Trivia: Death Of A Salesman

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
His sense of humor
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Lawyer
$50


2. Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
Alaska
Working on a farm
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested


3. What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
Obedient
Biff never trains properly for his games
Inventor
His wire recorder


4. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Wire recorder
Flutes
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Biff


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

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

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7. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
Happy has never risked failure
Yonkers
His shoulder pads
32


8. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
A crate of basketballs
He was in jail
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
$50


9. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
84
A crate of basketballs
Philandering
An impersonal corporate mentality


10. Where did Willy's father go after he abandoned his family?
84
Africa
Philandering
Alaska


11. What does Howard Wagner represent?
Happy has never risked failure
Stanley
Philandering
An impersonal corporate mentality


12. Where did Ben end up when he went looking for his father?
African diamond mines
32
Africa
84


13. How much money does Charley usually give Willy each week?
Alaska
$50
Stanley
Philandering


14. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
Tuesday
A pen
Africa
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math


15. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
African diamond mines
Jenny
Working on a farm
Harold


16. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
Yonkers
Tuesday
Math
An impersonal corporate mentality


17. What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
A pen
Inventor
Jenny
Charley


18. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
Harold
Yonkers
New England
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair


19. What does not describe Linda Loman?
Obedient
Stockings
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'


20. On what day of the week does Willy die?
Biff never trains properly for his games
84
Flutes
Tuesday


21. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
His shoulder pads
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
An impersonal corporate mentality
Shipping clerk


22. Where does Biff find Willy with The Woman?
A seed store
Boston
84
Happy has never risked failure


23. For what does Linda criticize Happy?
Philandering
Harold
Wire recorder
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair


24. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
Harold
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Biff never trains properly for his games
A pen


25. Where did Ben end up when he went looking for his father?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Boston
Flutes
Africa


26. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Brooklyn
Jail cells
Shipping clerk
Biff never trains properly for his games


27. What did Biff steal from Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
His sense of humor
Jail cells
Frank's Chop House
A crate of basketballs


28. Where did Willy's father go after he abandoned his family?
A crate of basketballs
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Alaska
Philandering


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

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30. Which is not a sign of the Loman sons' arrested adolescence?
His wire recorder
Tuesday
Flutes
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry


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

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32. What is Happy's real name?
Charley
Working on a farm
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Harold


33. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
Tuesday
Lawyer
Lobsters
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years


34. For what does Linda criticize Happy?
Miller doesn't specify
Philandering
84
A pen


35. What does Howard Wagner represent?
Miller doesn't specify
An impersonal corporate mentality
Africa
Linda


36. According to Happy - which character is a 'poet and idealist?'
Harold
A pen
Biff
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested


37. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
He was in jail
Jenny
Stanley
Jail cells


38. What subject did Biff fail in high school?
Math
Biff
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'


39. For what region is Willy responsible in his sales?
Shipping clerk
Inventor
New England
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair


40. What product does Willy sell?

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41. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
An impersonal corporate mentality
Working on a farm
$50
A seed store


42. Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
Tuesday
Brooklyn
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Stockings


43. Where does Biff find Willy with The Woman?
Math
Harold
A crate of basketballs
Boston


44. Where did Ben become rich?
Shipping clerk
He was in jail
African diamond mines
Frank's Chop House


45. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
His wire recorder
Charley
Tuesday
Jenny


46. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Charley
A seed store
An impersonal corporate mentality


47. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
He was in jail
Boston
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Biff never trains properly for his games


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

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49. Where does Happy work?
Biff
In a store
He was in jail
His shoulder pads


50. What subject did Biff fail in high school?
Philandering
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Math
Harold