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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. Where does Willy believe his company most needs him?
(a) In New York
(b) In Yonkers
(c) In Florida
(d) In New England
2. What is wrong with Biff whistling in the elevator?
(a) It is tuneless.
(b) It indicates he is irresponsible and childish.
(c) It annoys other people in the lift.
(d) It indicates he is over confident.
3. What metaphor about Willy does Linda use in her phone conversation with Biff?
(a) "He's an old clipper with no skipper."
(b) "He's only a little boat looking for a harbor."
(c) "He's like a boat looking for a harbor."
(d) "He's like an old man rocking the boat."
4. What is Willy Loman carrying as he enters the stage?
(a) An attache case and a large sample case
(b) Take-out meals
(c) Two large sample cases
(d) A very large sample bag
5. What sort of debts do Willy and Linda have?
(a) They are paying off household appliances and a repair of their roof.
(b) They have a heavy mortgage.
(c) They are paying for roof repair and a new fan belt for the refrigerator.
(d) They are paying for roof repair and a new car.
Short Answer Questions
1. What make of car does Willy currently drive?
2. At what time does Happy give Linda some money?
3. What does Willy intend to do during the day?
4. What difference would it have made to his life if Willy had formed his own business?
5. All the old buyers who loved Willy are ___________.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the audience learn about Linda from her great confrontation with her sons in Act 1?
2. What is it that prevents Willy from accepting the offer of a job from Charley?
3. What is revealed about Willy during his hallucinatory return to the past?
4. In what way is the contrast between Willy's dreams and reality expressed in his conversation with Linda?
5. Why has Willy unexpectedly returned from his journey?
6. What is Willy's mood when he leaves for his interview with Howard Wagner?
7. In the first few minutes of the play, what indications are there that Willy has an affinity with the artistic and creative?
8. In what picturesque way does Linda reinforce for Biff that his father needs support and nurturing?
9. What is the significance of the way the Loman house is presented when the play begins?
10. In the card game scene, what evidence of Willy's unused abilities is presented?
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