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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale catches sight of an opened bucket of _________ on a low shelf in the kitchen.
(a) Honey.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Rice.
(d) Flour.

2. Whom does Mrs. Hale suspect is partially to blame for the mess in the house, when she's alone with Mrs. Peters?
(a) The deputy sheriff.
(b) Sheriff Peters.
(c) John Wright.
(d) George Henderson.

3. What was the name of Susan Glaspell's father?
(a) Theodore L. Glaspell.
(b) James. R. Glaspell.
(c) Elmer S. Glaspell.
(d) Forrest C. Glaspell.

4. 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 Provincetown Players.
(b) The Pittsburgh Players.
(c) The Punxsutawney Players.
(d) The Philadelphia Players.

5. Where does Mrs. Peters say she and her husband had homesteaded before living here?
(a) Montana.
(b) Dakota.
(c) California.
(d) Wyoming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sentence follows Mrs. Hale's line: "No, Wright wouldn't like the bird -- a thing that sang. She used to sing"?

2. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers following the production of what play of the same plot and subject?

3. In what year did Susan Glaspell die?

4. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney says, "But you know juries when it comes to" what?

5. When was A Jury of Her Peers published?

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