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