Death of a Salesman pg. 1 - 17
Authored by evelyn lara
English
10th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
‘…we see a solid vault of apartment houses around the small, fragile-seeming home.’
Introduces the idea of the house as family and dominated by the surrounding apartment blocks.
Introduces the theme of the fragility of dreams
Provides a juxtaposition to the rural spaces referred to in the opening line of the stage directions.
Tells us that the family is wealthy.
Tags
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
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
"A melody is heard, played upon a flute. It is small and fine, telling of grass and trees and the horizon."
What examples of stagecraft are present here?
Stagecraft: Melody = sound
Stagecraft: flute = sound
Stagecraft: horizon = sound
Stagecraft: stage directions
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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.8.7
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Willy come home instead of going to New England?
He got a call from his wife.
He kept running off the road.
He was afraid he would run out of money.
He'd been promised a place in the home office.
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CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What had become too much for Willy?
deciding what to do with his investments.
traveling and driving all week.
the politics of being in the New York home office.
supporting Happy and his wife.
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CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the setting of Death of a Salesman?
Brooklyn, NY, late 1940s
Newark, NJ, early 1940s
Yonkers, NY, early 1940s
Queens, NY, late 1940s
Tags
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Arthur Miller was usually inspired to write his plays by observing...
people in the park
issues in American society
art
nature
Tags
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Willy is best described as...
old and tired
old but energetic
young and lazy
old, tired, and potentially out of touch with reality.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
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