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Death of A Salesman Guide Questions

This document contains 30 questions about key details, characters, and events in Act 1 of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. It asks about the characters of Willy and Linda Loman, their sons Biff and Happy, Willy's contradictory statements and problems with Biff, Willy's past successes and current struggles, and his interactions with other characters like Charley and Bernard. The questions are meant to guide discussion and analysis of the themes, characters, and plot established in the first act of the play.

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Death of A Salesman Guide Questions

This document contains 30 questions about key details, characters, and events in Act 1 of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. It asks about the characters of Willy and Linda Loman, their sons Biff and Happy, Willy's contradictory statements and problems with Biff, Willy's past successes and current struggles, and his interactions with other characters like Charley and Bernard. The questions are meant to guide discussion and analysis of the themes, characters, and plot established in the first act of the play.

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February 7, 2018 (Dyad Work) Questions for Act

One Play-Death of a Salesman


1. Who is Willy Loman?
2. Who is Linda?
3. What happened to Willy after he got a little above
Yonkers?
4. What is Linda's reaction to Willy's complaints
about himself?
5. What reason does Willy give that he can't work in
New York?
6. Who are Biff and Happy?
7. In the first scene with Linda, Willy contradicts
himself twice. About what did he contradict himself?
8. What seems to be the problem between Biff and
Willy?
9. Why doesn't Happy go west with Biff?
10. What does Biff want from Bill Oliver?
11. Why did Biff stop working for Bill Oliver?
12. Happy says, "I don't know what to do about him
[Willy], it's getting embarrassing." To what is he
referring to and what does the fact that Happy
thinks this way tell you about his character?
13. Why does Willy talk so much about the car?
14. Where did Biff get the football? What does Willy
have to say about that?
15. What does Willy admit to Linda about his
business?
16. Who is The Woman?
17. What does Willy mean, "I'll make it up to you,
Linda, I'll --"? What does Linda think he means?
18. What does Willy want young Bernard to do for
Biff?
19. What does Willy tell Happy about Ben when
Happy asks how Ben "did it"?
20. Who is Ben?
21. Who is Charley?
22. Charley says, "To hell with it. When a deposit
bottle is broken, you don't get your nickel back."
What does he mean?
23. Charley and Willy are playing cards. Why does
Charley leave?
24. What did Willy's father do for a living? How is
that different from what Willy does?
25. Why does Charley tell Willy "the jails are full of
fearless characters"?
26. Linda says, "Attention, attention must be paid to
such a person." Explain why she says this.
27. Linda tells the boys that Willy won't be all right.
When the boys ask why he won't, what is her reply?
28. What advice does Willy give Biff on the evening
before he goes to see Bill Oliver? How does Willy
contradict himself again?
29. How much time passes in the first act? How
much time are we given information about?
30. Who among the charaters in the play always has
an internal monologue?
February 8, 2018 Speak and Act (Group Work)
Note: Follow the 3 groups in class
Here are lines taken from Act 1 of the play “Death of
A Salesman”. Internalize the lines by feeling for the
characters. Practice with your group mates and be
ready to share with the class. You and your
classmates will have to take turns presenting.
Dialogue 1
Linda (trying to bring him out of the topic): Willy,
dear, I got a new kind of American-type cheese
today. It’s whipped.
Willy: Why do you get American when I like Swiss?
Linda: I just thought you’d like a change ----
Willy : I don’t want change! I want Swiss cheese.
Why am I always being contradicted?
Linda (covering her mouth to suppress her laugh): I
thought it would be a surprise.
Willy: Why don’t you open a window in here, for
God’s sake?
Linda (with infinite patience) : They’re all open dear.

Dialogue 2
BERNARD: Biff, where are you? You’re supposed to
study with me today.
WILLY: Hey, looka Bernard. What’re you lookin’ so
anemic about, Bernard?
BERNARD: He’s gotta study Uncle Willy. He’s got
Regents next week.
HAPPY (tauntingly spinning Bernard around): Let’s
box Bernard! BERNARD:
Biff! (He gets away from Happy.) Listen, Biff, I heard
Mr. Birnbaum say that if you don’t start studying
math he’s gonna flunk you, and you won’t graduate.
I heard him!

Dialogue 3
WILLY: You better study with him, Biff. Go ahead
now.
BERNARD: I heard him!
BIFF: Oh, Pop, you didn’t see my sneakers! (he holds
up a foot for Willy to look at.)
WILLY: Hey, there’s a beautiful job of printing!
BERNARD (wiping his glasses): Just because he
printed University of Virginia on his sneakers doesn’t
mean they’ve got to graduate him, Uncle Willy!
WILLY: (angrily) What’re you talking about? With
scholarships to three universities they’re gonna flunk
him? BERNARD: But I heard Mr. Birnbaum say -----
WILLY: Don’t be a pest, Bernard! (To his boys.) What
an anemic!
BERNARD: Okay, I’m waiting for you in my house,
Biff.

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