Arthur Miller
New York and Brooklyn
American Dream
100

The city he was born in

What is Harlem, Manhattan Island

100

After WWII, this city became a global economic powerhouse.

What is New York City?

100

The person who coined this term

Who is James Truslow Adams?

200

The group Miller joined at the University of Michigan

What is the League of American Writers

200

The population in 1940

7.7 million

200

The novel that first uses the term, the American Dream

What is The Epic of America?

300

His most popular screenplay

What is The Misfits (1961)

300
The year Brooklyn merged into NYC

What is 1898?

300

The character in Death of a Salesman that challenges the traditional idea of the American Dream

Who is Biff Loman?

400

The first play he wrote

What is No Villian

400

This 1939 landmark reflects NYC’s shift in social beliefs and architectural style

What is the Rockefeller Center?

400

The foundational principles from the Declaration of Independence that are connected to the American Dream

What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

500

The place where Miller took a job after the Federal Theatre Project shut down

What is the Navy Yard?

500

This major architectural style symbolized buildings like the Chrysler Building

What is Art Deco?

500

The threats to the true essence of the American Dream

What is capitalism and wealth inequality?