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