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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Charley respond to Happy's claim that they (the brothers) would have helped Willy?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He simply grunts.
(c) He says he had not realized that would be the case.
(d) He tells Happy he does not believe he would ever have helped Willy.

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 riding in sleighs and dressing as Santa to amuse the boys
(d) Great times on the road and many successful sales

3. What distance does Willy measure between the rows?
(a) One chain
(b) One meter
(c) One inch
(d) One foot

4. What does Linda order her sons to do?
(a) To give their father some money.
(b) To pack their things and leave immediately.
(c) To help Willy plant his seeds.
(d) To apologize to their father.

5. According to Charley, when was Willy a happy man?
(a) When he was at home, eating American cheese.
(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 working "with his customers."

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

7. What is the name of the hotel where Willy is staying in Boston?
(a) The Standish Arms
(b) The Hilton
(c) The King's Arms
(d) The Dorchester

8. To what "cowardly thing" does Ben refer?
(a) Suicide
(b) Divorce
(c) Scapegoating another person
(d) Bankruptcy

9. Where does the Woman retreat to in the Boston hotel?
(a) The ladies' bar
(b) The washroom
(c) The pool-room
(d) The salon

10. What privilege does the Woman promise Willy?
(a) That she will show Willy what is in the safe.
(b) That she will get some silk stockings for Linda.
(c) That she will see he goes right through to the buyers.
(d) That she will not tell anyone about their affair.

11. What caution does Ben offer?
(a) The amount invested might not be sufficient.
(b) The policy might not be honored.
(c) It's not a good idea to fight fair with a stranger.
(d) It's a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket.

12. Biff speaking to whom when he says "'I know who I am, kid."
(a) Happy
(b) Charley
(c) Linda
(d) Bernard

13. From where did Biff leave to travel to Boston to find his father?
(a) Brooklyn Bridge
(b) Union Station
(c) Grand Central
(d) Yonkers

14. What does Happy fail to see in Biff's offer?
(a) He cannot see how it will make him any quick money.
(b) He cannot see how it will find him planty of girlfriends.
(c) He cannot see that it is an opportunity.
(d) He cannot see that he will have to work hard.

15. What is it that "comes with the territory?"
(a) Advertising
(b) Mileage allowance
(c) Dreaming
(d) A shoeshine

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Willy feel broken and desperate?

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

3. What makes Linda bewildered about Willy's suicide?

4. How has Biff passed Math in the past?

5. What is the reason Biff gives Willy for Birnbaum's dislike of him?

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