Q: I had to knock on the taxi to get his attention.Finally,the driver,a man about 60,looked up from behind the wheel and apologized,"I'm sorry,but I was reading a letter." He sounded as if he had a cold or a cough.

Since I was in no hurry,I told him to finish his letter.He shook his head,explaining that he had already read it several times and almost knew it by heart.Curious,I asked whether it was from a child or maybe a grandchild."This isn't family,"he replied."though he might just as well have been a regular member of the family.Old Ed and I grew up together."

They were always friends.But since he moved away from the neighborhood 30 years ago,it'd generally just been postcards at Christmas time between them.A couple of weeks ago,Ed died."I should have kept in touch." He repeated this,more to himself than to me.To comfort him,I said sometimes we just didn't seem to find the time."But we used to find the time," he said."Take a look." He handed the letter over to me.

The first sentence "I've been meaning to write for some time,but I've always delayed it." reminded me of myself.It went on to say that he often thought about the good times they had had together.When I read the part where it said "Your friendship really means a lot to me,more than I can say because I'm not good at saying things like that",I found myself nodding in agreement.

We had gone several kilometers and were almost at my hotel, so I read the last paragraph: "So I thought you'd like to know that I was thinking of you." And it was ended with "Your Old Friend, Tom."

"I thought your friend's name was Ed," I said.

"I'm Tom," he explained. "It's a letter I wrote to Ed before I knew he'd died. I never put it in the mailbox. I guess I should have written it sooner." His face was pale as he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief.

When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away.I had to write a letter and post it.

1. a taxi
2. about 60
3. reading a letter
4. as if he had a cold
5. 30 years ago
6. Christmas
7. Ed
8. Tom
9. Tom
10. the driver

Numbered questions:
1. What was the man riding in?
2. How old was the man driving?
3. What was he doing?
4. How did he sound?
5. How long ago did he move?
6. What holiday did they have contact on every year?
7. What did he say his friends name was at first?
8. What did he claim his friends name was later?
9. What is the drivers name?
10. Who wrote the letter?

Q: The main reason people come to America is said to be that they can chase the American Dream. Everyone has heard of it, and many have died fighting for it. The only thing is that there is no clear definition of the American Dream. It is not defined by one dream, but by all the opportunities that the United States offers. Since the founding of the United States, people have been _ to define the American Dream.

In the playDeath of a Salesman, every character is trying to realize his own version of the American Dream. Willy feels that he has done so. He has spent his whole life as a not very successful salesman. As he gets older, he starts having conflicts with everyone in his life, and feels that only by killing himself will the people around him be able to finally be happy.

Bernard, on the other hand, feels that the American Dream can only be achieved through career success. He shows that through hard work and dedication he will be crowned with success.

The dialogue of the characters reveals the different attitudes they have toward the American Dream, and the reaction of Willy to the fact that Bernard is very successful while he is not.

Many people try to achieve the American Dream, but few actually do so. As with any goal, it takes hard work and dedication to achieve the American Dream. InDeath of a Salesman, all aspects of this goal are examined. For the goal to be achieved, the dream must be an attainable one which is worth working toward. It also must be a dream that the professional world accepts and finds useful.

1. So they can chase the American Dream.
2. No
3. No
4. few
5. Death of a Salesman
6. Willy
7. No
8. he starts having conflicts with everyone in his life
9. kill himself
10. finally be happy.
11. Bernard
12. It can only be achieved through career success.
13. unknown
14. hard work and dedication
15. unknown

Numbered questions:
1. Why do people come to America?
2. Is that dream easy to define?
3. Is it the same for all?
4. How many people actually make it?
5. What play is all about it?
6. Who is the salesman?
7. Was he good at it?
8. What happens as he ages?
9. What does he decide to do?
10. How will the others feel?
11. Who does he think is successful while he is not?
12. What is his idea of the dream?
13. Is he correct?
14. What does he think you have to do?
15. Do you agree that it has to be useful?

Q: CHAPTER XIX

AN INCIDENT

"Eleven o'clock," said Crocker, as they went out of college. "I don't feel sleepy; shall we stroll along the 'High' a bit?"

Shelton assented; he was too busy thinking of his encounter with the dons to heed the soreness of his feet. This, too, was the last day of his travels, for he had not altered his intention of waiting at Oxford till July.

"We call this place the heart of knowledge," he said, passing a great building that presided, white and silent, over darkness; "it seems to me as little that, as Society is the heart of true gentility."

Crocker's answer was a grunt; he was looking at the stars, calculating possibly in how long he could walk to heaven.

"No," proceeded Shelton; "we've too much common-sense up here to strain our minds. We know when it's time to stop. We pile up news of Papias and all the verbs in 'ui' but as for news of life or of oneself! Real seekers after knowledge are a different sort. They fight in the dark--no quarter given. We don't grow that sort up here."

"How jolly the limes smell!" said Crocker.

He had halted opposite a garden, and taken hold of Shelton by a button of his coat. His eyes, like a dog's, stared wistfully. It seemed as though he wished to speak, but feared to give offence.

"They tell you," pursued Shelton, "that we learn to be gentlemen up here. We learn that better through one incident that stirs our hearts than we learn it here in all the time we're up."

1. jolly
2. Crocker.
3. Yes
4. a garden,
5. Yes
6. Shelton
7. Yes
8. No
9. a button
10. No
11. his coat
12. Eleven o'clock
13. Yes
14. the college
15. No
16. Shelton
17. Oxford
18. Crocker
19. looking at the stars

Numbered questions:
1. how did the limes smell?
2. who said so?
3. did he halt across for something?
4. what?
5. was someone with him?
6. who?
7. did he grab shelton?
8. by the arm?
9. what did he grab?
10. on his shirt?
11. where?
12. what time was it?
13. were they leaving somewhere?
14. where?
15. was crocker tired?
16. who was staying somewhere until July?
17. where was he staying?
18. who grunted?
19. what was he doing after he grunted?