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