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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

English 9 (Q2-Weeks 4-8)
Analyze literature as a means of understanding values in the
VUCA (volatile, complex, ambiguous) world.

I. Introduction
This lesson will focus on universal human values that remain the same
throughout the years. This will guide you in your journey through life and will
help you realize that no matter how different you might become in the future,
your value system should remain intact. Furthermore, this lesson
will help you understand that life is made more meaningful through
literary pieces, reading selections, viewing materials that are filled with
worthwhile values.

II. Learning Competency

Analyze literature as a means of understanding unchanging values in
the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world. EN9G-IIe-20

III. Objectives:
After going through these Learning Activity Sheets, you are expected to:
1. describe the strengths and weaknesses of the characters,
2. write the literary elements in the story,
3. write the plot development of the story, and
4. show understanding on the unchanging values in the VUCA (volatile,
uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world by interpreting and explaining
the meaning and moral of the play.
IV. Discussions
We live in an unpredictable, uncertain, complex and confusing world. In
this ever changing world, there are unchanging values. This lesson will help
you learn and understand these unchanging values.

CAUSE AND EFFECT

1. Cause – the driving force in the text. It is the reason that things happen.
In essence, cause is the thing that makes other things happen.
Example: We received seven inches of rain in four hours.

2. Effect – refers to what results. It is what happened next in the text that
results from a preceding cause. To put it concisely, cause is the- why
something happened and effect is the what happened
Example: The underpass was flooded.

ELEMENTS OF PROSE

1. Character – refers to a person, creature, or entity with specific and

distinguishing attributes portrayed by the actor in the play
A. Characterization – the process of creating a believable character by
exploring character’s physical, social, and psychological aspects of
the role. The author may reveal a character in five ways:

a. What the character shows (physical appearance)

b. What the character says (how they speak and what they say
to others)
c. What the character thinks (feelings, hopes, dreams etc.)
d. What the character does or does not do
e. What others say about the character and how others react to
him/her including the narrator

B. Types of Characters
a. According to Principality
● Protagonist – the central or main figure of a story
● Antagonist – a person or a situation the opposes the
protagonist’s goals or desires

b. According to Personality
● Round – a character who develops
● Flat - a character who remains the same
● Foil – a character who is meant to represent
characteristics, values, idea etc.

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 c. According to Development
● Dynamic – always active or changing
● Static – showing little or no change, action or progress

2. Setting – the place and time where the events of the drama take place;
in a play the backdrop for the action
Details that describe:

✔ Furniture ✔ Dialects
✔ Scenery ✔ Weather
✔ Customs ✔ Time of day
✔ Transportation ✔ Time of year
✔ Clothing

3. Plot – the ordered structure of a play as the action progresses through

the story; the series of events that comprise the whole story that is
told in a novel, play, movie, or TV show

Parts of the Plot

A. Exposition - detailed information revealing the facts of a plot
B. Rising Action – the part of a plot consisting of complications and
discoveries that create conflict
C. Climax – the point of greatest dramatic tension in a theatrical
work; the highest or most intense point in the development or
resolution
D. Falling Action – the tension eases; events show the results of how
the main character begins to resolve the conflict
E. Resolution – the part of the story’s plot line in which the problem of
the story is resolved

4. Conflict – opposition of persons or forces giving rise to dramatic

action; the element that occurs in every drama; it does not have to be
quarrels and argument; more often it is much more calm situations; it
could be the inability help, double loyalty or a dying man enjoying life

Types of Conflict
A. Internal
a. Man vs. Self - characters can struggle with themselves regarding
morals, psychology, motivation, reactions, maturity, or any
aspect of their personality.

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 B. External
a. Man vs. Man - the wants or needs of two characters are in
opposition that can be physical fights, arguments, differences of
opinions, jealousy, car accidents, divorce, parenting, etc.
b. Man vs. Society -the character has strong belief against majority
of the community or surroundings and decides to act on it.
c. Man vs. Nature/Environment - the character struggles against
anything outside of the protagonist that includes nature,
technology, society, machines, animals, weather, destiny, etc.
d. Man vs. Fate – the character is struggling against an inevitable
destiny that consists of freedom and free will often seems
impossible.
e. Man vs. Supernatural – the character finds himself or herself
fought against a powerful supernatural force.

