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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 sentence follows Mrs. Hale's line: "No, Wright wouldn't like the bird -- a thing that sang. She used to sing"?
(a) "And look where it got her."
(b) "He hated the melody."
(c) "And then she killed him."
(d) "He killed that too."

2. Susan Glaspell wrote A Jury of Her Peers following the production of what play of the same plot and subject?
(a) Vanishing Evidence.
(b) The Quiet Farmhouse.
(c) Trifles.
(d) Little Things.

3. Mrs. Hale catches sight of an opened bucket of _________ on a low shelf in the kitchen.
(a) Honey.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Flour.
(d) Rice.

4. What kind of weapon was in the Wrights' house but wasn't used on Mr. Wright?
(a) A gun.
(b) A rope.
(c) A machete.
(d) A dagger.

5. What color is the rocking chair in the Wrights' home?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time was it when Mr. Hale had stopped by the Wright home the previous day?

2. To whom does Sheriff Peters ask Mr. Hale to explain what he'd seen the previous morning in the beginning of the story?

3. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, "I sew awful queer sometimes when I'm" what?

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

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

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