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