Mr. Sudol
5/17/10 (Day 133)
LESSON PLAN (SOPH): DEATH OF A SALESMAN ACT 2 REVIEW, TEST, AND CLEANUP DAY
OBJECTIVE: To assess students’ understandings of the major themes and concepts of DoaS Act 2.
PRAYER
COLLECTION/DISTRIBUTION OF HOMEWORK
DEATH OF SALESMAN ACT 2 TEST
Name:_________________________
Date: 5/17/10
DEATH OF A SALESMAN ACT 2 TEST
Part 1 – Multiple Choice: Select the choice that best answers the question.
1 Willy’s idea of buying some seeds to plant for his garden symbolizes:
a. His love of gardening
b. His means of making Linda happy
c. A physical representation of success
d. His death
2 In the past when Ben had invited Willy to work with him in Alaska, one thing that did NOT stop Willy was:
a. Linda
b. Biff’s football career
c. The woman he is having an affair with
d. His pride in his work
3 Willy isn’t successful in his current job because he thinks that a successful business relationship depends on:
a. Having power
b. Advertising ability
c. Friendship & personality
d. Bribery
4 When Biff was younger, the most likely point at which he “gave up on life” was just after:
a. The Ebbet’s Field game
b. He failed math
c. He visited Willy in Boston
d. He fought Bernard
5. Willy’s line “After all the…years, you end up worth more dead than alive” foreshadows:
a. His murder of Howard
b. His suicide
c. His retirement
d. His divorcing of Linda
6. After Willy has a nervous breakdown in the restaurant, Biff tells the girls that his father is:
a. A hateful man
b. Going to kill himself
c. A fine, troubled prince
d. Head of a major corporation
7. Happy’s lies to the girls about his and Biff’s jobs and his bringing flowers to Linda both indicate his:
a. Generosity
b. Depression
c. Need for attention/to be liked
d. Kindness
8. Knowing that he can never get along with Willy, Biff decides to:
a. Kill Willy
b. Ask Linda to make things right
c. Kill himself
d. Move out for good
9. Willy denies knowledge of the rubber hose Biff found by the gas heater because Willy didn’t:
a. Know about it b. Want to show weakness c. Think it was so important d. Care if Biff knew about it
10. Willy finally commits suicide by:
a. Crashing his car b. Getting hit by a train
c. Suffocating himself with poison gas
d. Drowning himself
Part 2 – Essay: On the back of this paper, write a detailed (approximately half-page) response to ONE of the
following questions. Be sure to give specific examples from the text to support your response.
1. Personal pride is very much a factor for Willy when dealing with others: explain how Willy’s pride affects his
dealings with Howard, Biff, and Ben and give one example for each.
2. During their final argument, Biff’s says to Willy, “You blew me so full of hot air that I could never stand taking
orders from anybody” and “Why am I becoming what I don’t want to be?” Explain the significance of Biff’s
realizations in allowing a). Biff to fulfill his own goals and b). Willy’s own goals for Biff to be satisfied.
3. Explain how Willy’s suicide is both his greatest failure and his greatest success, either personally or in terms of
his relationship with his family.