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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roma demand of Williamson regarding Leven at the end of the play?
(a) He demands Levene's desk
(b) He demands Levene be fired
(c) He demands Levene get better leads
(d) He demands half of his sales commission

2. Which of the following is not a possible opportunity that Roma tells Lingk that real estate offers?
(a) To make money
(b) To learn about one's self
(c) To lose money
(d) To fill a void

3. In Roma's extended monologue in Scene 3, what befuddles people?
(a) Suburban ennui
(b) Family
(c) Middle-class morality
(d) Small-time dreams

4. What does Aaronow ask for when he steps out of his interrogation?
(a) Water
(b) His suitcase
(c) Help
(d) Coffee

5. What does Roma not believe happens to bad people?
(a) They become good
(b) They go to hell
(c) They succeed
(d) They find love

6. To what great philanthropist does Moss mockingly compare Roma?
(a) Dale Carnegie
(b) Eli Lilly
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) Bishop Sheen

7. Where does Act 2 take place?
(a) A police interrogation room
(b) A living room
(c) The Chinese restaurant
(d) The real estate office

8. Which character appears in more than one scene in Act 1?
(a) No character appears in more than one scene
(b) Williamson
(c) Levene
(d) Roma

9. When discussing his attitudes towards life's uncertainty, what does Roma say he is confident he will have in the even of unseen challenges?
(a) A contingency plan
(b) His faith
(c) A reserve
(d) Friends

10. What order does Williamson frantically give the desperate Aaronow after his interrogation?
(a) Go to lunch
(b) Pack your desk
(c) Call your leads
(d) Take a personal day

11. Who does Baylen call into his office while Lingk is in the office?
(a) Levene
(b) Roma
(c) Moss
(d) Williamson

12. How many days has Lingk been told he has to cancel the sale?
(a) 10
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 1

13. Which of the following is not an example of a catastrophe that Roma lists as he discusses humanity's fear of loss?
(a) A nuclear war
(b) A house fire
(c) A bank closing
(d) A plane crash

14. What alias does Roma give Levene to deceive Lingk?
(a) Morton
(b) Conrad
(c) Speece
(d) Helmsley

15. What does Williamson repeatedly assure Roma that the thieves did not steal?
(a) His leads
(b) His contracts
(c) The contact sheets
(d) The commission checks

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Roma say refuses to live?

2. What is Lingk's first name?

3. According to Roma in Scene 3, everyone is what?

4. What land is Roma trying to sell Lingk?

5. Who is the first salesman that Baylen interviews for an interview in Act 2?

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