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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the play Trifles first produced?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1911.

2. What does Mrs. Hale almost sit down on when she is alone with Mrs. Peters?
(a) The rocking chair.
(b) The kitchen table.
(c) The couch.
(d) The porch swing.

3. What was Mrs. Wright's maiden name?
(a) Fisher.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Foster.

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

5. What had Mrs. Wright requested to be brought to her at the jail in addition to clothes?
(a) A sweater.
(b) Shoes.
(c) An apron.
(d) A hacksaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Peters becomes frozen near the end of the story because she is unable to touch what?

2. Who went on trial for the murder of John Hossack?

3. Who had requested that Mrs. Hale come along to the crime scene in the beginning of the story?

4. When Mr. Hale was asked how Mrs. Wright looked when he had entered the previous day, he first responds that she looked __________.

5. Mrs. Hale describes Minnie Foster as having been _________ 20 years ago.

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