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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale remarks that Mr. Wright did not do what?
(a) Drink
(b) Work
(c) Beat his wife
(d) Pay his debts

2. Who does Henry Peters tell that they will be right out as he goes into the other room with George Henderson?
(a) Lewis Hale
(b) Dr. Lloyd
(c) Harry
(d) Frank

3. According to Henry Peters, what had the temperature dropped below the previous night?
(a) 50 degrees
(b) 30 degrees
(c) 0 degrees
(d) 20 degrees

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

5. Where was the theatrical collaboration that Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook formed originated?
(a) Cape Cod, Massachusetts
(b) Bay Ridge, New Jersey
(c) Rutland, Connecticut
(d) New York, New York

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the women determine Mrs. Wright’s pet had been killed?

2. When did Mr. Hale come to the house and discover the murder?

3. What word in the narrative means to find fault with?

4. The women at the end of Trifles illustrate which of the following concepts?

5. How many articles did Susan Glaspell write as a reporter that covered the John Hossack murder case?

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