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Trivia: Death Of A Salesman
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1. Where did Willy's father go after he abandoned his family?
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Alaska
An impersonal corporate mentality
Flutes
2. Why does Biff not go to college?
Miller doesn't specify
His sense of humor
Lawyer
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
3. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
African diamond mines
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Stockings
An impersonal corporate mentality
4. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
Frank's Chop House
Jenny
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
In a store
5. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Shipping clerk
Biff
An impersonal corporate mentality
Charley
6. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Wire recorder
Jail cells
Brooklyn
New England
7. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Biff never trains properly for his games
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
African diamond mines
8. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
A pen
Math
A crate of basketballs
Working on a farm
9. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Wire recorder
Boston
Shipping clerk
Biff never trains properly for his games
10. What did Biff steal from Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Miller doesn't specify
Philandering
His shoulder pads
A crate of basketballs
11. To what kind of store does Willy ask Stanley to direct him?
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
His wire recorder
Working on a farm
A seed store
12. What product does Willy sell?
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13. How much money does Charley usually give Willy each week?
Philandering
Tuesday
$50
Jenny
14. Where did Ben end up when he went looking for his father?
$50
Africa
In a store
Happy has never risked failure
15. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
African diamond mines
Africa
Yonkers
16. What does Howard Wagner represent?
An impersonal corporate mentality
Miller doesn't specify
84
Jenny
17. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
Working on a farm
Jenny
Stanley
In a store
18. Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Biff?
Happy has never risked failure
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
His sense of humor
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
19. Where does Happy work?
Alaska
Wire recorder
His shoulder pads
In a store
20. For what does Linda criticize Happy?
Inventor
Philandering
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Stanley
21. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
A crate of basketballs
Lobsters
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
22. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Biff never trains properly for his games
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
84
23. Where did Ben become rich?
Inventor
African diamond mines
Frank's Chop House
Obedient
24. How old is Happy?
32
Lobsters
His wire recorder
Lawyer
25. Where did Willy's father go after he abandoned his family?
Jail cells
Alaska
Yonkers
84
26. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Stanley
Math
Yonkers
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
27. What does not describe Linda Loman?
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Happy has never risked failure
Alaska
Obedient
28. What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Tuesday
Stockings
Math
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
29. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
Flutes
Africa
Miller doesn't specify
His shoulder pads
30. 'A man is not a bird to come and go with the springtime.'Which character makes this statement?
Math
Linda
$50
Stockings
31. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Happy has never risked failure
Linda
Alaska
Shipping clerk
32. For what region is Willy responsible in his sales?
Inventor
His shoulder pads
New England
Miller doesn't specify
33. What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
His wire recorder
His shoulder pads
Inventor
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
34. What did Willy's father sell?
Flutes
84
African diamond mines
An impersonal corporate mentality
35. What does Howard Wagner represent?
An impersonal corporate mentality
Flutes
A pen
His wire recorder
36. Where did Ben become rich?
A pen
Shipping clerk
African diamond mines
Wire recorder
37. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Jenny
Frank's Chop House
Happy has never risked failure
Wire recorder
38. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
He was in jail
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Boston
His wire recorder
39. Where does the Loman family live?
Biff
Harold
Brooklyn
Jenny
40. What is Happy's real name?
A seed store
Harold
An impersonal corporate mentality
Boston
41. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
An impersonal corporate mentality
Lobsters
In a store
He was in jail
42. For what does Linda criticize Happy?
A pen
A pen
Philandering
Stockings
43. Why does Willy believe his sons will be more successful than Bernard?
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44. What did Willy's father sell?
Charley
Flutes
Harold
His sense of humor
45. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
84
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Harold
Yonkers
46. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
Brooklyn
Working on a farm
His wire recorder
He was in jail
47. How much money does Charley usually give Willy each week?
Lobsters
32
Philandering
$50
48. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
Lobsters
Flutes
His wire recorder
Working on a farm
49. Why does Linda believe that her sons should treat Willy kindly?
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50. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
Jenny
Shipping clerk
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math