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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 word refers to lack of importance or consequence?
(a) Insignificance.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Incognizance.
(d) Jubilation.

2. What does Mrs. Hale suddenly become worried about regarding her son in the beginning of the story?
(a) Whether he turned the lights off.
(b) Whether he's dressed warmly enough.
(c) Whether he's safe in the jail.
(d) Whether the car made it to town.

3. The majority of the action in A Jury of Her Peers takes place in what room of the house?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The living room.
(d) The bathroom.

4. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?
(a) A chair in the corner.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The front porch.
(d) The back yard.

5. Of the boy who killed Mrs. Peters' kitten as a child, she says, "If they hadn't held me back I would have" what?
(a) "Killed him."
(b) "Hurt him."
(c) "Gouged his eyes."
(d) "Stopped him."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright was frightened of in her house the previous day?

2. What does Mrs. Hale hate to see, as described in the beginning of the story?

3. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.

4. What is the name of the coroner who came to the Wrights' home the previous day?

5. In what city did Glaspell work when she covered the murder trial of John Hossack?

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