Death of a Salesman Quizzes

Death of a Salesman Quiz 1

1 Where does the Loman family live?
Boston

Queens

Long Island

Brooklyn
2 What is Happy's real name?
Harold

Harlan

William

Benjamin
3 Why does Willy believe his sons will be more successful than Bernard?
That more women like Happy shows that he will be more successful.

Biff and Happy have better business connections because of Willy.

Biff's athletic accomplishments will get Biff into a better college.

Bernard is "liked, but not well liked."
4 What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Jewelry

Marriage

Flowers

Stockings
5 Where did Ben become rich?
Alaskan oil fields

Mexican gold mines

Montana ranches

African diamond mines
6 Why does Linda believe that her sons should treat Willy kindly?
He is a successful man who can teach his family a great deal.

He is a human being, and "attention must be paid."

He has been a dedicated father.

He has provided well for his family.
7 Which character states "nobody dast blame this man?"
Linda

Charley

Ben

Biff
8 What object does Howard have in his office that frightens Willy?
television

radio

electric typewriter

wire recorder
9 Why does Biff not go to college?
He refuses to go to summer school to pass math.

Willy cannot afford to pay for college.

Biff preferred to go west and work on a ranch.

He cannot get an athletic scholarship, as he expected.
10 Which of the following is not a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Biff does not study for the Regents exam.

Biff is constantly stealing.

Biff is too tough with the girls.

Biff never trains properly for his games.
11 Which character does not symbolize a type of success that Willy never achieves?
Charley

Bernard

Ben

Stanley
12 Which of the following does Howard Wagner best represent?
An impersonal corporate mentality

Impenetrable, dynastic control over the business world

Business achievement through personality

Corporate bureaucratic inefficiency
13 Which of the following does not describe Linda Loman?
Obedient

Patient

Helpful

Loyal
14 Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Biff?
Happy has never tasted the success that Biff has.

Happy has never been as loved by their father as Biff.

Happy has never risked failure.

Happy has never had the gratifying social life that Biff has.
15 Which of the following characters does attend Willy's funeral?
Charley

Bernard

Howard

Ben
16 "Fearless creatures" populate which place, according to Charley?
Stock exchange

White House

Jail cells

Colorado ranches
17 Why did Biff not keep in contact with his parents when he was out west?
He was in jail.

He was moving from place to place without a concrete address.

He was homeless, living on the streets in Oklahoma City

He did not want to have any contact with his father.
18 Which is not a sign of the Loman sons' arrested adolescence?
Both men rely on their mother for meals and for laundry.

Both men remain in their old bedroom at home.

Biff still plays with his football.

Happy believes that since he can outfight any man he works for, he should be boss.
19 What causes the rift between Biff and Willy Loman?
Biff finds that Willy is having an affair.

Willy finds that Biff has been stealing.

Willy is disappointed that Biff refuses to go to college.

Biff has unrealistic expectations about his father's success.
20 Why does Bernard not help Biff cheat on the Regents exam?
Biff does not show up to the exam at all out of bitterness toward WIlly.

Bernard neither admires nor respects Biff

Bernard thinks that Biff should do his own work.

It is a state exam, and Bernard could be arrested.
21 According to Happy, which character is a "poet and idealist?"
Charley

Linda

Biff

Willy
22 Why does the woman choose Willy Loman?
His promise to buy her stockings

His charismatic personality

His hope for the future

His sense of humor
23 For what does Linda criticize Happy?
Lying

Stealing

Philandering

Hating his father
24 What was Willy Loman's father's profession?
Salesman

Repairman

Carpenter

Inventor
25 "A man is not a bird to come and go with the springtime." Which character makes this statement?
Linda

Biff

Charley

Happy