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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. Where does Mrs. Peters say she and her husband homesteaded before?
(a) Indiana
(b) Nebraska
(c) New Orleans
(d) Dakota

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

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

4. Where in the house does all of the action of the play take place?
(a) The parlor
(b) The bedroom
(c) The front porch
(d) The kitchen

5. What word in the narrative means to find fault with?
(a) Abnegate
(b) Interrogate
(c) Ordinate
(d) Reproach

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a symbol of Mrs. Wright’s life prior to her marriage in the play?

2. Mrs. Peters exclaims to Mrs. Hale, “My, it’s a good thing the men couldn’t hear us. Wouldn’t they just laugh! Getting all stirred up over a little things like a” what?

3. What does Mrs. Peters remark that Mrs. Wright had been doing when she takes out a sewing basket?

4. Where does Henry Peters say a man had gone crazy the day before?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Mr. Hale to backtrack in his description of Mrs. Wright's demeanor in his interview with the County Attorney?

2. What does Mrs. Peters say in response to Mrs. Hale berating herself for not visiting Minnie?

3. What indication does Mrs. Wright give in front of Mr. Henderson that Mr. Wright is unpleasant?

4. What does Mrs. Hale remark to Mrs. Peters about the lack of children in the home and Mr. Wright's personality?

5. What condescending comments are made of the women as the men first disappear upstairs?

6. What leads Mr. Henderson to the conclusion that Mrs. Wright is a bad housekeeper?

7. What does Mr. Henderson discover broken in the cupboard? What does Mrs. Peters remark about this?

8. What is strange about the choice of weapon used in the murder? What do the women remark about it?

9. How do the men in the play respond to Mrs. Wright's worry over her preserves?

10. What scene does Mrs. Hale recreate for Mrs. Wright after the men have exited upstairs?

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