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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 Charley's response when Linda asks him to go on ahead?
(a) He hesitates.
(b) He looks around thoughtfully.
(c) He refuses and stands close to her.
(d) He takes off at a jog.

2. What circumstances have led to Biff's leaving in the past?
(a) He had gone to live with a girlfriend.
(b) He had gone overseas.
(c) There had been a family disagreement.
(d) He has had to go interstate to work.

3. Ben refers to ____________ when he says: 'It's dark there, but full of diamonds."
(a) Death
(b) Alaska
(c) The jungle
(d) Tiffany's

4. What is the name of the hotel where Willy is staying in Boston?
(a) The Hilton
(b) The Standish Arms
(c) The Dorchester
(d) The King's Arms

5. What implement is Willy using?
(a) An adze
(b) A hoe
(c) A rake
(d) A spade

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character "never knew who he was?"

2. What University had Biff aspired to attend?

3. What does Willy imagine his funeral will reveal about him?

4. How many home improvements does Linda mention Willy has undertaken?

5. What does Biff suggest is the reason for his reluctance to have called on Oliver in the first place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Charley's summation of Willy and his life as a salesman an accurate one?

2. According to Biff, what is at the core of Willy's (and his own) problems?

3. What is the significance of Happy's gift of flowers?

4. Why does Charlie reply with just a grunt to Happy's angry attitude to his father's suicide and claim that "We would've helped him."?

5. What is wrong with Happy's assertion that "the only dream you can have [is] to come out number one man."?

6. How does Biff feel about lying to his father about the Bill Oliver interview?

7. What cautions does Ben advise concerning Willy's plan to commit suicide?

8. What is Willy's reaction to Biff's attempt to tell the day's events truthfully?

9. In what way is Willy's life echoed in Biff's account of his attempt to see Bill Oliver?

10. What insight does Biff experience in the few moments he does get to see Bill Oliver?

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