for a salesman?
(a) When people stop smiling back.
(b) When sales fall and he is sacked.
(c) When he has to spend a week in San Francisco.
(d) When he drives off a bridge.

3. Biff speaking to whom when he says "'I know who I am, kid."
(a) Happy
(b) Bernard
(c) Linda
(d) Charley

4. How does Linda react to Charley's words at the beginning of the scene?
(a) She does not react.
(b) She shoves him angrily.
(c) She thanks him.
(d) She cries.

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

6. According to Linda, what extra expense had Willy also paid?
(a) The insurance company
(b) The dentist
(c) The doctor
(d) The mechanic

7. Why is Linda so furious with her sons?
(a) She missed out on having dinner at the restaurant.
(b) She is annoyed at being fobbed off with flowers.
(c) She knows they deserted their father in the restaurant.
(d) They stole money from her.

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

9. Why does Linda stop picking up the flowers from the floor?
(a) She refuses anymore to act as a maid for her sons.
(b) Happy picks up the flowers for her.
(c) Her back is painful.
(d) There are no more flowers to pick up.

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

11. What makes Linda bewildered about Willy's suicide?
(a) They were just about free and clear financially.
(b) He never said goodbye to her.
(c) He could have had the job Charley offered.
(d) He did not leave a note.

12. What sound can be heard behind Linda's last speech?
(a) Mozart's Requiem
(b) Verdi's Requiem
(c) A harmonica.
(d) A flute

13. How does Biff convey his strong reluctance to see Bill Oliver?
(a) He says wild horses wouldn't make him 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 he would rather walk over hot coals than go back.

14. What is Happy's version of the great dream?
(a) To be merchandise manager
(b) To buy a condo in Florida
(c) To buy a ranch and build guest houses on it
(d) To come out number-one man

15. What does Linda try to prevent Biff from doing?
(a) Talking to his father
(b) Accusing his father of lying
(c) Leaving for Alaska
(d) Going upstairs

Short Answer Questions

1. What other device is Willy using?

2. What does Charley say causes an earthquake?

3. What circumstances have led to Biff's leaving in the past?

4. What does Biff think Linda needs?

5. Did his funeral meet Willy's expectations?

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