Trivia: Death Of A Salesman

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to Happy - which character is a 'poet and idealist?'
Inventor
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Biff
Stockings


2. Why does Biff not go to college?
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
His shoulder pads
Africa
Stanley


3. What does Howard Wagner represent?
An impersonal corporate mentality
Africa
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Lobsters


4. What did Biff steal from Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Stockings
Lawyer
Flutes
A crate of basketballs


5. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Inventor
Lawyer
Harold
$50


6. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
Flutes
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Frank's Chop House
Obedient


7. Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
Boston
His sense of humor
A seed store
His shoulder pads


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

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9. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Shipping clerk
New England
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry


10. What is Happy's real name?
Harold
In a store
Lobsters
Charley


11. Where did Ben become rich?
His sense of humor
Frank's Chop House
African diamond mines
A pen


12. What product does Willy sell?

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13. What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Stockings
Yonkers
African diamond mines
In a store


14. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
Alaska
Charley
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Brooklyn


15. 'A man is not a bird to come and go with the springtime.'Which character makes this statement?
A seed store
Philandering
Biff
Linda


16. To what kind of store does Willy ask Stanley to direct him?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
$50
A seed store
Frank's Chop House


17. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Stanley
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Charley
Tuesday


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

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

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20. 'Fearless creatures' populate which place - according to Charley?
He was in jail
Jail cells
Linda
Boston


21. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
A crate of basketballs
A seed store
Tuesday
A pen


22. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
84
Lobsters
Jail cells
Happy has never risked failure


23. What product does Willy sell?

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24. Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
His sense of humor
Working on a farm
Alaska
Yonkers


25. For what does Linda criticize Happy?
Philandering
Wire recorder
Lobsters
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years


26. Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
A seed store
Stanley
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
In a store


27. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
His wire recorder
Wire recorder
He was in jail
Lobsters


28. Where does Happy work?
Yonkers
Inventor
He was in jail
In a store


29. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
An impersonal corporate mentality
Tuesday
His wire recorder
A pen


30. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
Yonkers
A crate of basketballs
New England
Math


31. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Miller doesn't specify
Charley
Frank's Chop House


32. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
Frank's Chop House
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Lobsters
Flutes


33. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
Yonkers
84
Stanley
A seed store


34. Where did Willy's father go after he abandoned his family?
Alaska
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Lawyer
Charley


35. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
He was in jail
Wire recorder
Charley
His shoulder pads


36. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
Yonkers
Stanley
Africa
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'


37. How old is Happy?
32
Math
Africa
Brooklyn


38. How much money does Charley usually give Willy each week?
Wire recorder
Linda
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
$50


39. What did Willy's father sell?
Brooklyn
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Flutes
Obedient


40. What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Biff
$50
Inventor


41. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
Linda
His wire recorder
Miller doesn't specify
His shoulder pads


42. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Stanley
His shoulder pads
Biff
Charley


43. What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
Obedient
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Inventor
Math


44. What does not describe Linda Loman?
Obedient
Wire recorder
Miller doesn't specify
Biff never trains properly for his games


45. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Jenny
Lawyer
Africa
Stockings


46. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Alaska
A crate of basketballs
New England
Wire recorder


47. Where does Happy work?
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Frank's Chop House
In a store
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'


48. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Philandering
$50
He was in jail


49. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
He was in jail
Stanley
His shoulder pads
An impersonal corporate mentality


50. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
Biff never trains properly for his games
Jenny
In a store
His shoulder pads