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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Pages 173-193.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Willy Loman carrying as he enters the stage?
(a) A very large sample bag
(b) Two large sample cases
(c) An attache case and a large sample case
(d) Take-out meals

2. When Linda says "You notice?", what is she referring to?
(a) That she has dyed her hair
(b) The aroma of the Irish stew she made for dinner
(c) The smell of shaving lotion pervading the house
(d) The new night dress she is wearing

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

4. What derogatory comment does Biff make about Willy?
(a) That he looks like a salesman.
(b) That he has no talent for earning money.
(c) That he has no character.
(d) That he looks like a walrus.

5. What, in Willy's behavior, embarrasses Happy?
(a) Willy has been mocking Biff.
(b) Willy does not know the way to Florida.
(c) Willy has been singing in the lift.
(d) Willy has been talking to himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Linda almost forgets to tell Willy?

2. What sort of cheese does Willy prefer?

3. To what does Bernard attribute Biff's lack of success after the age of seventeen?

4. Making an inference from Linda's words, what do you think is Angelo's occupation?

5. How has Willy's salary rate changed?

(see the answer key)

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