Trifles Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trifles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word in the stage directions, meaning ashamed or embarrassed, describes the women when the men return from upstairs?
(a) Ordinate
(b) Obstinate
(c) Ardent
(d) Abashed

2. What does Mrs. Hale notice about Mrs. Wright’s stitching on her sewing in one section?
(a) It has the wrong color thread
(b) It is completely even
(c) It is more delicate than the rest
(d) It is erratic

3. Where did the trial for John Hossack’s murder take place?
(a) Albany, New York
(b) Chicago, Illinois
(c) Indianola, Iowa
(d) St. Paul, Minnesota

4. Near the end of the play, at what sound does Mrs. Hale snatch the box?
(a) The doorknob turning
(b) A dog barking
(c) The horses approaching
(d) The doorbell ringing

5. According to Mrs. Peters, where is Mrs. Wright’s shawl always hung?
(a) In the bedroom
(b) By the sofa
(c) In the cupboard
(d) Behind the door

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of the play, where does Mrs. Peters attempt to hide the jeweled box?

2. What character is described as “a slight wiry woman” with “a thin nervous face”?

3. What character asks “By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you left them”?

4. Mr. Hale says that he stops by the Wrights’ home to ask John Wright about sharing what?

5. Where does Mrs. Peters say she and her husband homesteaded before?

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