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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it taken the Lomans to pay off their house?
(a) Thirty-five years
(b) Twenty years
(c) Thirty years
(d) Twenty-five years

2. Why does Willy admire Dave Singleman?
(a) He keeps his high sales figures until well into his nineties.
(b) He brokers a sponsorship deal with the Yankees.
(c) Even at the age of eighty-four, he is a successful salesman.
(d) He travels in the smoking car and has green velvet slippers.

3. Why does Willy become annoyed with Linda?
(a) He does not like to see her mending her stockings.
(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 the brand of cheese she buys..

4. Why is Bernard in Charley's office?
(a) He is stopping by to pick up his tennis rackets.
(b) He is stopping by on his way to Boston.
(c) He has called in to ask his father for a loan.
(d) He is stopping by on his way to Washington.

5. Where is the big match to be held?
(a) Ebert's Field
(b) Madison Square Garden
(c) Wembley Stadium
(d) Ebbets Field

6. What is Happy's reaction to the news that his father has been attempting suicide?
(a) He is angry with Linda for not telling them sooner.
(b) He says Willy is a "damned fool."
(c) He says this is terrible and he must do something.
(d) He says Willy is a "poor fool."

7. For how long has Willy been a salesman for Howard's firm?
(a) Forty-three years
(b) Thirty years
(c) Thirty-four years
(d) Forty years

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

9. What does Willy feel is a disgrace?
(a) Not finding yourself by the age of thirty-four
(b) Living on a farm
(c) Making less than thirty-five dollars per week
(d) Not being married by the age of thirty-four

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

11. What does Willy tell Linda about his feelings for her?
(a) He says she is wonderful and that he does not deserve her.
(b) He says she is his support and his lover.
(c) He says he loves her.
(d) He says she is his foundation and support.

12. When was J.P. Morgan very well liked, according to Charley?
(a) When he visited the butcher.
(b) When he was in the turkish bath.
(c) When he had his pockets on.
(d) When he built a railroad.

13. What great regret does Willy mention to Happy?
(a) Not talking to Mr Birnbaum about Biff's Math results
(b) Driving badly in Yonkers
(c) Not buying new stockings for Linda
(d) Not going to Alaska with his brother

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor about Willy does Linda use in her phone conversation with Biff?

2. What does Biff need to do in order to avoid flunking Math?

3. What does Willy find ironic about people?

4. What did the insurance inspector tell Linda?

5. What does Willy admit to Charley?

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