5. Point of View - it is the manner or perspective of telling the story. It

serves as the story projector. It is sometimes called “angle” or “focus”
of narration.
a. First Person Point of View – a character from the story is telling the
story that uses the pronouns “I” and “me” and the narrator does
not participate in the action of the story but acts as an observer or
commentator, never giving the reader access to character’s
thoughts.
b. Third Person Point of View - an outside narrator is telling the story
that uses the pronouns “he”, “she”, “they”
● Third Person Limited Point of View – the narrator knows the
thoughts and feelings of only ONE character in a story
● Third Person Omniscient Point of View – the all-knowing and
all-seeing narrator who lets the readers look inside the
brains of more than one character, knows the thoughts and
feelings of ALL the characters in a story and simply records
events that we never get to look inside the character’s brains
or hearts

6. Theme – the basic idea of a play; the idea, point of view, or perception
that binds together a work of art.

AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND
ARTHUR MILLER
Mr. Miller was born in Harlem (New York) on October 17, 1915. He
attended public schools, but quit before graduation. He held odd jobs such as
farmhand, laborer, etc. Later, he got into The University of Michigan where he

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wrote and attended classes. In 1938 he graduated from The University of
Michigan.
In 1949 Mr. Miller won the Pulitzer Prize for Death of a Salesman. In
1953 The Crucible was produced on Broadway. Other notable works by
Arthur Miller include All My Sons, After the Fall, A View from The Bridge, The
Price, Incident at Vichy, and The Misfits (a movie starring Marilyn Monroe, to
whom he was once married.)
--- Courtesy of Compton's Learning Company

DEATH OF A SALESMAN SUMMARY

As a flute melody plays, Willy Loman returns to his home in Brooklyn
one night, exhausted from a failed sales trip. His wife, Linda, tries to persuade
him to ask his boss, Howard Wagner, to let him work in New York so that he
won’t have to travel. Willy says that he will talk to Howard the next day. Willy
complains that Biff, his older son who has come back home to visit, has yet
to make something of himself. Linda scolds Willy for being so critical, and
Willy goes to the kitchen for a snack.

As Willy talks to himself in the kitchen, Biff and his younger brother,
Happy, who is also visiting, reminisce about their adolescence and discuss
their father’s babbling, which often includes criticism of Biff’s failure to live
up to Willy’s expectations. As Biff and Happy, dissatisfied with their lives,
fantasize about buying a ranch out West, Willy becomes immersed in a
daydream. He praises his sons, now younger, who are washing his car. The
young Biff, a high school football star, and the young Happy appear. They
interact affectionately with their father, who has just returned from a
business trip. Willy confides in Biff and Happy that he is going to open his
own business one day, bigger than that owned by his neighbor, Charley.
Charley’s son, Bernard, enters looking for Biff, who must study for math class
in order to avoid failing. Willy points out to his sons that although Bernard is
smart, he is not “well liked,” which will hurt him in the long run.

A younger Linda enters, and the boys leave to do some chores. Willy
boasts of a phenomenally successful sales trip, but Linda coaxes him into
revealing that his trip was actually only meagerly successful. Willy complains
that he soon won’t be able to make all of the payments on their appliances
and car. He complains that people don’t like him and that he’s not good at his
job. As Linda consoles him, he hears the laughter of his mistress. He
approaches The Woman, who is still laughing, and engages in another
reminiscent daydream. Willy and The Woman flirt, and she thanks him for
giving her stockings.

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 The Woman disappears, and Willy fades back into his prior daydream,
in the kitchen. Linda, now mending stockings, reassures him. He scolds her
mending and orders her to throw the stockings out. Bernard bursts in, again
looking for Biff. Linda reminds Willy that Biff has to return a football that he
stole, and she adds that Biff is too rough with the neighborhood girls. Willy
hears The Woman laugh and explodes at Bernard and Linda. Both leave, and
though the daydream ends, Willy continues to mutter to himself. The older
Happy comes downstairs and tries to quiet Willy. Agitated, Willy shouts his
regret about not going to Alaska with his brother, Ben, who eventually found
a diamond mine in Africa and became rich. Charley, having heard the
commotion, enters. Happy goes off to bed, and Willy and Charley begin to play
cards. Charley offers Willy a job, but Willy, insulted, refuses it. As they argue,
Willy imagines that Ben enters. Willy accidentally calls Charley Ben. Ben
inspects Willy’s house and tells him that he has to catch a train soon to look
at properties in Alaska. As Willy talks to Ben about the prospect of going to
Alaska, Charley, seeing no one there, gets confused and questions Willy. Willy
yells at Charley, who leaves. The younger Linda enters and Ben meets her.
Willy asks Ben impatiently about his life. Ben recounts his travels and talks
about their father. As Ben is about to leave, Willy daydreams further, and
Charley and Bernard rush in to tell him that Biff and Happy are stealing
lumber. Although Ben eventually leaves, Willy continues to talk to him.

