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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Pages 212-220.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Biff give Linda for Willy throwing him out?
(a) Willy finds out Biff had been gambling.
(b) Willy is uncomfortable around people who know he is a fake.
(c) Willy does not like Biff bringing girls home.
(d) Biff has not paid enough board to his parents.

2. How did Ben and Willy's father support his family financially as they traveled?
(a) By selling the flutes he had made
(b) By working in bars
(c) By giving flute concerts in every town they visited
(d) By selling agricultural machinery he had invented

3. What is the core of Linda's appeal to her sons?
(a) That their father is in despair and needs their attention.
(b) That they must get medical attention for their father's depression.
(c) That their father needs money to alleviate his despair.
(d) Not to let Willy know that she has skipped several mortgage payments.

4. For how long has Willy been a salesman for Howard's firm?
(a) Forty years
(b) Thirty-four years
(c) Thirty years
(d) Forty-three years

5. What statement of Ben's summarizes his business ethics?
(a) Treat business like a jungle and watch out for the monkeys.
(b) Do business on a handshake and fight fair.
(c) Always fight fair with a stranger.
(d) Never fight fair with a stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor about Willy does Linda use in her phone conversation with Biff?

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

3. What is Linda's response to the flowers?

4. What caution does Ben offer?

5. What does Biff say about himself?

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