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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is it that "comes with the territory?"
(a) Advertising
(b) A shoeshine
(c) Mileage allowance
(d) Dreaming
2. What does Willy find joy in recalling?
(a) Great times in Boston with the Woman
(b) Great times of comradeship with Biff
(c) Great times on the road and many successful sales
(d) Great times riding in sleighs and dressing as Santa to amuse the boys
3. How does Willy explain the Woman's presence to Biff?
(a) He says she is a buyer for Westinghouse and has lost her car keys.
(b) He says she is a buyer for J. H. Simmons who is running away from a violent husband.
(c) He says she is a visiting executive who has been accidentally locked out of her room.
(d) He says she is a buyer for J. H. Simmons and her room is being painted.
4. What is the name of the hotel where Willy is staying in Boston?
(a) The Hilton
(b) The Dorchester
(c) The King's Arms
(d) The Standish Arms
5. What is Willy doing in the garden?
(a) Planting seeds
(b) Sitting on the stoop, drinking
(c) Watering the garden
(d) Eating American cheese
6. What food does Happy want served at the restaurant?
(a) Balmain bugs imported from Australia, sauteed in garlic butter and served with wild rice and field mushrooms
(b) Strudel
(c) Large lobsters, claws on, cooked in champagne
(d) Lobster thermidor
7. According to Linda, what extra expense had Willy also paid?
(a) The dentist
(b) The mechanic
(c) The insurance company
(d) The doctor
8. According to Charley, when was Willy a happy man?
(a) When he was working "with his customers."
(b) When he was working "with a batch of cement."
(c) When he was on the road, traveling "with a smile and a shoeshine."
(d) When he was at home, eating American cheese.
9. Why won't Willy shake hands with Biff?
(a) His hands are dirty from gardening.
(b) He thinks Biff is the scum of the earth.
(c) He is angry that he didn't get any dinner at the restaurant.
(d) He thinks Biff is trying to spite him and is angry.
10. What does Linda try to prevent Biff from doing?
(a) Going upstairs
(b) Talking to his father
(c) Accusing his father of lying
(d) Leaving for Alaska
11. Why does Biff no longer want Willy to intercede with Birnbaum over the Math failure?
(a) He no longer has respect for his father.
(b) He thinks it is now too late. He does not think Willy can argue well enough.
(c) He knows it really would not work.
(d) He does not think Math is important.
12. What does Charley say is an "earthquake" for a salesman?
(a) When people stop smiling back.
(b) When he drives off a bridge.
(c) When he has to spend a week in San Francisco.
(d) When sales fall and he is sacked.
13. How was Biff formerly employed at Bill Oliver's company?
(a) As a shipping clerk
(b) As a janitor
(c) As an officer junior
(d) As a salesman
14. How much money is involved?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars
(b) Two hundred thousand dollars
(c) Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
(d) Twenty thousand dollars
15. What does Linda ask Willy to forgive?
(a) That she kept darning her silk stockings
(b) Her inability to cope
(c) That she was not also in the car when it crashed
(d) Her inability to cry
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Biff again offer to Happy?
2. What valuable observation does Biff make about his father's legacy?
3. What does Biff think Linda needs?
4. What lie does Biff accuse Happy of telling?
5. How does Linda react to Charley's words at the beginning of the scene?
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