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Trivia: Death Of A Salesman
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1. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
Jail cells
Lobsters
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Yonkers
2. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Miller doesn't specify
Lawyer
He was in jail
3. Why does Biff not go to college?
Stockings
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Harold
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
4. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
32
A pen
In a store
His wire recorder
5. What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Philandering
Wire recorder
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Stockings
6. According to Happy - which character is a 'poet and idealist?'
Jenny
Alaska
Lawyer
Biff
7. What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
His shoulder pads
Stockings
In a store
Biff
8. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
Flutes
Miller doesn't specify
84
Tuesday
9. To what kind of store does Willy ask Stanley to direct him?
A seed store
Stanley
An impersonal corporate mentality
Stockings
10. For what does Linda criticize Happy?
Happy has never risked failure
Philandering
Alaska
Charley
11. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
Charley
Alaska
His wire recorder
Lawyer
12. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Lobsters
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
13. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Charley
Happy has never risked failure
His shoulder pads
In a store
14. Which character states 'nobody dast blame this man?'
Frank's Chop House
Charley
Happy has never risked failure
$50
15. For what region is Willy responsible in his sales?
Tuesday
New England
Alaska
His shoulder pads
16. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Wire recorder
Yonkers
$50
17. Why does Willy believe his sons will be more successful than Bernard?
18. Where did Ben become rich?
A pen
He was in jail
Wire recorder
African diamond mines
19. Which character states 'nobody dast blame this man?'
84
Tuesday
Math
Charley
20. Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
Lobsters
In a store
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Math
21. What does not describe Linda Loman?
Obedient
Lawyer
Linda
Harold
22. Where did Ben end up when he went looking for his father?
Africa
Yonkers
A seed store
Flutes
23. Why does Linda believe that her sons should treat Willy kindly?
24. Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
His sense of humor
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Philandering
32
25. How much money does Charley usually give Willy each week?
Harold
An impersonal corporate mentality
$50
A pen
26. Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
Jail cells
His sense of humor
Working on a farm
Charley
27. Where does Happy work?
Stockings
Lobsters
In a store
New England
28. How old is Happy?
32
Math
Math
Tuesday
29. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
Stockings
Obedient
His shoulder pads
He was in jail
30. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Linda
Shipping clerk
Yonkers
31. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
Jenny
Inventor
Flutes
Yonkers
32. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
Stockings
A pen
Biff
Frank's Chop House
33. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
Tuesday
Philandering
Lobsters
Working on a farm
34. What is the name of the restaurant where Happy and Biff take Willy?
35. What does not describe Linda Loman?
His wire recorder
Obedient
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Yonkers
36. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Harold
84
His wire recorder
37. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
Math
New England
His shoulder pads
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
38. For what does Linda criticize Happy?
His shoulder pads
Lobsters
Philandering
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
39. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
His sense of humor
African diamond mines
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
40. Where does the Loman family live?
Brooklyn
A seed store
Jail cells
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
41. What subject did Biff fail in high school?
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Math
His shoulder pads
42. What did Willy's father sell?
New England
Africa
Flutes
Charley
43. What product does Willy sell?
44. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Shipping clerk
Flutes
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Biff never trains properly for his games
45. On what day of the week does Willy die?
His wire recorder
Tuesday
$50
Brooklyn
46. Which is not a sign of the Loman sons' arrested adolescence?
Stockings
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
47. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Linda
Biff never trains properly for his games
Yonkers
48. 'Fearless creatures' populate which place - according to Charley?
Jail cells
Brooklyn
Linda
32
49. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
A pen
84
Lawyer
50. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
An impersonal corporate mentality
Lawyer
Stanley