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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why won't Willy shake hands with Biff?
(a) His hands are dirty from gardening.
(b) He is angry that he didn't get any dinner at the restaurant.
(c) He thinks Biff is trying to spite him and is angry.
(d) He thinks Biff is the scum of the earth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character "never knew who he was?"

2. What other device is Willy using?

3. What does Biff say about himself?

4. Biff speaking to whom when he says "'I know who I am, kid."

5. What distance does Willy measure between the rows?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Biff correct in saying of Willy that "He never knew who he was."?

2. What is wrong with Happy's assertion that "the only dream you can have [is] to come out number one man."?

3. What is the significance of Happy's gift of flowers?

4. In what way is Happy's betrayal of his father ironic?

5. Explain Happy's refusal to go with Biff and make a life for themselves in the country.

6. Why does Linda want to prevent the boys speaking to their father?

7. Why did Willy never find true happiness?

8. Account for Linda's bewilderment at Willy's suicide.

9. Has Willy any idea of what it is that has caused his estrangement from Biff?

10. How is it that Biff has come to regard his father as a hypocrite?

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