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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 does Linda try to prevent Biff from doing?
(a) Talking to his father
(b) Going upstairs
(c) Leaving for Alaska
(d) Accusing his father of lying

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

3. Which is the first of several lies Happy tells Miss Forsythe?
(a) That he is a famous footballer
(b) That he is a champagne salesman
(c) That Biff is a famous footballer
(d) That he sells silk stockings

4. What is Charley's assessment of the funeral?
(a) It was very nice.
(b) It was moving.
(c) It was too cheap.
(d) It should not have happened yet.

5. How long does Biff wait to see Bill Oliver?
(a) Six minutes
(b) Two hours
(c) Ten minutes
(d) Six hours

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Linda bewildered about Willy's suicide?

2. What does Biff think Linda needs?

3. Ben refers to ____________ when he says: 'It's dark there, but full of diamonds."

4. Who brings flowers for Linda?

5. From where did Biff leave to travel to Boston to find his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Did Willy Loman die in vain?

5. 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."?

6. Why does Linda want to prevent the boys speaking to their father?

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

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

9. Is Biff correct in saying of Willy that "He never knew who he was."?

10. How is it that Biff has come to regard his father as a hypocrite?

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