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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?
Shipping clerk
Inventor
Alaska
32
2. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
Harold
Lobsters
His wire recorder
Yonkers
3. Where did Ben end up when he went looking for his father?
Wire recorder
Africa
Inventor
Alaska
4. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
Working on a farm
A crate of basketballs
Harold
Frank's Chop House
5. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
Linda
Jail cells
He was in jail
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
6. What does not describe Linda Loman?
His shoulder pads
$50
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Obedient
7. Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Biff?
32
Happy has never risked failure
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Linda
8. What did Biff steal from Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
A crate of basketballs
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Africa
Brooklyn
9. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
A crate of basketballs
Wire recorder
His wire recorder
Africa
10. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Stanley
African diamond mines
In a store
His sense of humor
11. Where does Biff find Willy with The Woman?
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Linda
Boston
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
12. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
His wire recorder
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Happy has never risked failure
Inventor
13. 'Fearless creatures' populate which place - according to Charley?
Miller doesn't specify
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Jail cells
Charley
14. What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Stockings
32
An impersonal corporate mentality
Frank's Chop House
15. Why does Biff not go to college?
Africa
Lawyer
Boston
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
16. Which character states 'nobody dast blame this man?'
Flutes
Biff never trains properly for his games
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
Charley
17. What does not describe Linda Loman?
Obedient
Stockings
Biff never trains properly for his games
A seed store
18. Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
His sense of humor
Biff never trains properly for his games
Lobsters
He was in jail
19. On what day of the week does Willy die?
Stockings
Tuesday
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
Harold
20. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Lawyer
Miller doesn't specify
Charley
Harold
21. What was Biff's position at Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Inventor
Shipping clerk
A seed store
22. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play - which city did Willy reach before turning back?
In a store
Yonkers
Brooklyn
Alaska
23. According to Happy - which character is a 'poet and idealist?'
Flutes
His wire recorder
Lobsters
Biff
24. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
Obedient
Biff
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
25. To what kind of store does Willy ask Stanley to direct him?
Lobsters
A seed store
He is a human being - and 'attention must be paid.'
Biff never trains properly for his games
26. Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
Flutes
Harold
Lobsters
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
27. Where did Willy's father go after he abandoned his family?
Charley
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Wire recorder
Alaska
28. What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
84
Happy has never risked failure
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Inventor
29. Where does Happy work?
Harold
Wire recorder
In a store
Working on a farm
30. 'A man is not a bird to come and go with the springtime.'Which character makes this statement?
Happy has never risked failure
Obedient
Linda
Alaska
31. What is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
His sense of humor
New England
Biff never trains properly for his games
Lobsters
32. How old is Happy?
32
Happy has never risked failure
Lobsters
A seed store
33. Why does Linda believe that her sons should treat Willy kindly?
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34. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
A seed store
Biff never trains properly for his games
Yonkers
35. To what kind of store does Willy ask Stanley to direct him?
A seed store
32
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
Shipping clerk
36. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
His wire recorder
Tuesday
A pen
Flutes
37. Where did Ben become rich?
Jail cells
Bernard is 'liked - but not well liked.'
Alaska
African diamond mines
38. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver's office as an adult?
Miller doesn't specify
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
A pen
39. Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
His sense of humor
A seed store
Charley
Lobsters
40. What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
Miller doesn't specify
Jail cells
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair
Flutes
41. Why does Linda believe that her sons should treat Willy kindly?
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42. What is the name of the restaurant where Happy and Biff take Willy?
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43. What did Biff steal from Bill Oliver's store when he was a boy?
A crate of basketballs
$50
Stockings
Alaska
44. What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
Frank's Chop House
Flutes
Wire recorder
Shipping clerk
45. For what region is Willy responsible in his sales?
84
Happy has never risked failure
New England
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry
46. What subject did Biff fail in high school?
In a store
Math
Brooklyn
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
47. Who does attend Willy's funeral?
Math
It is a state exam - and Bernard could be arrested
New England
Charley
48. What does Howard Wagner represent?
Happy has never risked failure
Jenny
An impersonal corporate mentality
Inventor
49. Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
New England
Stanley
Wire recorder
Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
50. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
Brooklyn
His shoulder pads
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math
In a store