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

2. With what object does Biff confront Willy?
(a) A gardening boot
(b) The stockings left by the Woman in Boston
(c) Bill Oliver's fountain pen
(d) The rubber tube from the vicinity of the heater

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

4. What University had Biff aspired to attend?
(a) Oral Roberts University
(b) Yale
(c) The University of Virginia
(d) Columbia

5. According to Charley, when was Willy a happy man?
(a) When he was working "with a batch of cement."
(b) When he was on the road, traveling "with a smile and a shoeshine."
(c) When he was working "with his customers."
(d) When he was at home, eating American cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What musical instrument can be heard as the scene changes?

2. Which is the first of several lies Happy tells Miss Forsythe?

3. Why does Stanley tell off the other waiter?

4. Who mentions that the cemetery gates will soon be closing?

5. Why won't Willy shake hands with Biff?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Account for Willy's anger towards Biff.

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

6. Did Willy Loman die in vain?

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

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

9. Why did Willy never find true happiness?

10. How does Happy think Biff should handle telling Willy the bad news when he arrives at the restaurant?

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