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Trivia: Death Of A Salesman
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1. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Stanley
Inventor
Biff
Jail cells
2. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Shipping clerk
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Charley
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
3. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
Jenny
A pen
Flutes
Charley
4. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
84
Biff
A crate of basketballs
African diamond mines
5. Why does Willy believe his sons will be more successful than Bernard?
6. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
He was in jail
Math
Jenny
Alaska
7. 'A man is not a bird to come and go with the springtime.'Which character makes this statement?
Linda
Flutes
Alaska
$50
8. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Harold
Working on a farm
Stockings
Shipping clerk
9. What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
Inventor
Biff
Alaska
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
10. Where did Ben become rich?
Stanley
Boston
African diamond mines
Biff never trains properly for his games
11. What did Willy's father sell?
His sense of humor
Boston
Flutes
Yonkers
12. What does not describe Linda Loman?
Jail cells
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Obedient
Philandering
13. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Biff never trains properly for his games
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Jenny
Yonkers
14. What is the name of the restaurant where Happy and Biff take Willy?
15. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Philandering
His sense of humor
A crate of basketballs
16. Where did Ben end up when he went looking for his father?
A crate of basketballs
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Africa
Miller doesn't specify
17. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Wire recorder
Yonkers
Frank's Chop House
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
18. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
African diamond mines
Biff never trains properly for his games
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Stockings
19. Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Biff?
Happy has never risked failure
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
$50
His sense of humor
20. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Happy has never risked failure
Lawyer
In a store
Happy has never risked failure
21. What does Howard Wagner represent?
An impersonal corporate mentality
A crate of basketballs
Stanley
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
22. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
Alaska
He was in jail
Working on a farm
Jenny
23. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
Charley
Inventor
A seed store
Working on a farm
24. What product does Willy sell?
25. On what day of the week does Willy die?
Tuesday
He was in jail
Charley
Obedient
26. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
Charley
Wire recorder
A pen
Charley
27. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
His wire recorder
$50
In a store
Harold
28. For what region is Willy responsible in his sales?
Jenny
A seed store
Stanley
New England
29. Why does Linda believe that her sons should treat Willy kindly?
30. What subject did Biff fail in high school?
Brooklyn
Math
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Biff
31. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
$50
Charley
A seed store
Stanley
32. Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
African diamond mines
$50
Math
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
33. Where does Biff find Willy with The Woman?
Boston
Stanley
Shipping clerk
Tuesday
34. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
Miller doesn't specify
His shoulder pads
84
An impersonal corporate mentality
35. According to Happy - which character is a 'poet and idealist?'
Jail cells
His sense of humor
Biff
Linda
36. What did Biff steal from Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Jenny
A crate of basketballs
Linda
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
37. Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Biff?
Biff never trains properly for his games
Happy has never risked failure
Biff
His wire recorder
38. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
Jenny
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Philandering
Philandering
39. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
Yonkers
Linda
Linda
Happy has never risked failure
40. Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
Africa
Brooklyn
Philandering
His sense of humor
41. 'Fearless creatures' populate which place - according to Charley?
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Jail cells
Stanley
Tuesday
42. Where did Ben end up when he went looking for his father?
A crate of basketballs
A crate of basketballs
His wire recorder
Africa
43. Where does Happy work?
Linda
Biff never trains properly for his games
In a store
His wire recorder
44. What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
Harold
Inventor
$50
Boston
45. Which is not a sign of the Loman sons' arrested adolescence?
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Obedient
A crate of basketballs
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
46. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Wire recorder
He was in jail
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
47. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Charley
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Working on a farm
Biff never trains properly for his games
48. What did Willy's father sell?
Stanley
Brooklyn
Flutes
African diamond mines
49. What subject did Biff fail in high school?
An impersonal corporate mentality
Math
Frank's Chop House
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
50. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
His sense of humor
His wire recorder
A crate of basketballs
Stockings