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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) Ardent
(b) Abashed
(c) Ordinate
(d) Obstinate

2. What does Mrs. Peters note that Mrs. Wright had in the corner of the room?
(a) A knife
(b) A gun
(c) Bread
(d) A dog

3. The County Attorney remarks that Mrs. Wright did not have what instinct?
(a) The designer instinct
(b) The homemaking instinct
(c) The money-saving instinct
(d) The child birthing instinct

4. Which of the following is a recurring motif in Trifles?
(a) Strangulation
(b) Gunshots
(c) Hanging
(d) The color blue

5. What word from the stage directions means dashing courage or heroic bravery?
(a) Abstinence
(b) Gallantry
(c) Insurgence
(d) Altruism

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mrs. Wright’s response when Mr. Hale asks her, “Weren’t you sleepin’ in the bed with him?”

2. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, “She used to ____. He killed that too.”

3. What does Mrs. Peters tell Mrs. Hale that she knows?

4. What is Mrs. Wright’s first name in the play?

5. What word from the stage directions refers to something that lacks serious content?

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