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