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English DepartmentAmerican Contemporary Literature

2015Ms. Marcela Mendoza Taylor

Death o a !alesman

Test"nstructions#

!orry$ the test is much shorter than the study guide. %ou must modify&hat you'no& to (t the )uestion " as'. *ead the )uestions +ery careully. Ans&er only as'&hat " as'. !ometimes you don,t need to use ull sentences.

-se your time &isely %ou should /e hal&ay through in one hour. Ans&er)uestions /riey and CT"-E to the ne3t )uestion. T4E$ go /ac' later an addmore.

Lea+e space ater each ans&er so you ha+e space to &rite later. Lea+e space inthe margins or me to ma'e notes.

TE# e+ery/ody 'no&s a/out the insurance$ a/out illy /eing an old !alesmanthat commits suicide$ that 6i7 doesn,t ha+e a regular city 8o/$ that happy is a&omanizer. D,T TELL ME T4E!E T4"9!. " am loo'ing or analysis$ or &hat Milleris saying through the characters.

%ou &ill (nd here three types o )uestions: short$ medium and long ans&er)uestions.

!hort ans&ers ;


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F.Bhy does 4o&ard (re illy

5.Bhy is 4appy &orried a/out the changes in his ather,s /eha+ior$ at the

/eginning o the play

G.Bho says @or a salesman$ there,s no roc' /ottom to the lie. 4e don,t put a /olt

to a nut$ he don,t tell you the la& or gi+e you medicine. 4e,s a man &ay out there in

the /lue riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And &hen they start not smiling /ac'H

that,s an earth)ua'e. And then you get yoursel a couple spots on your hat and your

(nished.

Medium Ans&ers. ;2B5 each=

;@Medium length are )uestions you need to de+elop an idea in a line or a +erysmall paragraph$ do not &rite a /oo'. %ou don,t e+en ha+e to &rite a ullBsentence.=

1. hat is the di7erence /et&een 6i7s perception o him ailing in Math and6ernard,s &arning ;5=

2. 4o& do &e see that Linda is not that easy to ool as &e might thing;5=

. hat is Miller saying /y @" am always in a race&ith the 8un'yard;5=F. hy does illy snatch the stoc'ing rom Linda &hen she,s (3ing them;5=5. hy do you thin' Linda,s and The oman,s +oices /lend each other;5=G. hat is the card game sym/olizes ;2=I. hat is the truth on Charlie,s saying @ 'eep playing you,ll sleep /etter ;2=J. hat is the truth on Charlie saying @ " don,t play that 'ind o game hat is it

saying o his character;5=K. hat 'ind o lie does illy cra+e ;5=10.hat is 6i7 actually @stealing &hen he steals;5=

Long Ans&ers;@Long means you need to D"!C-!! an idea or a series o ideas. There &ill /e an

e3ample or each /elo&. *emem/er to use speci(c e3amples rom the play tosupport your ideas=


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ould you agree that Death o a !alesman cannot ma'e up its mind &hether thetrou/le is in illy or society Do you e+en see this same pro/lem or contradiction "the play seems am/iguous$ does this mean the play&right has ailed his audience

" the play terminates in nothing more than more conusion and unresol+edcontradictions has the play&right succeeded 4o& hy;20=

"t there anything in the play that alerts us to the possi/ility o the e3istence o a seto uni+ersal moral principles that might pro+ide some 'ind o deense or reuge romthe onslaught o a solely productionBconsumption oriented social order;15=

6i7 Loman and the +alues he stands or can /e seen ad contrary to the +alues thatilly stands or. Do you agree or disagree &ith this assertion hy$ ho&$ &here

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