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
In a store
Yonkers
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years


2. Where does Biff find Willy with The Woman?
Boston
Happy has never risked failure
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years


3. Where did Ben become rich?
Shipping clerk
Harold
African diamond mines
In a store


4. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Tuesday
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
32


5. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Charley
Obedient
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested


6. Which character states 'nobody dast blame this man?'
A crate of basketballs
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Charley
Happy has never risked failure


7. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
His wire recorder
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Lobsters
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry


8. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
In a store
He was in jail
Boston


9. Where does the Loman family live?
Philandering
Working on a farm
Brooklyn
A crate of basketballs


10. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
His shoulder pads
Jenny
Tuesday


11. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Frank's Chop House
Stockings
New England
Lawyer


12. What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Stockings
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
His sense of humor


13. Which character states 'nobody dast blame this man?'
Jenny
Stanley
Charley
Lobsters


14. How old is Happy?
Charley
32
Obedient
Lawyer


15. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
84
His shoulder pads
Inventor
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years


16. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
His sense of humor
Math
Working on a farm
Obedient


17. Why does Biff not go to college?
Shipping clerk
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Shipping clerk
Brooklyn


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

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19. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
Miller doesn't specify
His wire recorder
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested


20. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
His wire recorder
A seed store
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'


21. What did Willy's father sell?
Flutes
His shoulder pads
Tuesday
An impersonal corporate mentality


22. Where does Biff find Willy with The Woman?
Linda
Boston
Biff never trains properly for his games
His wire recorder


23. How old is Happy?
Tuesday
32
Frank's Chop House
In a store


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

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25. Where does the Loman family live?
Frank's Chop House
Tuesday
Brooklyn
His shoulder pads


26. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
His shoulder pads
African diamond mines
Stanley
Lawyer


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

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28. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
Yonkers
Jenny
Boston
Brooklyn


29. 'Fearless creatures' populate which place - according to Charley?
Jail cells
$50
Tuesday
Boston


30. What product does Willy sell?

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31. Which is not a sign of the Loman sons' arrested adolescence?
Charley
Biff
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Frank's Chop House


32. Where did Ben become rich?
Inventor
A seed store
African diamond mines
Alaska


33. What is Happy's real name?
His shoulder pads
Harold
An impersonal corporate mentality
Shipping clerk


34. On what day of the week does Willy die?
Alaska
New England
Tuesday
Philandering


35. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Boston
Working on a farm
Linda


36. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
Stockings
His shoulder pads
In a store
A pen


37. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Working on a farm
His sense of humor
Stanley
Lawyer


38. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Wire recorder
Stockings
Inventor
Jail cells


39. 'Fearless creatures' populate which place - according to Charley?
Jail cells
A seed store
He was in jail
Linda


40. How much money does Charley usually give Willy each week?
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
84
Harold
$50


41. Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
Lobsters
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
He was in jail
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested


42. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
A crate of basketballs
$50
His shoulder pads
Wire recorder


43. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
$50
A crate of basketballs
Stockings
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years


44. What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Tuesday
Stockings
32
Lawyer


45. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Lobsters
Inventor
Yonkers
Biff never trains properly for his games


46. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Lawyer
Flutes
Miller doesn't specify
His shoulder pads


47. For what region is Willy responsible in his sales?
Jail cells
Stockings
New England
African diamond mines


48. According to Happy - which character is a 'poet and idealist?'
Biff
He was in jail
Boston
Working on a farm


49. 'A man is not a bird to come and go with the springtime.'Which character makes this statement?
Working on a farm
Linda
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Jenny


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

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