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