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Willy Loman is a 25 year old door to door salesman False Linda his wife loves him and admires his drive to make g is dreams come true True Willy feels that he is in top of things and in control in the first scene False The boys are happy and successful in their jobs making m...

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In what city does Willy live? - answer New York


What surrounds Willy's house? - answer new apartment buildings


From where has Willy returned early? Why? - answer New England; he had a car accident


Does Willy have confidence in his ability to o his job? - answer Yes


Who has come home to visit Willy and Linda? - answer Biff


Whom does Willy criticize and why? - answer Biff is 34 and is not successful yet


Why does Willy stop criticizing? - answer He remembers the potential Biff showed in high school


How old are Biff and Happy during their conversation in the bedroom? does it happen in the
past or present? - answer Biff is 34 and Happy is 23


What was Biff's latest job? - answer He worked as a ranch hand in Texas


What kind of job or career can he not bear? - answer He can not handle the slow advancement
involved with jobs such as a salesman and a shipping clerk


Why doesn't Happy accept Biff's invitation to go west to start a farm? - answer He wants "to
show some of those pompous executives of there that he can make the grade"

, What pan does Biff tell Hap about as the brothers fall back to sleep? - answer He tells him about
the loan he is going to ask from Bill Oliver


Why is Biff nervous about the plan to get money from his former boss? - answer He stole a
basket of basketballs


How are Hap and Biff different from Bernard? - answer They are athletic while Bernard is
studious. Willy thinks he is anemic


According to Willy, what makes someone successful? - answer Being well liked


What memory or daydream does Willy have immediately after he tells Linda, "You're the best
there is"? - answer He has a flashback to his affair


What gift does Willy not give to Linda, even though he gives it to someone else? - answer he
gives stockings to his mistress in Boston


Why does willy scream at Linda and Bernard to "shut up"? - answer He is overwhelmed when
he remembers who he betrayed his family and cheated on his wife


Do Willy and Charley play cards in the present or in the past of a flashback? - answer present


Who is Ben? Why does Willy admire him? - answer Ben is Willy's dead older brother. Willy
admires him because he has the success Willy never achieved


Why is the watchman chasing Biff? - answer Biff and Hap stole steal from the construction site
at their father's request


What does Charley offer Willy as they play cards? Does Willy accept? - answer He offers him a
job. He feels insulted and does not accept

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