SparkNotes: Glengarry Glen Ross: Quiz

What gives the play its title?

(A) The name of the college Levene's daughter attends

(B) The names of two real estate developments

(C) The surnames of Mitch and Murray

(D) The names of the streets that intersect by the Chinese restaurant

How many of the characters that appear onstage in the play are not employed as salesmen?

(A) Zero

(B) One

(C) Two

(D) Three

Which character's first name is "George"?

(A) Moss

(B) Williamson

(C) Lingk

(D) Aaronow

What food does Mamet specify is onstage during Act One, at the Chinese restaurant?

(A) General Tsao's chicken

(B) Fortune cookies

(C) A bowl of rice

(D) No food is specified

Which leads does Levene want Williamson to give him in the restaurant?

(A) Glengarry Highlands

(B) Glen Ross Farms

(C) Mountain View

(D) Black Creek

What reason does Williamson give Levene for refusing to split up the two leads he is considering selling to Levene?

(A) "I'm sorry—it's against company policy."

(B) "Mitch and Murray would have my ass on a platter."

(C) "Roma would have my ass on a platter."

(D) "Because I say so."

What expression does Moss use to describe the company's practice of exploiting customers for maximum short term gain?

(A) "Killing the goose"

(B) "Spanking the monkey"

(C) "Laying the golden egg"

(D) "Gilding the lily"

To whom does Moss plan to sell the stolen leads?

(A) Mitch and Murray

(B) Bruce and Harriett Nyborg

(C) Jerry Graff

(D) Levene

Which two characters does Moss approach to commit the robbery for him?

(A) Aaronow and Williamson

(B) Aaronow and Levene

(C) Levene and Roma

(D) Williamson and Roma

What fraction of the profit from the robbery is Moss planning to give his accomplice for actually committing the break-in?

(A) Ten percent

(B) Thirty-three percent

(C) Fifty percent

(D) Ninety percent

Why, according to Moss, does Aaronow have no choice but to go along with Moss's plan?

(A) "Because I don't like you."

(B) "Because you're desperate."

(C) "Because you listened."

(D) "Because it's the right thing to do."

Which of the following is NOT part of Roma's speech to Lingk in the restaurant?

(A) "I'll tell ya (Pause.) When we look into the abyss, it looks into us too."

(B) "A hell exists on earth? Yes. I won't live in it."

(C) "A great meal fades in reflection. Everything else gains."

(D) "Some poor newly married guy gets run down by a cab. Some busboy wins the lottery. (Pause.) All it is, it's a carnival."

What is Baylen's job?

(A) Office manager

(B) Salesman

(C) Insurance claims adjuster

(D) Police detective

What reason does Roma give Aaronow to always tell the truth to the police?

(A) "You have a clean conscience."

(B) "You'll feel better."

(C) "You got a trustworthy face."

(D) "It's the easiest thing to remember."

Which lead does Roma refuse to take from Williamson?

(A) Willy Loman

(B) Ravidam Patel

(C) Bruce and Harriett Nyborg

(D) James Lingk

Of which property does Levene sell units to the Nyborgs?

(A) Glengarry Highlands

(B) Glen Ross Farms

(C) Mountain View

(D) Black Creek

Which of the following does Levene NOT claim to have done?

(A) Put a daughter through school

(B) Taught Moss everything he knows

(C) Bought Murray a trip to Bermuda

(D) Been top salesman eight months out of twelve, three years in a row

Who says "Fuck the Machine"?

(A) Roma

(B) Williamson

(C) Baylen

(D) Moss

Who says, "Who said 'Fuck the Machine'?"?

(A) Roma

(B) Williamson

(C) Baylen

(D) Moss

How long does Levene claim to have held his pen over the Nyborgs' contract before they signed?

(A) Ten seconds

(B) Ten minutes

(C) Twenty-two minutes

(D) Forty-five minutes

What identity does Roma invent for Levene to trick Lingk?

(A) D. Ray Morton, director of European sales and services for American Express

(B) Shelly "The Machine" Green, the top sales rep in Chicago

(C) Abe Frohmann, sausage king of Chicago

(D) Jerry Graff, vice president of marketing at Revlon Cosmetics

Who has told Lingk to cancel the deal he signed with Roma?

(A) Moss

(B) A consumer rights group

(C) The Attorney General

(D) Mrs. Lingk

Whom does Roma blame for losing him his Cadillac?

(A) Levene

(B) Williamson

(C) Mitch and Murray

(D) Mrs. Lingk

How does Williamson figure out that Levene robbed the office?

(A) Levene reveals that he knows what time Williamson left the office last night

(B) Levene reveals that he knows that the Lingk contract was on Williamson's desk last night

(C) Levene reveals that he knows that there is $2,500 in Williamson's desk drawer

(D) Levene leaves a fingerprint on Williamson's coffee cup that matches the robber's

Which salesman does not have anything insulting to say about Baylen after emerging from his interrogation?

(A) Moss

(B) Aaronow

(C) Levene

(D) Roma