What main narrative function do the appliances in the Loman household serve?

Represent their futile striving for middle-class affluence

What is the main reason why Willy kills himself at the play's conclusion?

To get his family the insurance money

What is ironic about the timing of Willy's suicide?

They just finished paying off their home

Why does Biff visit Willy in Boston?

Biff has failed his math course

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"Death of a Salesman" Review

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A review quiz of Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman"

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1
What happens when Biff goes to meet Bill Oliver?
They get into a fight
Biff gets drunk and forgets to go
Oliver doesn't remember him
Biff is too scared to go
2
How are Ben and Willy related?
Willy and Ben are brothers
Willy met Ben while traveling
Ben was briefly Willy's boss
Ben is Willy's old business partner
3
At the end of the play, what does Biff realize he must do to be happy?
Start his own business
Become incredibly rich
Become close with his father
Leave home and farm
4
How did Ben make his fortune?
Selling sporting goods
Diamonds
The stock market
Organized crime
5
Which object represents for Willy the best years of his life?
His refrigerator
A Studebaker
A Chevy
A wire recorder
6
What does Willy say he won't have Linda doing in his house?
Sewing stockings
Scrubbing the floor
Making sandwiches
Watching anime
7
What does Willy believe will happen at the beginning on Act Two?
Willy will get fired
Willy will get caught cheating
Biff will get his old job back
Happy will get a new job
8
Immediately after being abandoned by his sons, Willy goes off to
buy a train ticket to Alaska
plant a garden
track down the Woman
the art museum
9
Why didn't Biff have an address for several months while he was out west?
He didn't want Willy to find him
He was homeless
He was believed to be dead
He was in jail
10
What main narrative function do the appliances in the Loman household serve?
Serve as reminders of a simpler time
Demonstrate Willy's financial success
Show the gifts that Biff bought them
Represent their futile striving for middle-class affluence
11
What is the main reason why Willy kills himself at the play's conclusion?
To quiet the voices in his head
To get his family the insurance money
To spite Biff
To be with Ben
12
What is ironic about the timing of Willy's suicide?
They just finished paying off their home
Howard was about to offer him a job
Charley also committed suicide
Biff and Happy became rich soon afterwards
13
Which of these is part of Willy's notion of dying the "death of a salesman"?
Dying peacefully at home
Dying knowing you lived a virtuous, moral life
Dying on your own terms despite what others think
Dying while on the job
14
What job does Bernard have as an adult?
Fry cook
Lawyer
Doctor
Salesman
15
What do we learn is Willy's true talent?
Managing
Listening to others
Selling
Working with his hands
16
How does Willy commit suicide?
Inhales gas through a rubber hose
Jumps off a bridge
Takes sleeping pills
Crashes his car
17
Why does Biff visit Willy in Boston?
Biff just got fired
Biff suspects that Willy is having an affair
Biff just won a championship football game
Biff has failed his math course
18
Which of these does Willy value the most?
Possessing great intelligence
Knowing how to behave in polite society
Being loved by many
Owning an opulent home
19
What disturbing item does Linda find in the basement?
A rifle
Tofu
Poison
A rubber hose
20
What musical instrument plays whenever Willy has a flashback?
piano
sousaphone
flute
trumpet
21
Which vice is Biff frequently guilty of?
Drinking
Stealing
Lying
Cheating
22
How do the other salesmen view Willy?
A creepy old man
A fat buffoon
A respected success
A likable and funny guy

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