DOAS Question Set 4 - Middle of Act 2
English 11 – Play Unit
Mr. Barazzuol
1 - What does Howard, who is in his thirties, keep calling Willy, who is sixty-three years old, and why is this ironic???
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2 - Why does Willy feel that Howard owes him something?
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3 - Do you think Willy ever actually made the average of one hundred and seventy dollars a week in 1928?
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4 - What does Howard suggest Willy do for financial support in the meantime?
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5 - Why do Biff and Bernard get in a fistfight after Biff got back from going to see Willy in Boston?
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6 - Why does Willy react the way he does to Bernard’s question about what happened in Boston?
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7 - Why did Biff “give up” after that crowning achievement at Ebbets Field? ______
8 - What is Bernard doing these days, though he does not boast about it? ______
9 - What wise advice does Charley give to Willy about how to succeed, and about J.P. Morgan?
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10 - What was Biff’s job when he had worked for Bill Oliver?
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11 - Why did Biff take the fountain pen?
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12 - What shocking news does Willy share with his two sons?
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13 - Why is it so important that Willy hear good news from his sons?
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14 - To what event does Willy flash back while in the restaurant, what does he remember about Biff’s past that was a domino leading to Biff’s present state?
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15 - When Biff reveals that he does not have another meeting with Oliver, as Happy previously claimed, how does Willy react?
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16 - After the girls join Biff, Happy and Willy, Willy gets up and goes to use the washroom. What does Biff say to Miss Forsythe about his father? How does he describe him?
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