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