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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Pages 193-212.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Biff wait to see Bill Oliver?
(a) Ten minutes
(b) Six minutes
(c) Six hours
(d) Two hours

2. What does Charley kid Willy about?
(a) He pretends to have forgotten Biff's big day of football.
(b) His staying in the same house all those years.
(c) Biff's obsession with football.
(d) His weight, calling Willy a 'walrus'.

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

4. Who is Bill Oliver?
(a) Happy's merchandise manager
(b) Biff's previous employer
(c) Willy's best friend
(d) Biff's previous employee

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the big match to be held?

2. What does Biff say would make him happy?

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

4. How has Willy's salary rate changed?

5. What does Willy say about Biff's knowledge of sporting goods?

(see the answer key)

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