Back in the present, the older Linda enters to find Willy outside. Biff
and Happy come downstairs and discuss Willy’s condition with their mother.
Linda scolds Biff for judging Willy harshly. Biff tells her that he knows Willy
is a fake, but he refuses to elaborate. Linda mentions that Willy has tried to
commit suicide. Happy grows angry and rebukes Biff for his failure in the
business world. Willy enters and yells at Biff. Happy intervenes and eventually
proposes that he and Biff go into the sporting goods business together. Willy
immediately brightens and gives Biff a host of tips about asking for a loan
from one of Biff’s old employers, Bill Oliver. After more arguing and
reconciliation, everyone finally goes to bed.

Act II opens with Willy enjoying the breakfast that Linda has made for
him. Willy ponders the bright-seeming future before getting angry again about
his expensive appliances. Linda informs Willy that Biff and Happy are taking
him out to dinner that night. Excited, Willy announces that he is going to
make Howard Wagner give him a New York job. The phone rings, and Linda
chats with Biff, reminding him to be nice to his father at the restaurant that
night.

As the lights fade on Linda, they come up on Howard playing with a

wire recorder in his office. Willy tries to broach the subject of working in New
York, but Howard interrupts him and makes him listen to his kids and wife

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on the wire recorder. When Willy finally gets a word in, Howard rejects his
plea. Willy launches into a lengthy recalling of how a legendary salesman
named Dave Singleman inspired him to go into sales. Howard leaves and Willy
gets angry. Howard soon re-enters and tells Willy to take some time off.
Howard leaves and Ben enters, inviting Willy to join him in Alaska. The
younger Linda enters and reminds Willy of his sons and job. The young Biff
enters, and Willy praises Biff’s prospects and the fact that he is well liked.
Ben leaves and Bernard rushes in, eagerly awaiting Biff’s big football
game. Willy speaks optimistically to Biff about the game. Charley enters and
teases Willy about the game. As Willy chases Charley off, the lights rise on a
different part of the stage. Willy continues yelling from offstage, and Jenny,
Charley’s secretary, asks a grown-up Bernard to quiet him down. Willy enters
and prattles on about a “very big deal” that Biff is working on. Daunted by
Bernard’s success (he mentions to Willy that he is going to Washington to
fight a case), Willy asks Bernard why Biff turned out to be such a failure.
Bernard asks Willy what happened in Boston that made Biff decide not to go
to summer school. Willy defensively tells Bernard not to blame him.

Charley enters and sees Bernard off. When Willy asks for more money
than Charley usually loans him, Charley again offers Willy a job. Willy again
refuses and eventually tells Charley that he was fired. Charley scolds Willy for
always needing to be liked and angrily gives him the money. Calling Charley
his only friend, Willy exits on the verge of tears.

At Frank’s Chop House, Happy helps Stanley, a waiter, prepare a table.

They ogle and chat up a girl, Miss Forsythe, who enters the restaurant. Biff
enters, and Happy introduces him to Miss Forsythe, continuing to flirt with
her. Miss Forsythe, a call girl, leaves to telephone another call girl (at Happy’s
request), and Biff spills out that he waited six hours for Bill Oliver and Oliver
didn’t even recognize him. Upset at his father’s unrelenting misconception
that he, Biff, was a salesman for Oliver, Biff plans to relieve Willy of his
illusions. Willy enters, and Biff tries gently, at first, to tell him what happened
at Oliver’s office. Willy blurts out that he was fired. Stunned, Biff again tries
to let Willy down easily. Happy cuts in with remarks suggesting Biff’s success,
and Willy eagerly awaits the good news.

