Death of a Salesman Test | Final Test - Easy

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Death of a Salesman Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 158 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who mentions that the cemetery gates will soon be closing?
(a) Happy
(b) Howard
(c) Charley
(d) Biff

2. What was the problem with Willy's dreams?
(a) They went too far.
(b) They did not go far enough.
(c) They were wrong.
(d) They were nghtmarish.

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

4. What other device is Willy using?
(a) A lawn edger
(b) A hurricane lantern
(c) A flashlight
(d) A watering-can

5. What uncomfortable truth does Biff expose?
(a) That Willy is having an affair.
(b) That Happy is gay.
(c) That Willy has been fired.
(d) That no one in the house tells the truth.

6. What does Biff think Linda needs?
(a) Some money
(b) Some flowers
(c) Some new silk stockings
(d) Some rest

7. What is Linda's response to the flowers?
(a) She knocks them to the floor.
(b) She weeps, then throws them right back at the giver.
(c) She weeps a little and puts them to her face.
(d) She smiles grimly, then puts the flowers in a vase.

8. What does Happy want to show everyone?
(a) That Willy Loman did not die in vain.
(b) That he can get married soon.
(c) That Willy Loman had hidden some money behind the heater.
(d) That he, Happy, has the stuff of greatness in him.

9. What is the guaranteed proposition Willy refers to as he "speaks" to Ben?
(a) The payout on Willy's life insurance
(b) The payout on Ben's life insurance
(c) His superannuation payout
(d) The value of the mortgage

10. How does Biff convey his strong reluctance to see Bill Oliver?
(a) He says he would rather walk over hot coals than go back.
(b) He says a team of horses could not have dragged him back.
(c) He says wild horses wouldn't make him go back.
(d) He says a mad bear would have to chase him back into the place.

11. What does Charley say a salesman is not?
(a) Honest
(b) An artist or intellectual
(c) A mechanic, a lawyer or a doctor
(d) Deserving of a large funeral

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

13. How does Charley suggest to Linda that she might leave the graveside?
(a) He points out that it is getting dark.
(b) He tells her it looks like rain.
(c) He points out that it is getting cold.
(d) He suggests that she looks tired and ill.

14. What is the appearance of Bill Oliver's fountain pen?
(a) Gold
(b) Silver with a gold top
(c) Platinum with gold scrolling
(d) Silver

15. What is Happy's intent for the future?
(a) To have a different drea
(b) To carry on the same fight as his father
(c) To have a great apartment and lots of girlfriends
(d) To be a traveling salesman

Short Answer Questions

1. What privilege does the Woman promise Willy?

2. To whom is Willy referring when he says, "He thinks I'm nothing?"

3. How does Linda react to Charley's words at the beginning of the scene?

4. Which character is excited about jury duty?

5. How is the presence of the Woman given away?

(see the answer keys)

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