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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Pages 150-172.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What jobs has Biff mostly had since leaving school?
(a) Shipping clerk and horse-breeder
(b) Shipping clerk and salesman
(c) Businessman and sales clerk
(d) Salesman and cattle herder

2. What ultimatum does Linda serve to her sons?
(a) Pay respect to their father or she will not talk to them.
(b) Either help out financially or stay away.
(c) Either they clean up their rooms or they will not be welcome again.
(d) Either pay respect to their father or do not visit.

3. For what reason does Willy think the builder should have been arrested?
(a) For harassment and fraud
(b) For cutting down two beautiful elm trees
(c) For building the bad-taste apartments
(d) For preventing Willy from growing carrots in his backyard

4. How does Willy obtain the materials for the stoop he adds to his house?
(a) He has Biff and Happy steal from a building site.
(b) He and Charlie steal the materials from a building site.
(c) He buys it at Wal-Mmart.
(d) He has Ben import the lumber from Alaska.

5. Who does Happy say is his ideal girl?
(a) Someone who is a good cook and a good typist
(b) Anyone he can look up to and who will help him get along
(c) Someone with financial experience
(d) Someone like his mother

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Happy's reaction to the news that his father has been attempting suicide?

2. What is it that Happy says he has always wanted?

3. What suggests to us that Biff has returned from a journey?

4. Why does Willy call Charley "disgusting?"

5. Who does Linda refer to as "a philandering bum?"

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