Biff finally explodes at Willy for being unwilling to listen. The young
Bernard runs in shouting for Linda, and Biff, Happy, and Willy start to argue.
As Biff explains what happened, their conversation recedes into the
background. The young Bernard tells Linda that Biff failed math. The
restaurant conversation comes back into focus and Willy criticizes Biff for
failing math. Willy then hears the voice of the hotel operator in Boston and
shouts that he is not in his room. Biff scrambles to quiet Willy and claims
that Oliver is talking to his partner about giving Biff the money. Willy’s

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renewed interest and probing questions irk Biff more, and he screams at Willy.
Willy hears The Woman laugh and he shouts back at Biff, hitting him and
staggering. Miss Forsythe enters with another call girl, Letta. Biff helps Willy
to the washroom and, finding Happy flirting with the girls, argues with him
about Willy. Biff storms out, and Happy follows with the girls.

Willy and The Woman enter, dressing themselves and flirting. The door
knocks and Willy hurries The Woman into the bathroom. Willy answers the
door; the young Biff enters and tells Willy that he failed math. Willy tries to
usher him out of the room, but Biff imitates his math teacher’s lisp, which
elicits laughter from Willy and The Woman. Willy tries to cover up his
indiscretion, but Biff refuses to believe his stories and storms out, dejected,
calling Willy a “phony little fake.” Back in the restaurant, Stanley helps Willy
up. Willy asks him where he can find a seed store. Stanley gives him directions
to one, and Willy hurries off.

The light comes up on the Loman kitchen, where Happy enters looking
for Willy. He moves into the living room and sees Linda. Biff comes inside and
Linda scolds the boys and slaps away the flowers in Happy’s hand. She yells
at them for abandoning Willy. Happy attempts to appease her, but Biff goes
in search of Willy. He finds Willy planting seeds in the garden with a flashlight.
Willy is consulting Ben about a $20,000 proposition. Biff approaches him to
say goodbye and tries to bring him inside. Willy moves into the house, followed
by Biff, and becomes angry again about Biff’s failure. Happy tries to calm Biff,
but Biff and Willy erupt in fury at each other. Biff starts to sob, which touches
Willy. Everyone goes to bed except Willy, who renews his conversation with
Ben, elated at how great Biff will be with $20,000 of insurance money. Linda
soon calls out for Willy but gets no response. Biff and Happy listen as well.
They hear Willy’s car speed away.

In the requiem, Linda and Happy stand in shock after Willy’s poorly
attended funeral. Biff states that Willy had the wrong dreams. Charley
defends Willy as a victim of his profession. Ready to leave, Biff invites Happy
to go back out West with him. Happy declares that he will stick it out in New
York to validate Willy’s death. Linda asks Willy for forgiveness for being unable
to cry. She begins to sob, repeating “We’re free. . . .” All exit, and the flute
melody is heard as the curtain falls.

Guide Questions:
1.Who are the characters?
- Willy is a salesman who, after thirty-four years with the company, has
been taken off salary and is experiencing some personal and
financial difficulties.
- Linda is Willy’s wife.

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 - Biff and Happy are the Loman’s boys. Biff is the older of the two and is
very unsettled. Happy has largely been ignored as the two were
growing up and as his name suggests, happy-go-lucky without being
very responsible.
- Ben is Will’s brother who apparently became very successful at a young
age.
- Charley is a long-time friend of Willy (although Willy doesn’t really think
of Charley as a friend until near the end of the play).
- The Woman is someone Willy apparently had a not-very-meaningful
affair with while he was away on business at some time.
- Howard is the one who fired Willy.
- Bernard is Charley’s son and friend of the Loman’s boys.

2.What seems to be the problem between Biff and Willy?

3. What is the result of Willy’s conversation with Howard?
4.What happened in Boston?
5. How is Linda’s personality important to the story?
6. What was Willy’s problem?
7. How are the roles of Ben, Howard’s son, Bernard and Linda important
in Death of a Salesman?
8. Linda says, “We’re free and clear.” What Linda’s statement try to imply?

V. Activities
Activity 1:
A. Directions: The words are placed backwards, forward, diagonally,
up and downward. List down the words that are associated with Death
of a Salesman in the numbered boxes provided. Hints are
already provided.

