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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Requiem.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Linda ask Willy to forgive?
(a) Her inability to cry
(b) That she kept darning her silk stockings
(c) That she was not also in the car when it crashed
(d) Her inability to cope

3. What is it that Linda almost forgets to tell Willy?
(a) That he is to meet Bill Oliver at Frank's Chop House.
(b) That he is to give Charley an answer about a job.
(c) That she needs two hundred dollars to cover the month's expenses.
(d) That he is to meet the boys for dinner at Frank's Chop House.

4. To what "cowardly thing" does Ben refer?
(a) Suicide
(b) Divorce
(c) Scapegoating another person
(d) Bankruptcy

5. Why does Biff no longer want Willy to intercede with Birnbaum over the Math failure?
(a) He thinks it is now too late. He does not think Willy can argue well enough.
(b) He does not think Math is important.
(c) He knows it really would not work.
(d) He no longer has respect for his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Linda react to Charley's words at the beginning of the scene?

2. According to Linda, in what way does Willy compare with many other people?

3. What makes Willy feel broken and desperate?

4. What reason does Willy give for refusing Charley's offer?

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

(see the answer key)

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