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Arthur Miller is best known for his plays, including 'Death of a Salesman' (which won a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize) and 'The Crucible' (written as a protest about the activities of HUAC, and precipitating his own appearance before the committee).
11 Arthur Miller quizzes and 110 Arthur Miller trivia questions.
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  10 Death of a Salesman Questions   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
'Death of a Salesman' helped cement Arthur Miller's reputation as one of the pre-eminent American playwrights of the twentieth century. See what you know about the sad, short story of Willy Loman.
Average, 10 Qns, CellarDoor, Feb 13 22
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CellarDoor gold member
Feb 13 22
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  The Crucible    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Crucible" by Arthur Miller is a wonderful play but portrays a hard time in the history of the early colonies.
Average, 10 Qns, ilovedr, Oct 22 16
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ilovedr
2880 plays
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  "A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my third quiz. "A View from the Bridge" was a famous two-act play written by Arthur Miller in 1955. It was then changed into a one-act play. This play has been performed on stage many times in many countries. Have fun and good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, sal16, Nov 02 12
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298 plays
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  The Crucible Test    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible". Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, kayla_marie_92, Jul 06 17
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kayla_marie_92
1330 plays
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  The Crucible Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you complete these significant quotes from Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"? I'll give you who said them, you fill in the blank.
Tough, 10 Qns, NatalieJ_214, Feb 14 04
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1806 plays
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  "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about some of the finer points of "The Crucible" that you may have missed.
Average, 10 Qns, chris_, Feb 13 22
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chris_
Feb 13 22
1633 plays
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  Death of a Salesman Test Your Knowledge    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quick, easy quiz on "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, Jacifan, Jul 10 06
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Jacifan
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  A View from The Bridge Quiz Challenge    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A brilliant play by Arthur Miller, possibly my favourite play. Includes spoilers, so definitely check it out and then test yourself with this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, kelby_lake, May 29 08
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kelby_lake
245 plays
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  10 Questions: A View from the Bridge Multiple Choice Quiz    
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'A View from the Bridge', written by American playwright Arthur Miller, focuses on the destruction of a common man in a capitalist Italian-American society. How much do you know about this modern-day tragedy?
Average, 10 Qns, OhJennie, Oct 20 12
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OhJennie
175 plays
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  Arthur Miller    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Still going strong.
Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 31 03
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785 plays
trivia question Quick Question
What did Biff steal from Oliver?

From Quiz "Death of a Salesman"




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  'Death of a Salesman' By Arthur Miller    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The content deals with the details of the famous play.
Average, 10 Qns, jaredrrt, Jan 26 17
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Arthur Miller Trivia Questions
1. The play focuses on the demise of a common working-class man, Eddie Carbone. Where does the tragedy take place?

From Quiz A View from the Bridge

Answer: Red Hook

Eddie lives with his wife, Beatrice, and his niece, Catherine in Red Hook - an Italian-American slum in Brooklyn.

2. What is the bridge of the title?

From Quiz A View from The Bridge

Answer: Brooklyn Bridge

The play is set in a slum in New York, which 'faces the bay on the seaward side of Brooklyn'.

3. In which state is "A View From the Bridge" set?

From Quiz "A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller

Answer: New York

The whole play is set in Brooklyn, New York City. This is the city where all the main events happen that eventually lead to the climax.

4. When the play opens, whose room are we in?

From Quiz The Crucible

Answer: Betty's

We are in Betty's room. She is lying on her bed inert.

5. From which town did Reverend Hale come to Salem?

From Quiz "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller

Answer: Beverly

Hale found a witch in Beverly, who was hanged. For this, his skills as a witch-finder spread throughout the province. He was summoned by Reverend Parris.

6. Ann Putnam blames Rebecca Nurse for Ruth and Betty's illness but who else is seen as possibly being responsible for their illness?

From Quiz The Crucible

Answer: Abigail

Abigail is Reverend Parris' niece. She, along with several other girls, were caught but she had blood upon her face and it was believed she conjured spirits.

7. Abigail: "Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them. I confessed it--and I'll be whipped if I must be. But they're speakin' of witchcraft. Betty's not ________."

From Quiz The Crucible Quotes

Answer: witched

Betty, Abigal's cousin, has fallen into a delirious state after the girls danced in the woods. The town begins to fear that she has been put into such state by a witch.

8. What does Biff want to do?

From Quiz Death of a Salesman

Answer: go back to the country

He hates his father being disappointed in him.

9. Willy Loman, travelling salesman, has a wife and two children. His hopes, his dreams, and his life revolve around them. What are their names?

From Quiz Death of a Salesman

Answer: Linda, Biff and Happy

Though Linda remains devoted to Willy, his sons have become very distant from him and from his dreams for them. Biff, his golden boy, now lives on a ranch in Colorado. Happy, the younger son who could never get his father's attention, is now a businessman like his father - but his wild private life of wine, women and song drives his parents to distraction.

