DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions based on the play entitled The Death of a
Salesman". Write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided before the item.
Why was Willy in a positive state of mind at the beginning of the play?
A He and his wife were going to move to the country.
B. He had been promoted at work
C. He had inherited a large amount of money.
D. He was going to tell his boss he no longer be a traveling salesman
7. What course of action does Willy take to solve his problems?
B. He seeks help from a therapist
C. He starts to look for a new job.
D. He takes a corresponding course in television repair,
8. Why is Happy Loman perhaps less self-assured than Bill?
A. Happy has never been as loved by their father as Bill
B. Happy as never had the gratifying social life that Biff has.
C. Happy has never risked failure.
D. Happy has never tasted the success that Biff has.
9. Which do you think is the reason why Willy's suicide cannot be justified?
A. It denied a debt - free children
B. It defies his intentions.
C. It lessens the burden and pain it causes Linda.
D. It is the way he can refuse life on its term
10. What does the themes of the play create?
A. a dreamlike atmosphere in which the audience watches a man's
identity
and mental stability slip away.
B. a mirror that affects and holds up to one'self.
C. a universality which makes it so enduring as to ordinary person
D. a mistake that irrevocably changed one's relationship with the peop
whom you loved most.​