DOAS Opening

How does the play begin?

• With a dialogue

• With indications about the sound and lighting effects

• With the editor's comment

What is the musical instrument heard at the beginning?

• A guitar

• A harp

• A flute

"A melody is heard ....it is small and fine, telling of grass and trees and the horizon"

• This is a metaphor

• This is a synaesthesia

• This is a personification

What are the two colors used on stage?

• Blue and red

• Red and orange

• Blue and orange

"Before us is the salesman's house. We are aware of ...we see..." WE means

• the actors

• the readers, the audience

• both

The stage directions in the first excerpt

• are limited to the description of the stage and characters' attitudes, moves...

• give indications about the mood and the characters' emotions

• give more than factual descriptions

"As more light appears, we see a solid vault of apartment houses around the small, fragile-seeming home"

• The Loman House looks like the apartment houses

• The Loman house contrasts with the other houses

• The Loman House seems to dominate the other houses

• The apartment houses seem to theaten the Loman house

Two characters Willy and Linda are introduced

• As soon as the first lines of the play

• before the description of the inside of the house

• After the detailed description of the house

Willy is characterized as

• successful and resilient

• resilient and loving

• self-controlled and jovial

• unpredictable and fanciful

Linda is characterized as

• successful and cheerful

• resilient and loving

• weary and discouraged

• unpredictable and fanciful