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

2. Where does Stanley suggest Willy buy seeds?
(a) At Bloomingdale's
(b) At a hardware store on Sixth Avenue
(c) At Wal-Mmart
(d) At a hardware on the Eastside

3. Why won't Willy shake hands with Biff?
(a) He is angry that he didn't get any dinner at the restaurant.
(b) He thinks Biff is trying to spite him and is angry.
(c) He thinks Biff is the scum of the earth.
(d) His hands are dirty from gardening.

4. Biff reveals __________________ when he says, "I know who I am, kid."
(a) that he has an agreeable personality
(b) that he has a bad habit of talking down to other people
(c) hat he has just recovered from amnesia
(d) that he has matured, experienced an insight

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that "comes with the territory?"

2. What deal does Biff claim is discussed with Bill Oliver and his partner?

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

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

5. In his outburst, what does Biff call Willy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Willy's final fantasy?

2. Account for Linda's bewilderment at Willy's suicide.

3. Has Willy any idea of what it is that has caused his estrangement from Biff?

4. Is Death of a Salesman an uncompromising indictment of "The American Dream"?

5. In what way, according to Willy, does a man have to "add up to something" when he leaves this world?

6. How is the fact of Willy's severe disintegration communicated to the audience?

7. How is it again made evident that Willy Loman "had the wrong dreams"?

8. What is the effect of Willy's words, "The gist of it is that I haven't got a story left in my head."?

9. Explain Happy's refusal to go with Biff and make a life for themselves in the country.

10. What information about his meeting with Bill Oliver does Biff supply to Willy?

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