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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detailed Summary & Analysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters reply when the county attorney asks the women, "have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it?"
(a) Both.
(b) Quilt it.
(c) Knot it.
(d) Neither.

2. In what year did the Library of America select the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2003.

3. For what does Mrs. Hale repeatedly blame herself in the story?
(a) Not adopting the bird.
(b) Spreading rumors about Mr. Wright.
(c) Not visiting Mrs. Wright.
(d) Spreading rumors about Mrs. Wright.

4. To whose house did Harry go to use the telephone the previous day?
(a) The Johnsons'.
(b) The Abbots'.
(c) The Rivers'.
(d) The Stevens'.

5. What word means to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure?
(a) Reproach.
(b) Accuse.
(c) Condemn.
(d) Heresy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the county attorney?

2. What theater troupe, of which Glaspell was a member, produced a one-act play with the same plot as A Jury of Her Peers?

3. What is beside the wooden bucket on a low shelf in the kitchen?

4. The men reenter as Mrs. Hale is asking, "Do you suppose she was going to quilt it or just" what?

5. Who was the previous sheriff in the county before Sheriff Peters?

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