Trivia: Death Of A Salesman

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
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Brooklyn
Stockings
Working on a farm


2. What product does Willy sell?

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3. Where does Happy work?
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
His sense of humor
In a store


4. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Biff never trains properly for his games
Jenny
An impersonal corporate mentality
Tuesday


5. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Brooklyn
Obedient
Charley
Jail cells


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

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7. What does not describe Linda Loman?
Lobsters
Obedient
Africa
Stanley


8. 'Fearless creatures' populate which place - according to Charley?
Jail cells
In a store
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
$50


9. Where did Ben become rich?
Flutes
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
New England
African diamond mines


10. What did Willy's father sell?
Boston
Flutes
Brooklyn
Alaska


11. Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Shipping clerk
Obedient


12. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
His sense of humor
A crate of basketballs
Stanley
Lobsters


13. What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Stockings
Wire recorder
His wire recorder
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'


14. What did Biff steal from Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Inventor
A crate of basketballs
Biff
Linda


15. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Yonkers
Wire recorder
Lobsters
Tuesday


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

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17. What subject did Biff fail in high school?
Frank's Chop House
Tuesday
Wire recorder
Math


18. Where did Willy's father go after he abandoned his family?
Inventor
Flutes
His wire recorder
Alaska


19. To what kind of store does Willy ask Stanley to direct him?
Jail cells
Linda
A seed store
Frank's Chop House


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

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21. Which character states 'nobody dast blame this man?'
Jail cells
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Brooklyn
Charley


22. What is the name of Charley's secretary?
Happy has never risked failure
Jenny
Alaska
Brooklyn


23. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
His wire recorder
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Flutes
Jenny


24. To what kind of store does Willy ask Stanley to direct him?
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Miller doesn't specify
A seed store
Happy has never risked failure


25. What is Happy's real name?
Harold
Boston
In a store
Stanley


26. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Lobsters
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Alaska
Lawyer


27. Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Biff?
$50
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Happy has never risked failure
In a store


28. Why does Biff not go to college?
Wire recorder
Africa
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
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29. What is the name of the restaurant where Happy and Biff take Willy?

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30. 'A man is not a bird to come and go with the springtime.'Which character makes this statement?
Math
Linda
Shipping clerk
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested


31. What does Howard Wagner represent?
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Working on a farm
An impersonal corporate mentality
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32. According to Happy - which character is a 'poet and idealist?'
Stockings
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Biff


33. What is Bernard's adult occupation?
Lawyer
84
Math
A crate of basketballs


34. What is Happy's real name?
A pen
Harold
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Boston


35. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
Harold
In a store
A crate of basketballs
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years


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

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37. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Philandering
Wire recorder
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair


38. For what region is Willy responsible in his sales?
Math
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
New England
Math


39. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
A crate of basketballs
Flutes
Lawyer
84


40. On what day of the week does Willy die?
Happy has never risked failure
$50
Tuesday
An impersonal corporate mentality


41. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
Linda
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
His wire recorder
His shoulder pads


42. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Alaska
Yonkers
Africa
Stanley


43. What does Howard Wagner represent?
Yonkers
Philandering
An impersonal corporate mentality
Obedient


44. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Shipping clerk
Obedient
Harold
Lawyer


45. How much money does Charley usually give Willy each week?
$50
A crate of basketballs
Philandering
Alaska


46. Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Biff?
A pen
Happy has never risked failure
$50
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry


47. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
In a store
Miller doesn't specify
Harold
Lobsters


48. What did Willy's father sell?
Frank's Chop House
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Flutes
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair


49. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
Jail cells
Flutes
Charley
Yonkers


50. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
Lobsters
His wire recorder
$50
His sense of humor