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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale tells Mr. Henderson that she rarely visited the Wright home because it didn't seem very ________.
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Motherly.
(c) Expensive.
(d) Clean.

2. Where do the men first gather upon entering the Wright house at the beginning of the story?
(a) The stove.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The doorway.
(d) The bedroom.

3. What was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her the cause of death of Mr. Wright?
(a) "He died of a gunshot wound."
(b) "He died of a rope around his neck."
(c) "He died from heartbreak."
(d) "He died in his sleep."

4. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."
(a) Amusing.
(b) Sarcastic.
(c) Threatening.
(d) Serious.

5. What color roll of cloth does Mrs. Hale remove from Mrs. Wright's basket?
(a) Pink.
(b) Blue.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Hale suggests that Mrs. Peters not tell Mrs. Wright what?

2. Where did Glaspell study for one semester of graduate school?

3. Where did Mrs. Wright move to after Harry went to call for the coroner the previous day?

4. What novelist and playwright did Susan Glaspell marry?

5. In what grammatical tense is A Jury of Her Peers written?

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