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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sort of cheese does Willy prefer?
(a) Edam
(b) Brie
(c) Swiss
(d) American

3. What does Biff say would make him happy?
(a) To have his own apartment and a steady girlfriend
(b) His father retiring
(c) His brother marrying and settling down
(d) His brother working with him out in the country

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

5. Who does Linda refer to as "a philandering bum?"
(a) Howard
(b) Bernard
(c) Biff
(d) Happy

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

7. According to Charley, what is the only thing Willy has in the world?
(a) His house
(b) The things he can sell
(c) His wife and family
(d) His freedom

8. What does Biff need to do in order to avoid flunking Math?
(a) Become organized and study hard
(b) Finally hand in his Math assignments
(c) Apologize to Mr Birnbaum
(d) Bribe Mr Birnbaum

9. What sort of debts do Willy and Linda have?
(a) They are paying for roof repair and a new car.
(b) They have a heavy mortgage.
(c) They are paying off household appliances and a repair of their roof.
(d) They are paying for roof repair and a new fan belt for the refrigerator.

10. Why does Willy need to borrow money from Charley?
(a) He cannot afford his insurance premium.
(b) He has no money to buy Linda a birthday present.
(c) He has a loan shark after him and is terrified.
(d) He cannot afford his next car payment.

11. In what way does Willy contradict himself in this opening scene?
(a) He first asks Linda for a sandwich, then says he'll just drink some milk.
(b) He boasts about his sales, then says he's a hopeless salesman.
(c) He first says that Biff is not lazy, then calls him "a lazy bum."
(d) Willy first describes Biff as "a lazy bum," then a few seconds later says "Biff--he's not lazy."

12. How does Willy refer to Howard?
(a) That snotnose
(b) That asshole
(c) That booby
(d) That little toad

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

14. What offer of Charley's does Willy refuse?
(a) A supervisory job in Boston
(b) A job where he will not have to go out on the road
(c) Fifty dollars per week for life
(d) To intercede with Howard to give Willy his job back

15. What promise does Willy believe Howard made to him during the Christmas party?
(a) That he will let Willy head up a new branch in Yonkers.
(b) That he would try to find a job for him in town.
(c) That Willy will receive a substantial pay rise.
(d) That he would pay Willy a bonus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bernard in Charley's office?

2. What advice does Willy remember Ben giving him?

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

4. What change has Happy noticed in Biff?

5. How much does Linda have to pay for repair of the hot water system?

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