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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Of what does Charley accuse Willy?
2. What does Willy intend to do during the day?
3. What offer of Charley's does Willy refuse?
4. According to Linda, in what way does Willy compare with many other people?
5. What suggests to us that Biff has returned from a journey?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Willy's mood when he leaves for his interview with Howard Wagner?
2. What does the audience learn about Linda from her great confrontation with her sons in Act 1?
3. What is it that prevents Willy from accepting the offer of a job from Charley?
4. What does this conversation with Biff reveal about Happy's character?
5. What is revealed about Willy during his hallucinatory return to the past?
6. Comment about Willy's assertion that "I never in my life told him anything but decent things."
7. As this scene (inside Willy's head) continues, what false idea does Willy peddle to his sons?
8. In the first few minutes of the play, what indications are there that Willy has an affinity with the artistic and creative?
9. What important idea in the play is referenced by Linda's words, 'He could be--anything--in that suit!"?
10. In the card game scene, what evidence of Willy's unused abilities is presented?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Willy Loman's philosophy of life? In what ways is this significant in his relationships and his fate?
Essay Topic 2
"The ancient Greeks had a motto that said, 'Know yourself.' Death of a Salesman is a play about people who never understand themselves." To what extent do you agree with this statement? In your answer, refer both to major and minor characters in the play.
Essay Topic 3
"Willy Loman's problem is not that he had the wrong dream, but that the dream was not large enough." To what extent do you agree with this statement?
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