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