Monday, March 9, 2020

Multiple-choice questions for today's reading


Name: ________________________________________________Start at the top of page 99
32.    Why can't Willy work for Charley?
a.   Charley stands for the things Willy does not believe in; if Willy would work for Charley, he would admit that his whole life had been wrong.
b.  Charley's business is not doing well. He doesn't have enough money to hire anyone else.
c.   Charley doesn't think Willy will do a good job, but he doesn't want to spoil their    friendship by saying so.
d.  Willy's mind has been affected and he is really not capable of working a full-time job.
33.    Biff says, ". . . I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been." What does he mean?
a.   He finally learns that he was adopted, and he is angry that his parents never told him.
b.  He realized that he was raised on a false philosophy, and that most of the things that    happened were glossed over and made far better than they were. Bill realized that he was a Clerk and a thief.
c.   He realized that he has wasted his life because he never admitted that he was afraid to be successful.
d.  He realized that he really did love his father, and it was time to admit it.
34.    What was the result of Biff's meeting with Bill Oliver?
a.   He got part of the money, with a promise of more if he made good.
b.  He got brushed aside. He would never get the money, and he would have no more    meetings with Bill Oliver.
c.   He got all of the money and Bill's full support.
d.  Oliver gave him a year to prove his could be responsible; then he would get the money.
35.    What does Happy want Biff to tell Willy?
a.   He wants Biff to paint a glossy picture of the meeting with Oliver instead of telling the    truth.
b.  He wants Biff to tell Willy he will stay home and get a job.
c.   He wants Biff to tell Willy the truth about what happened with Bill Oliver so many years ago.
d.  He wants Biff to make Willy realize his (Willy's) days as a salesman are over.

36.    Willy says, ". . . the woods are burning, boys. Can't you understand? There's a big blaze going      on all around."  What does that mean?
a.   Willy is having a flashback to a time in his youth when he set the woods in back of his    house on fire.
b.  Times are changing. He thinks he is on the brink of a wave of good fortune.
c.   Willy's world is falling apart. He had lost his job and has no resources. He is getting    trapped by the years of lies he has lived.
d.  Willy thinks he is dying, and he is contemplating the afterlife. He is afraid he will be    punished for his life.
37.    What does Willy do while Biff is trying to explain the facts of his meeting with Bill Oliver?
a.   He shouts curses to drown out Biff's voice.
b.  He daydreams of the time Biff flunked math.
c.   He washes and waxes the car.
d.  He takes notes so he can refer to them later.
38.    What did Biff take from Bill Oliver?
a.   He took a silver picture frame.
b.  He took a fountain pen.
c.   He took a twenty-dollar bill.
d.  He took the keys to the office.
39.    Identify Miss Forsythe and Letta.
a.   They are women who come into the restaurant. Happy is more interested in getting a date with them than in the welfare of his own father.
b.  Miss Forsythe was Willy's high school English teacher, who had great faith in him.
    Letta was her daughter. She had a crush on Willy
c.   They are women who work in the office of the company Willy works for. Miss Forsythe ridicules him, but Letta feels sorry for him.
d.  They are friends and confidants of Linda's. They have offered to help her if anything ever happens to Willy.
40.    Where does Willy go?
a.   He goes to the river to look at the water.
b.  He goes to the parking lot for a cigarette.
c.   He goes to the restroom to compose himself.
d.  He goes home to cry and get drunk.
e.    
41.    What is Biff's opinion of his father now, when he tells it to Miss Forsythe?
a.   Biff says he is a "poor, wretched loser."
b.  Biff says he is a "fine, troubled prince."
c.   Biff says he is a "gentle daydreamer."
d.  Biff says he is a "nasty, selfish braggart."


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