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 1.A_ _ _ _ _ _ 16. F_ _ _ _ _ _ L 31. O_ _ _ _ _
2.A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17. F_ _ _ _ _ _E 32. P_ _
3.B_ _ 18. F_ _ _ 33. P_ _ _ _ _ _
4.B_ _ _ _ _ _ 19. F_ _ _ _ 34. P_ _ _ _
5.B_ _ _ 20. H_ _ _ _ 35. P_ _ _ _ _
6.C_ _ 21. H_ _ _ _ _ 36. R_ _ _ _
7.C_ _ _ S 22. I_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 37. R_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8.C_ _ _ _ _ 23. J_ _ _ _ 38. S_ _ _ _ _ _ _
9.C_ _ _ _ _ _ 24. J_ _ _ _ _ 39. S_ _ _ _
10.C_ _ _ H 25. L_ _ 40. W_ _ _ Y
11.C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26. L_ _ _ A 41. W_ _ _ N
12. D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 27. L_ _ _ _ N 42. W_ _ _ S
13. D_ _ _ _ _ 28. M_ _ _ _ _ _
14. E_ _ _ _ _ _ 29.M_ _ _ _ _ _ _
15. F_ _ _ _ _ 30. N_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

B. Directions: Here are the words from the play. Match the words in
column A with their meanings in column B.
A B
___1. Idealist A. a thing said, written or done to deal with or
as a reaction to a question, statement or
situation
___2. Enthralled B. beginning to exist
___3. Incipient C. likely at risk of experiencing something
unpleasant

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 ___4. Liable D. disturbance, annoyance
___5. Incarnate E. one who sees the best in things; a dreamer;
unrealistic
___6. Trepidation F. tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling
___7. Dispel G. enthusiastically, with great interest
___8. Agitation H. made less intense. Toned down, softer
___9. Avidly I. becomes introduced gradually
___10. Subdued J. personified, given a human form
K. held spellbound; captivated

C. Direction: Identify the appropriate word for each sentence. Choose your
answers from column A in Activity 1B.
1. Biff felt strangely _____ as he drove home.
2. I came across her _____ reading a magazine.
3. She was wringing her hands in _____.
4. The brightness of the day did nothing to _____ Elain’s dejection.
5. The men set off in fear and _____.
6. God _____ himself demonstrated his love for all the peoples in the
world.
7. The supplier of goods or services can become _____ for breach of
contract in a variety of ways.
8. He could feel ____ anger building up.
9. She had been _____ by the adventure that she had hardly noticed the
cold.
10. Willy is ______ and visioner, in love with the work he had undertaken.

Activity 2:
A. Direction: Match the names of the characters in column A to their
descriptions in column B.
A B
___1. Willy A. One of the Loman’s boys who was largely
ignored when the two boys were growing up.
He was not very responsible.
___2. Linda B. The eldest of the Loman’s boys who had
difficulty finding a stable job
___3. Biff C. Someone who had an indecent affair with Willy
at one time in one if his business trips

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 ___4. Happy D. Willy’s patient and loving wife
___5. The Woman E. A salesman who worked for thirty-four years
with a company, who was laid off and was
going through some personal and financial
difficulties.
___6. Ben F. Charley’s son, friend of the Loman’s boys
___7. Charley G. Willy’s brother who was successful at young
age when he went to Alaska
___8. Bernard H. A longtime friend of Willy who became
successful in work and in life
___9. Forsythe I. He fires Willy.
___10.Howard J. Bill; Biff wants to barrow money from him
K. Happy tries to pick her up at the restaurant

B. Direction: Write the strengths and weaknesses of the given characters.

He has potential,
but it’s
misdirected. He
has goals, but
they’re unrealistic.

He is insecure, so
he turns to lies.
His life spirals
from there.

Source:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Character+Map+Death+of+a+Salesman&rlz=1C1CHBD_enPH899PH899&tbm=isch&source=iu
&ictx=1&fir=eOr7PvGSnYLuxM%252CfZgFG_esM2a9SM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-
kQgnR3UT8tt9AO_sJy9JYIeECDBGQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_qqe8zOPsAhXDA4gKHaZNCCQQ9QF6BAgOECw&biw=1366&bih=625
#imgrc=eOr7PvGSnYLuxM

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Activity 3:
A. Direction: Draw pictures in each box to show the main events of the
play.

Source:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Plot+Map&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi21bS40

VI. Assessment
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Use
CAPITAL LETTERS.
___1. What is Linda's reaction to Willy's complaints about himself?
A. She agrees and says that she never should have married him.
B. She urges him to see a therapist.
C. She cries and says not to talk like that.
D. She makes excuses for him.

___2. What seems to be the problem between Biff and Willy?

A. Biff is a draft dodger, and Willy wanted him to have a military career .
B. Biff was disrespectful to his mother, and Willy was angry about it.
C. Biff wants to move to Alaska, but Willy wants him to go into sales
and take over his (Willy's) route.
D. Biff is unsettled and hasn't made anything of himself yet, and this
distress Willy.

