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