A Jury of Her Peers Test | Final Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers following the production of what play of the same plot and subject?
(a) The Quiet Farmhouse.
(b) Vanishing Evidence.
(c) Trifles.
(d) Little Things.

2. What is the name of the deputy sheriff?
(a) Frank.
(b) Albert.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Michael.

3. Mr. Hale had come by the previous day to ask Mr. Wright if he wanted what installed?
(a) A fence post.
(b) Gas heating.
(c) A telephone.
(d) Electricity.

4. How did Mrs. Wright describe her sleeping habits to Mr. Hale?
(a) "I sleep fitfully."
(b) "I sleep downstairs."
(c) "I sleep sound."
(d) "I sleep light."

5. What is the name of the county attorney?
(a) George Henderson.
(b) Henry Peters.
(c) John Wright.
(d) Lewis Hale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters look for to wrap Mrs. Wright's clothing in?

2. Who asks the county attorney near the end of the story, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"

3. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."

4. Whose "hands aren't always as clean as they might be," according to Mrs. Hale?

5. Where do the women stand close together upon entering the Wright home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Wright property described in the narrative?

2. How did Mrs. Wright inform Mr. Hale of her husband's location and means of death?

3. When the county attorney asks if Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright had been friends, how does she reply?

4. How is Mrs. Peters described through Mrs. Hale's thoughts in the beginning of the narrative?

5. What does Mrs. Hale regard of Mrs. Wright's clothing in the narrative?

6. How does Mrs. Hale feel when her husband begins retelling the previous day's events? Why?

7. What prevents Mrs. Hale from entering the Wright house upon their arrival?

8. What does Mr. Henderson discover broken in the cupboard?

9. How is Sheriff Peters described in the beginning of the narrative?

10. How is the theme of gender roles defined in the plot of the story?

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