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___3. What does Willy mean, "I'll make it up to you, Linda, I'll --"? What does
Linda think he means?
A. Willy means that he'll make up for his infidelity, Linda thinks he
is talking about his business and will try to make more money for
them.
B. Willy means that he will pay more attention to her when he's home.
She is thinking the same thing.
C. Willy means he will make more money, Linda thinks he is talking
about spending more time together.
D. Willy means he'll spend more time with her and the boys. Linda
thinks he is talking about his past indiscretions.

___4. Charley says, "To hell with it. When a deposit bottle is broken, you
don't get your nickel back." What does he mean?
A. One may invest a lot of time and money into a child, but if the child
doesn't turn out well, you won't get any satisfaction or rewards for
your time spent. But, there's no use worrying about it; you just pick
up and go on with your life.
B. He's explaining to a client that he cannot accept returns for
broken goods.
C. If you don't live a good life, you won't have any rewards at the end
of your life. In order to get to heaven, you have to be good on Earth.
D. He is tired of listening to Willy whine about all that has gone wrong
in his life, and he's just trying to cut him off short so he doesn't
have to listen to him anymore.

___5. How would you differentiate the way Willy’s father earn for a living from
what Willy does?
A. Willy's father was a teacher. He traveled to teach short courses in
different areas.
B. Willy's father made flutes and sold them. Willy sells someone else's
product and doesn't have the pride of craftsmanship that his
father did.
C. Willy's father was uneducated, and was never able to advance. Willy
has a degree in business, although he had chosen not to make good
use of it.
D. Willy's father was an intellectual and an inventor. He had brilliant
ideas but was never able to make a profit with them. Willy
never thought much about ideas; instead, he concentrated on making
money.

___6. Why does Charley tell Willy "the jails are full of fearless characters"?
A. There has been a series of burglaries in their neighborhood. They
have been discussing ways to scare away the young hoodlums.

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 B. Charley's son has recently been sentenced to five years in jail for
armed robbery. Charley is saving face, pretending he is not afraid
for his son's safety in prison.
C. Willy has just sent his sons across the road to a new construction
site to steal more building supplies. Willy is proud of their
fearlessness, but Charley sees a more practical side to it, that what
the boys are doing is wrong.
D. Willy has shared a rather shady business scheme with Charley.
Charley doesn't want to participate, and Willy calls him a coward.

___7. Linda says, "Attention, attention must be paid to such a person."

Explain.
A. Willy deserves our attention, our interest, and caring. Even though
he is misguided, he is trying to muddle through life as well as he
can.
B. Biff is having a difficult time, and his parents should help him
instead of criticizing.
C. They would all do well to study Ben's methods for success and copy
them.
D. She thinks Charley is dangerous, and wants Willy to stop talking to
him. She cites several instances that happened while Willy was
away, Willy disagrees with his wife.

___8. "You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away -- a man isn't a
piece of fruit!" Explain why Willy said that.
A. He is trying to convince his family he isn't crazy - "a fruitcake."
B. He is telling his family they have to accept him the way he is, and
never expect to be rich.
C. He has spent the best years of his life working for the company,
and now, in his old age, they are letting him go since there is no
use for him.
D. He finally realizes that he has to accept his own shortcomings as
well as his son Biff's.

___9. "This is no time for false pride, Willy. . . . You've got two great boys,
haven't you?" Now that Willy really needs the boys, the reality of their
worthlessness crushes his idealized version, and Willy is in a Catch-
22, no win situation. Which literary element is being used here?
A. This is a rhetorical question.
B. This is foreshadowing.
C. This is figurative language.
D. This is irony.

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___10. Why can't Willy work for Charley?
A. Charley stands for the things Willy does not believe in; if Willy
would work for Charley, he would admit that his whole life had
been wrong.
B. Charley's business is not doing well. He doesn't have enough
money to hire anyone else.
C. Charley doesn't think Willy will do a good job, but he doesn't want
to spoil their friendship by saying so.
D. Willy's mind has been affected and he is really not capable of
working a full-time job.

