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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
Willy is worried because
He had a car accident
He lost his job
He can't drive safely anymore
The two large sample cases may symbolize
Willy's wish to travel
His job as a salesman
His life
"An air of the dream clings to the place, a dream rising out of reality"
What is the meaning of this sentence?
The Loman Family have dreams like any other families
The Loman family believe in the American Dream and they will achieve it
The Loman Family believe in the American dream but it seems inaccessible
"This forward area serves as the back yard as well as the locale of all Willy's imaginings and of his city scenes"
Which drama rule will then be respected?
The unity of action
The unity of time
The unity of place
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