Death of a Salesman Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Death of a Salesman Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does Happy give Linda some money?
(a) Memorial Day
(b) Her birthday
(c) Christmas
(d) Thanksgiving

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

3. What does Willy find ironic about people?
(a) They can pick winners but never bet on them.
(b) They are good at talking but do nott get paid for it.
(c) They are worth more to undertakers than to mortgagors.
(d) They are worth more dead than alive.

4. According to Linda, in what way does Willy compare with many other people?
(a) He earns less money.
(b) He has more good in him.
(c) He works harder.
(d) He is fatter.

5. What does Willy say about Biff's knowledge of sporting goods?
(a) That he knows sporting goods better than Spalding.
(b) That he has tried every brand, but Spalding is best.
(c) That he knows sporting goods better than Adidas.
(d) That he knows a good deal about the way basketballs are packed in cartons.

6. What does Willy intend to do during the day?
(a) Convince Howard that he needs a pay rise.
(b) Get a haircut and buy a new suit in readiness for his dinner with the boys.
(c) Ask Howard for a job as a branch manager since he has been with the company for so long.
(d) See Howard and convince him to allow Willy to be taken off road work to stay in New York.

7. Why does Willy become annoyed with Linda?
(a) He does not like the brand of cheese she buys..
(b) He does not like her asking so many questions of him.
(c) She has not finished the washing-up.
(d) He does not like to see her mending her stockings.

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

9. What does Willy admit to Charley?
(a) That he has been stealing from Howard.
(b) That Howard verbally abused him.
(c) That Howard fired him.
(d) That he kissed Howard's secretary.

10. To what does Bernard attribute Biff's lack of success after the age of seventeen?
(a) Biff has never trained himself for anything.
(b) Bernard says people do not trust Biff to commit.
(c) Biff has never been well-liked.
(d) Bernard simply has no idea.

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

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

13. Why didn't Biff attend the university?
(a) Biff didn't want to have to leave home.
(b) Willy couldn't afford the outrageous tuition fees.
(c) He flunked high school Math.
(d) He was unsuccessful in getting a football scholarship.

14. Where does Willy believe his company most needs him?
(a) In Yonkers
(b) In New England
(c) In Florida
(d) In New York

15. What does Willy find frustrating about the appliances he has bought over the years?
(a) They wear out or break before he has fully paid for them.
(b) They are not made by American companies.
(c) They are too expensive, badly designed and badly made.
(d) They have design faults.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change has Happy noticed in Biff?

2. At the beginning of Act Two, how does Willy express a new optimism?

3. What difference would it have made to his life if Willy had formed his own business?

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

5. ___________ says "And, by God, I was rich."

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