Here are the important English Literature questions on Arthur Miller life and works especially Death of a Salesman and All My Sons. Arthur Miller is one of the most famous English playwrights and essayists.
Q1: When did Arthur Miller born?
Answer: He was born on October 17, 1915.
Q2: What was the nationality of Arthur Miller?
Answer: He was American.
Q3: What is the name of Arthur’s wife?
Answer: Her name is Marilyn Monroe.
Q4: What is the genre of Death of a Salesman?
Answer: The genre of Death of Salesman is a tragedy, family drama and social commentary.
Q5: What is the climax of Death of a Salesman?
Answer: The scene in Frank’s chop House and Biff’s final confrontation with Willy at home.
Q6: Who are the protagonists of Death of a Salesman?
Answer: Willy Loman and Biff Loman.
Q7: What are the symbols in Death of a Salesman?
Answer: Seeds, diamonds, Linda’s and The Woman’s stockings. the rubber hose
Q8: Who is Biff Loman?
Answer: He is thirty-four years elder son of Willy Loman.
Q9: What is the name of the woman Willy dreams about?
Answer: He sees a woman in his dream but we do not know her name.
Q10: What did Biff Loman steal from Oliver?
Answer: A Fountain Pen
Q11: Who fires Willy Loman from his job?
Answer: Howard
Q12: How old is Willy Loman?
Answer: He is 62 years old.
Q13: What is the profession of Willy Loman?
Answer: He is a salesman
Q14: What were the names of Willy Loman’s sons?
Answer: Biff Loman and Happy
Q15: What was the name of the restaurant where Willy’s sons were going to take him out to eat?
Answer: Frank’s Chop House
Q16: Willy brags about meeting a mayor to his sons at a town, what is the town’s name?
Answer: Providence
Q17: What is the profession of Bernard who Willy made fun of during the boys’ high school years?
Answer: Law
Q18: What sport did Biff play?
Answer: Football
Q19: What was the name of Willy’s brother?
Answer: Ben
Q20: To what state did Willy wish that he had gone with his brother?
Answer: Alaska
Q21: Arthur Miller won a Pulitzer Prize for Death of a Salesman in?
Answer: He won that prize in 1949.
Q22: Willy’s all hopes are focused on his one child but he could not fulfil it?
Answer: Willy had high hopes regarding Biff.
Q23: On several occasions in the play, Willy often talks to his dead relative, What is the name of that relative?
Answer: It was his brother named Ben.
Q24: How does the Salesman die in Death of a Salesman?
Answer: He commits suicide by crashing his car.
Q25: What is the name of Willy Loman’s wife?
Answer: Her name is Linda Loman.
Q26: When did Arthur Miller write Death of a Salesman?
Answer: He wrote it in 1949
Q27: When did he write the play All My Sons?
Answer: He wrote All My Sons in 1946.
Q28: A movie version of “All My sons” had one of the finest actors in the lead role, who is the actor?
Answer: Edward G. Robinson
Q29: Which work of Arthur Miller describes a relationship between brothers and their family memories?
Answer: The Price
Q30: What are the most recent works of Arthur Miller?
Answer: Broken Glass (1994), Mr Peter’s Connections (1998), Resurrection Blues (2002) and Finishing the Picture (2004)
Q31: What is the death date of Arthur Miller?
Answer: February 10, 2005
Q32: How many children did Arthur Miller have?
Answer: He had four children.
Q33: What lies at the heart of All My Sons?
Answer: American Dream is the central theme of All My Sons.
These were the questions about the life and works of Arthur Miller.
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