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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Biff wants Willy to ____________.
(a) come inside and have supper
(b) come with him to see Bill Oliver
(c) make a new will
(d) come inside and talk to Linda

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

6. With what object does Biff confront Willy?
(a) Bill Oliver's fountain pen
(b) The stockings left by the Woman in Boston
(c) A gardening boot
(d) The rubber tube from the vicinity of the heater

7. According to Charley, when was Willy a happy man?
(a) When he was working "with a batch of cement."
(b) When he was on the road, traveling "with a smile and a shoeshine."
(c) When he was at home, eating American cheese.
(d) When he was working "with his customers."

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

9. What makes Linda bewildered about Willy's suicide?
(a) He did not leave a note.
(b) They were just about free and clear financially.
(c) He never said goodbye to her.
(d) He could have had the job Charley offered.

10. How many home improvements does Linda mention Willy has undertaken?
(a) Two
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Ten

11. Who does Happy dismiss as "just a guy?"
(a) Stanley
(b) Biff
(c) Charley
(d) Willy

12. What is Happy's version of the great dream?
(a) To buy a condo in Florida
(b) To buy a ranch and build guest houses on it
(c) To be merchandise manager
(d) To come out number-one man

13. How much money is involved?
(a) Twenty thousand dollars
(b) Two hundred thousand dollars
(c) Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
(d) Fifty thousand dollars

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

15. What is Charley's response when Linda asks him to go on ahead?
(a) He takes off at a jog.
(b) He looks around thoughtfully.
(c) He hesitates.
(d) He refuses and stands close to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what "cowardly thing" does Ben refer?

2. What does Biff say about himself?

3. What are the types of seeds Willy is planting?

4. Which is the first of several lies Happy tells Miss Forsythe?

5. What does Willy find joy in recalling?

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