___11. Biff says, ". . . I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been."
What does he mean?
A. He finally learns that he was adopted, and he is angry that his
parents never told him.
B. He realized that he was raised on a false philosophy, and that
most of the things that happened were glossed over and made far
better than they were. Bill realized that he was a Clerk and a
thief.
C. He realized that he has wasted his life because he never admitted
that he was afraid to be successful.
D. He realized that he really did love his father, and it was time to
admit it.

___12. Willy says, ". . . the woods are burning, boys. Can't you understand?
There's a big blaze going on all around." What does that mean?
A. Willy is having a flashback to a time in his youth when he set the
woods in back of his house on fire.
B. Times are changing. He thinks he is on the brink of a wave of good
fortune.
C. Willy's world is falling apart. He had lost his job and has no
resources. He is getting trapped by the years of lies he has lived.
D. Willy thinks he is dying, and he is contemplating the afterlife. He is
afraid he will be punished for his life.

___13. Happy denies that Willy is his father. Why?

A. Happy doesn't want the responsibility of caring for Willy.
B. He had secretly found proof of his adoption, and now wants the
truth to be known.
C. Happy is angry because Willy is leaving all of his money (in his
will) to Biff.
D. He does not want to admit that he is a lot like his father.

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___14. Biff realizes that Willy's philosophy was wrong, and most of Willy's
life was made up of illusion. What does he say?
A. "He took wrong turn miles back and never figured it out."
B. "He was a liar and a cheat. He tried to buy our love and he failed."
C. "He had all the wrong dreams. All, all wrong."
D. "His brother made millions, but he only made mistakes."

___15. Linda says, "We're free and clear." Which of these is not an
interpretation of her statement?
A. Biff is free of Willy's influence.
B. They all have free wills.
C. They are financially free because the mortgage on the house has
been paid.
D. Willy is now free of worldly concerns.

VII. Reflection
Reflective Questions:

1. What is your definition of “success”?

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2. Who is responsible of Willy’s situation? Why?
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3. Are Happy and Biff good sons? Why or why not?
_______________________________________________________________
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4. How would the story and its effects have changed if Willy hadn’t
died?
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5. Do you think sibling relationship between Happy and Biff is
realistic? Explain why or why not?
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6. From among the characters, who do you like best? Like least?
What values can we learn from the Death of Salesman regarding
the key to success?
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7. How the story would relate in the present situation?
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VIII. References:
“Death of a Salesman.” A Journey through Anglo-American Literature. 2014. Philippines:
Department of Education.
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Activity 1 (A):
1.ANSWERS 12. DIAMONDS 23. JAILS 33. PREMIUM
2.ATTENTION 13. DREAMS 24. JUNGLE 34. PRIDE
3.BEN 14. EXCUSES 25. LIE 35. PRINCE
4.BERNARD 15. FLUTES 26. LINDA 36. RANCH
5.BIFF 16. FOOTBALL LOMAN 37. RESTAURANT
6.CAR 17. FORSYTHE 27. MILLER 38. SALESMAN
7.CARDS 18. FREE 28. MORTGAGE 39. SEEDS
8.CATTLE 19. FRUIT 29. NEWENGLAND 40. WILLY
9.CHARLEY 20. HAPPY 30. NICKEL 41. WOMAN
10.COACH 21. HOWARD 31. OLIVER 42. WOODS
11.COMMISSION 22. INSURANCE 32. PEN
Activity 1 (C):
1. subdued
2. avidly
3. agitation
4.dispel
5. trepidation
6. incarnate
7. liable
8.incipient
Assessment): 9. enthralled
10.idealist
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. A Activity 2 (A): Activity 1 (B):
5. B
6. C 1. E 1. E
7. A 2. D 2. K
8. C 3. B 3. B
9. D 4. A 4. I
10. A 5. C 5. J
11. B 6. G 6. C
12. C 7. H 7. F
13. A 8. F 8. D
14. C 9. K 9. G
15. B 10. I 10. H
IX. Answer key:
X. Development Team
Development Team of the Learning Activity Sheets
Writer: Janill B. Gundran, Debbi Anne Santos, Jacqueline De Veras
Editor: Elizabeth C. Miguel, EdD
Reviewer: Gloria T. Anam, Juliane Nicole Paguyo, and
Marivic S. Maglaqui
Illustrator:
Layout Artist:
Management Team: Engr. Edgard C. Domingo, PhD,CESO V
Leandro C. Canlas, PhD, CESE
Elizabeth O. Latorilla, PhD
Sonny N. De Guzman, EdD
Elizabeth C. Miguel, EdD

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