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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Linda, what extra expense had Willy also paid?
(a) The insurance company
(b) The mechanic
(c) The dentist
(d) The doctor

2. What does Linda think is best?
(a) For Happy to leave
(b) For Willy to have supper
(c) For Happy to clear away the garden tools
(d) For Biff to leave

3. Where does Stanley suggest Willy buy seeds?
(a) At Bloomingdale's
(b) At a hardware store on Sixth Avenue
(c) At a hardware on the Eastside
(d) At Wal-Mmart

4. What circumstances have led to Biff's leaving in the past?
(a) He had gone overseas.
(b) He had gone to live with a girlfriend.
(c) There had been a family disagreement.
(d) He has had to go interstate to work.

5. Ben refers to ____________ when he says: 'It's dark there, but full of diamonds."
(a) Death
(b) Alaska
(c) The jungle
(d) Tiffany's

6. Which character "never knew who he was?"
(a) Bernard
(b) Willy
(c) Biff
(d) Howard

7. What valuable observation does Biff make about his father's legacy?
(a) That they had better hurry and put in the claim for it.
(b) That Willy showed them all that you needed to keep smiling to avoid failure.
(c) That there is more of him in the front stoop than in all his sales.
(d) That it should just be enough to support Linda for the rest of her life.

8. What lie does Biff accuse Happy of telling?
(a) That he is an assistant buyer.
(b) That he is getting married.
(c) That he is head of sales.
(d) That he is office manager.

9. What is Willy doing in the garden?
(a) Planting seeds
(b) Sitting on the stoop, drinking
(c) Watering the garden
(d) Eating American cheese

10. What University had Biff aspired to attend?
(a) Columbia
(b) Oral Roberts University
(c) Yale
(d) The University of Virginia

11. To whose comment about Willy does Happy object?
(a) Linda's
(b) Charley's
(c) Bernard's
(d) Biff's

12. What does Willy find joy in recalling?
(a) Great times on the road and many successful sales
(b) Great times riding in sleighs and dressing as Santa to amuse the boys
(c) Great times of comradeship with Biff
(d) Great times in Boston with the Woman

13. What does Charley say causes an earthquake?
(a) Someone having an affair.
(b) A young man flunking Math.
(c) When people start to not smile back.
(d) The San Andreas Fault

14. What food does Happy want served at the restaurant?
(a) Large lobsters, claws on, cooked in champagne
(b) Strudel
(c) Lobster thermidor
(d) Balmain bugs imported from Australia, sauteed in garlic butter and served with wild rice and field mushrooms

15. When Happy uses the word :strudel," to what is he referring?
(a) A glamorous girl who has just entered the restaurant.
(b) The rallying call of a German soccer team
(c) A famous German dessert pastry
(d) An exclusive vintage wine

Short Answer Questions

1. How do we know the scene takes place at the close of the day?

2. Why won't Willy shake hands with Biff?

3. Which character is excited about jury duty?

4. Biff speaking to whom when he says "'I know who I am, kid."

5. What deal does Biff claim is discussed with Bill Oliver and his partner?

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