Trivia: Death Of A Salesman

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Brooklyn
Stockings
Lawyer


2. Which character states 'nobody dast blame this man?'
He was in jail
Miller doesn't specify
Yonkers
Charley


3. What does not describe Linda Loman?
Obedient
$50
Alaska
A seed store


4. What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
Inventor
Math
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Harold


5. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
Jail cells
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Tuesday
Lobsters


6. Where does Happy work?
An impersonal corporate mentality
Boston
In a store
32


7. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
His wire recorder
A pen
Frank's Chop House
Linda


8. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
Lobsters
Jenny
Philandering
Math


9. What subject did Biff fail in high school?
An impersonal corporate mentality
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Lobsters
Math


10. What did Willy's father sell?
His shoulder pads
In a store
His sense of humor
Flutes


11. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Lawyer
Flutes
Africa
Brooklyn


12. According to Happy - which character is a 'poet and idealist?'
Shipping clerk
An impersonal corporate mentality
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Biff


13. To what kind of store does Willy ask Stanley to direct him?
Linda
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
A seed store
Biff


14. What product does Willy sell?

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15. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
A pen
Miller doesn't specify
New England
A crate of basketballs


16. What is Happy's real name?
Harold
Happy has never risked failure
His shoulder pads
Jail cells


17. What is the name of the restaurant where Happy and Biff take Willy?

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18. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
His shoulder pads
Yonkers
New England
Biff


19. On what day of the week does Willy die?
Obedient
Tuesday
Lobsters
Biff never trains properly for his games


20. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Working on a farm
Charley
Math
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'


21. Which is not a sign of the Loman sons' arrested adolescence?
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Jenny
Wire recorder
Charley


22. Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
Jail cells
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
His sense of humor
Lawyer


23. Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
Inventor
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
His sense of humor


24. What product does Willy sell?

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25. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
Wire recorder
Math
Working on a farm
He was in jail


26. 'Fearless creatures' populate which place - according to Charley?
Jail cells
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Shipping clerk
Biff


27. Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Math
Obedient
Miller doesn't specify


28. Why does Linda believe that her sons should treat Willy kindly?

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29. Why does Willy believe his sons will be more successful than Bernard?

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30. Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Biff?
Wire recorder
Africa
Stockings
Happy has never risked failure


31. Why does Biff not go to college?
Harold
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Shipping clerk
Working on a farm


32. For what does Linda criticize Happy?
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
African diamond mines
Wire recorder
Philandering


33. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
New England
$50
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Brooklyn


34. Where did Ben end up when he went looking for his father?
Africa
$50
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
His wire recorder


35. Why does Willy believe his sons will be more successful than Bernard?

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36. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Wire recorder
Charley
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'


37. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Miller doesn't specify
Yonkers
Math


38. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
84
Flutes
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Alaska


39. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Jenny
Harold
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Stanley


40. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Happy has never risked failure
An impersonal corporate mentality
Wire recorder
84


41. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
Jail cells
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Biff
Jenny


42. How old is Happy?
Harold
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
He was in jail
32


43. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
His wire recorder
Charley
Stanley


44. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
Working on a farm
Obedient
He was in jail
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'


45. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
Alaska
Math
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years


46. Where did Willy's father go after he abandoned his family?
Africa
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Alaska
Boston


47. Where does Happy work?
In a store
Africa
Charley
Wire recorder


48. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Alaska
Stanley
Biff never trains properly for his games
$50


49. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Tuesday
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Linda
Lawyer


50. Why does Linda believe that her sons should treat Willy kindly?

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