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