Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Ben: Yes, my dear. But I've only a few minutes – Willy: No! Boys! Boys! [Young Biff and Happy appear.] Listen to this. This is your Uncle Ben, a great man! Tell my boys, Ben! Ben: Why boys, when I was seventeen I walked into the jungle, and when I was twenty-one I walked out. [He laughs.] And by God I was rich. 5 Willy: [to the boys] You see what I been talking about? The greatest things can happen! Ben: [glancing at his watch] I have an appointment in Ketchikan Tuesday week. 10 Willy: No, Ben! Please tell about Dad. I want my boys to hear. I want them to know the kind of stock they spring from. All I remember is a man with a big beard, and I was in Mamma's lap, sitting around a fire, and some kind of high music. Ben: His flute. He played the flute. Willy: Sure, the flute, that's right! [New music is heard, a high, rollicking tune.] 15 Ben: Father was a very great and a very wild-hearted man. We would start in Boston, and he'd toss the whole family into the wagon, and then he'd drive the team right across the country; through Ohio, and Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and all the Western states. And we'd stop in the towns and sell the flutes that he'd made on the way. Great inventor, Father. With one gadget he made more in a week than a man like you could make in a lifetime. 20 Willy: That's just the way I'm bringing them up, Ben – rugged, well liked, all-around. 25 Ben: Yeah? [To Biff] Hit that, boy – hard as you can. [He pounds his stomach.] Biff: Oh, no, sir! Ben: [taking boxing stance] Come on, get to me! [He laughs.] 30 Willy: Go to it, Biff! Go ahead, show him! Biff: Okay! [He cocks his fists and starts in.] Linda: [to Willy] Why must he fight, dear? Ben: [sparring with Biff] Good boy! Good boy! Willy: How's that, Ben, heh? 35 Happy: Give him the left, Biff! Linda: Why are you fighting? Ben: Good boy! [Suddenly comes in, trips Biff, and stands over him, the point of his umbrella poised over Biff's eye.] Linda: Look out, Biff! 40 Biff: Gee! Ben: [patting Biff's knee] Never fight fair with a stranger, boy. You'll never get out of the jungle that way. [Taking Linda's hand and bowing] It was an honour and a pleasure to meet you, Linda. Linda: [withdrawing her hand coldly, frightened] Have a nice – trip. Ben: [to Willy] And good luck with your – what do you do? Willy: Selling. 45 Ben: Yes. Well ... [He raises his hand in farewell to all.] Willy: No, Ben, I don't want you to think ... [He takes Ben's arm to show him.] It's Brooklyn, I know, but we hunt too. Ben: Really, now. 50 Willy: Oh, sure, there's snakes and rabbits and – that's why I moved out here. Why, Biff can fell any one of these trees in no time! Boys! Go right over to where they're building the apartment house and get some sand. We're gonna rebuild the entire front stoop right now! Watch this, Ben! 55 Biff: Yes, sir! On the double, Hap! Happy: [as he and Biff run off] I lost weight, Pop, you notice? [Charley enters in knickers, even before the boys are gone.] Charley: Listen, if they steal any more from that building the watchman'll 60 put the cops on them! Linda: [to Willy] Don't let Biff ... [Ben laughs lustily.] Willy: You shoulda seen the lumber they brought home last week. At least a dozen six-by-tens worth all kinds a money. 65 Charley: Listen, if that watchman – Willy: I gave them hell, understand. But I got a couple of fearless characters there. Charley: Willy, the jails are full of fearless characters. Ben: [clapping Willy on the back, with a laugh at Charley] And the stock exchange, friend! 70