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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 is beside the wooden bucket on a low shelf in the kitchen?
(a) A stock pot.
(b) A paper bag.
(c) A knife.
(d) A sweater.

2. What is the setting of A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) Jackson County.
(b) Wright County.
(c) Anderson County.
(d) Dickson County.

3. The county attorney asserts that there is "no sign at all of anyone having" what?
(a) "Come in from the outside."
(b) "Struggled."
(c) "An argument."
(d) "Stolen anything."

4. For what short story did Susan Glaspell win a prize of $500 from Black Cat Magazine?
(a) "Canyon of Sorrow."
(b) "The Mountains Within Me."
(c) "Joyous Spring Meadows."
(d) "For the Love of the Hills."

5. According to the county attorney when he exits with the men to investigate, who is "one of us"?
(a) Mrs. Hale.
(b) Mrs. Peters.
(c) Mrs. Wright.
(d) Harry.

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. Who had the sheriff sent to make a fire at the Wright house that morning in the story?

4. When does Mrs. Hale recall having met Mrs. Peters previously in the beginning of the story?

5. Mrs. Hale remembers Mrs. Wright mostly as she was before she married, how many years ago?

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