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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he asks, “Why, what did he die of?”
(a) He died of a rope round his neck
(b) He was killed by burglars
(c) He died of a gunshot
(d) He died of pneumonia

2. Who says, “I wish if they’re going to find any evidence they’d be about it. I don’t like this place”?
(a) Mrs. Hale
(b) Mrs. Peters
(c) George Henderson
(d) Mrs. Wright

3. What does Mr. Hale say he thinks he hears someone say when he knocks a second time on the Wrights’ door?
(a) Who is it?
(b) Come in
(c) Go away
(d) Come back later

4. Near the end of the play, what does Mr. Hale go outside to tend to?
(a) The horses
(b) The garden
(c) The dogs
(d) The car

5. Where do the characters go first upon entering the house?
(a) To the stove
(b) To the closet
(c) To the bedroom
(d) To the bathroom

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the short story that Susan Glaspell adapted Trifles into?

3. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he says, “How, do, Mrs. Wright it’s cold, ain’t it?”

4. What item does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright had asked for, calling it a funny thing to want in jail?

5. The County Attorney remarks that Mrs. Wright did not have what instinct?

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