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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 was Mrs. Wright's response when Mr. Hale asked her "Has anybody been notified?"
(a) "They're on their way."
(b) "Yes."
(c) "His son."
(d) "No."

2. Who does Mrs. Hale say "have their hands full" to Mr. Henderson?
(a) Men.
(b) Farmers' wives.
(c) Women.
(d) Sheriffs.

3. What theater troupe, of which Glaspell was a member, produced a one-act play with the same plot as A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) The Pittsburgh Players.
(b) The Provincetown Players.
(c) The Punxsutawney Players.
(d) The Philadelphia Players.

4. Who announces, "I'm going to stay here awhile by myself" near the end of the story?
(a) Mr. Henderson.
(b) Mrs. Hale.
(c) George Henderson.
(d) Sheriff Peters.

5. Sheriff Peters is described as being particularly genial with____________.
(a) Children.
(b) Inmates.
(c) The law-abiding.
(d) Criminals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the men go to investigate after returning from upstairs?

2. What color is Mrs. Wright's shawl?

3. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers following the production of what play of the same plot and subject?

4. What does Mrs. Hale respond when the county attorney sees the birdcage and asks, "Has the bird flown?"

5. What does Mrs. Hale discover wrapped in a piece of silk in Mrs. Wright's things?

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