Death of a Salesman Act 2

What product does Willy sell?

• sporting goods
• appliances
• vacuums
• Miller doesn't specify

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Why is Linda happy when speaking with Biff at the beginning of Act 2?

• Howard has promised Willy a promotion
• Howard has promised Willy a job in New York
• They are about to pay off their 25 year mortgage
• She thinks Willy removed the rubber pipe from the water heater

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is Howard doing when Willy first goes in to speak with him?

• Looking over Willy's sales numbers
• Playing with a wire recorder
• Speaking to a New England business owner on the phone
• Interviewing a new salesman

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What does Willy claim to have done for Howard?

• Changed his diapers when Howard was a baby
• Helped Howard become president of the company
• Named Howard as a newborn
• Helped Howard pass math class

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What did Ben offer to do for Willy a long time ago?

• Let Willy manage timberland in Alaska
• Let Willy operate a diamond mine in Alaska
• Get Willy a job selling flutes
• Pay for Biff's college education

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Why is Bernard traveling to Washington D.C.?

• To play tennis with a friend
• To start a new sporting goods business
• To argue a case in front of the Supreme Court
• To speak with the POTUS about some important issue

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why does Willy ask for more money from Charley?

• He recently had the engine repaired on the Studebaker
• His Hastings refrigerator just broke again
• He needs to make a payment on his life insurance policy
• He needs to put a new roof on the house

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Why does young Biff come to see Willy in Boston?

• He suspects Willy is cheating on Linda
• He wants to see how well known and respected his dad really is
• He needs money to go to summer school
• He wants Willy to convince his math teacher not to flunk him

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Willy trys to convince Biff that Miss Francis (Willy's mistress) is just a _____, but Biff doesn't buy it.

• Buyer
• Maid
• Cousin
• Saleswoman

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

We learn all the following from Linda while she chats with Willy in the morning EXCEPT

• The are behind in Willy's life insurance payments

• They have just one more mortgage payment before the house is theirs

• She tells Willy she took the rubber pipe from the furnace

• Willy needs an advance to pay off some outstanding bills

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.1