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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Willy remember Ben giving him?
(a) Get out of the cities and fight for a fortune in Alaska.
(b) Go to Africa and prospect for diamonds.
(c) Get out of the cities and buy a ranch.
(d) Open a diamond mine in Alaska.

2. At what time does Happy give Linda some money?
(a) Thanksgiving
(b) Memorial Day
(c) Her birthday
(d) Christmas

3. What offer of Charley's does Willy refuse?
(a) To intercede with Howard to give Willy his job back
(b) A job where he will not have to go out on the road
(c) A supervisory job in Boston
(d) Fifty dollars per week for life

4. When was J.P. Morgan very well liked, according to Charley?
(a) When he had his pockets on.
(b) When he was in the turkish bath.
(c) When he built a railroad.
(d) When he visited the butcher.

5. ___________ says "And, by God, I was rich."
(a) Willy Loman
(b) Ketchikan
(c) Bill Oliver
(d) Ben Loman

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Willy give for refusing Charley's offer?

2. What is wrong with Biff whistling in the elevator?

3. Who is Bill Oliver?

4. What does Willy admit to Charley?

5. According to Willy, what has left him unsettled and "temporary?"

Short Essay Questions

1. In the first few minutes of the play, what indications are there that Willy has an affinity with the artistic and creative?

2. What is the significance of the way the Loman house is presented when the play begins?

3. What reassuring news does Linda give Biff when he phones her?

4. What important idea in the play is referenced by Linda's words, 'He could be--anything--in that suit!"?

5. What is the importance of Howard Wagner's new wire recorder?

6. What does this conversation with Biff reveal about Happy's character?

7. Comment on the "gay and bright" music that is heard at the beginning of Act 2.

8. How do the Lomans react to Bernard's news that Biff must study for his coming exams?

9. As this scene (inside Willy's head) continues, what false idea does Willy peddle to his sons?

10. What erratic behavior of Willy's indicates that he is disintegrating emotionally?

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