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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. Who is Bill Oliver?
(a) Happy's merchandise manager
(b) Willy's best friend
(c) Biff's previous employee
(d) Biff's previous employer

2. What suggests to us that Biff has returned from a journey?
(a) Linda mentions that Biff has "just got off [a] train."
(b) Linda tells Willy she met the train.
(c) Biff's suitcase is in the hall.
(d) A partially unpacked suitcase is on Biff's bed.

3. What does Willy find ironic about people?
(a) They are worth more to undertakers than to mortgagors.
(b) They are good at talking but do nott get paid for it.
(c) They are worth more dead than alive.
(d) They can pick winners but never bet on them.

4. What does Willy admit to Charley?
(a) That he has been stealing from Howard.
(b) That he kissed Howard's secretary.
(c) That Howard fired him.
(d) That Howard verbally abused him.

5. What does Linda suggest is "not nice?"
(a) That Biff has stolen a football.
(b) That Biff is driving a car without a licence.
(c) That Biff is "stuck up."
(d) That Biff has Bernard help him cheat at Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Willy Loman carrying as he enters the stage?

2. Why is Bernard in Charley's office?

3. How much does Linda have to pay for repair of the hot water system?

4. What ultimatum does Linda serve to her sons?

5. What is a synonym for 'trepidation'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Linda's attitude to Willy's return?

2. Explain the significance of Ben's words, "I have many enterprises, William, and I have never kept books."

3. In what picturesque way does Linda reinforce for Biff that his father needs support and nurturing?

4. What is it that prevents Willy from accepting the offer of a job from Charley?

5. Why does Willy say '"Im always in a race with the junkyard!"?

6. In what way is the contrast between Willy's dreams and reality expressed in his conversation with Linda?

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

8. What is revealed about Willy during his hallucinatory return to the past?

9. Comment about Willy's assertion that "I never in my life told him anything but decent things."

10. Why has Willy unexpectedly returned from his journey?

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