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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 Mr. Hale's first name?
(a) Lewis.
(b) George.
(c) John.
(d) Henry.

2. What is the title of the original newspaper article upon which A Jury of Her Peers is based?
(a) "Death on the Farm."
(b) "Rural Homicide."
(c) "The Hossack Murder."
(d) "Mrs. Wright Kills Husband."

3. What unseen character is described as having "a voice that somehow seemed to be backing up the law with every word"?
(a) Mrs. Roberts.
(b) Mrs. Rogers.
(c) Mrs. Jackson.
(d) Mrs. Gorman.

4. Where was Susan Glaspell born?
(a) Missoula, Montana.
(b) Davenport, Iowa.
(c) Spearfish, South Dakota.
(d) Bismarck, North Dakota.

5. Why is Mr. Henderson unable to dry his hands after washing them in the sink?
(a) There are no towels.
(b) The towels are wet in the sink.
(c) Mrs. Hale has the towels.
(d) The hand-towels are dirty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When discussing the case with the sheriff, the county attorney says, "But you know juries when it comes to" what?

3. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?

4. The county attorney asks himself before exiting with the men, "But would the women know a ____ if they did come upon it?"

5. Who asks the county attorney near the end of the story, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"

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