10. Willy Loman was the main character of the play. What was his profession?

From Quiz 'Death of a Salesman' By Arthur Miller

Answer: Salesman

He was on the downslope of his career. Near the end almost.

11. 'After the Fall' is said to be about:

From Quiz Arthur Miller

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

A look (apparently) at ex-wife Marilyn.

12. Eddie agrees to shelter Beatrice's cousins, who enter the country as illegal immigrants. What are their names?

From Quiz A View from the Bridge

Answer: Marco and Rodolfo

They are both immigrants from Sicily, trying to find work in America. Marco has a wife and three children, whom he left in Sicily, and he sends all he earns back to his wife to support them.

13. What is the slum where the characters live called?

From Quiz A View from The Bridge

Answer: Red Hook

Yes, it's in a borough in New York- 'The gullet of New York swallowing the tonnage of the world'.

14. Where are Marco and Rodolpho from?

From Quiz "A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller

Answer: Italy

Marco and Rodolpho both come from Sicily, Italy. They arrive illegally in America to work for their family. They seek refuge at Eddie Carbone's house. Marco has solely come to America for the purpose of providing for his family whereas Rodolpho has come to be an American citizen.

15. What did Abigail drink a potion to?

From Quiz The Crucible

Answer: To killing Elizabeth Proctor.

She does this so that she will have John Proctor to herself. We find out later that she has had an affair with him.

16. What is the name of the Parris' slave hand?

From Quiz The Crucible

Answer: Tituba

Tituba is from Barbados and she teaches the girls of Salem her songs and traditions.

17. Abigail: "I never knew what __________ Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!"

From Quiz The Crucible Quotes

Answer: pretense

Abigail pleads for John Proctor to show her kindness once more. When he says he will not reach for her again, she accuses him of taking her virginity and showing her the pretense of Salem.

18. What is Willy constantly dreaming about?

From Quiz Death of a Salesman

Answer: the past

He has flashbacks into his past.

19. Willy's hopes are focused on one of his children in particular. Which one did he always want to follow in his footsteps?

From Quiz Death of a Salesman

Answer: Biff

Poor Happy tried in vain to win his father's attention and {praise;} his high-school refrain is 'I'm losing weight pop, you notice?' Willy's dreams, however, have always been focused on Biff.

20. What were the names of Willy's two sons?

From Quiz 'Death of a Salesman' By Arthur Miller

Answer: Biff and Happy

21. At the beginning of the play, Catherine tells Eddie that she has been offered a job working at a plumbing company in Nostrand Avenue. What is the job?

From Quiz A View from the Bridge

Answer: Stenographer

Eddie reacts badly to this, and doesn't want to let Catherine take the job as he is very protective of her.

22. What does Alfieri say is very important in the slum?

From Quiz A View from The Bridge

Answer: Justice

Alfieri's idea of justice is law, however Rodolpho argues that 'All the law is not in a book'. At the end of the play, Alfieri is forced to reconsider what is just and what isn't and the play raises a lot of questions about law and justice.

23. What is Alfieri's job?

From Quiz "A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller

Answer: Lawyer

Alfieri is a lawyer who counsels Eddie throughout the play. He is a commentator, a narrator and a character in the play. He is the second protagonist because he also works alongside Eddie to lead to the final events of the play. He watches all of the action from Brooklyn Bridge as indicated in the title.

24. How many children does John Proctor have?

From Quiz The Crucible

Answer: 3

He has three boys. We also find that he has baptised only two of them.

25. Abigail had an affair with which married man?

From Quiz The Crucible

Answer: John Proctor

When John comes to see how Betty is doing, Abigail professes her love for John and says she awaits to be with him, but he denies that he ever meant to be with her.

26. Betty: "I saw Martha Bellows ___________! I saw Alice Barrow ___________!"

From Quiz The Crucible Quotes

Answer: with the devil

Started by Tituba, many Salem girls begin accusing members in their community of witchcraft. Their famous cries are perhaps the most memorable lines in "The Crucible."

27. What was the name of Willy's rich brother?

From Quiz Death of a Salesman

Answer: Ben

Ben made a fortune in Africa, and Willy now regrets that he didn't go with his brother.

28. What is unusual about the way in which Willy relates to reality?

From Quiz Death of a Salesman

Answer: He loses himself in flashbacks of the past.

He also holds on to several illusions, giving him a vastly inflated sense of his own accomplishments. The lies he tells himself and his family -- lies which he honestly comes to believe in as truth -- are a major player in his family's disintegration.

29. What was the name of the restaurant where Biff and Happy were going to take Willy out to eat?

From Quiz 'Death of a Salesman' By Arthur Miller

Answer: Frank's Chop House

Johnny's smoke stack is a great BBQ place where I used to live.

30. Which work describes a relationship between brothers and their family memories?

From Quiz Arthur Miller

Answer: The Price

All are Miller's.

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