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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detailed Summary & Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The stove.
(d) The doorway.

2. Mr. Hale tells the sheriff that he had been going to town the previous morning with whom?
(a) Henry.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) Harry.
(d) Pete.

3. What theater troupe, of which Glaspell was a member, produced a one-act play with the same plot as A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) The Punxsutawney Players.
(b) The Pittsburgh Players.
(c) The Philadelphia Players.
(d) The Provincetown Players.

4. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright had been worried about the night before when the weather turned?
(a) Her cat.
(b) Her fruit.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her bird.

5. What does Mrs. Hale respond when the county attorney sees the birdcage and asks, "Has the bird flown?"
(a) "It was murdered."
(b) "It has."
(c) "We think the cat got it."
(d) "To heaven."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Mrs. Wright when Mr. Hale had entered the Wright house the previous day?

2. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?

3. What was Mrs. Peters' kitten killed with when she was young?

4. What does Mrs. Peters claim cats are, when talking with Mr. Henderson?

5. What was the first novel published by Susan Glaspell?

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