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