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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Mrs. Wright point when Mr. Hale asked the whereabouts of Mr. Wright?
(a) Into the bathroom.
(b) Into the kitchen.
(c) Upstairs.
(d) Toward the backyard.

3. How many men are waiting in the two-seated buggy when Mrs. Hale goes out to join them in the beginning of the story?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. What does Mrs. Hale surmise Mrs. Wright was going to do with the bird?
(a) Bury it in the pretty box.
(b) Give it to the Sheriff.
(c) Throw it in the trash.
(d) Give it to Mrs. Wright.

5. Mr. Wright is described socially as a man who _____________.
(a) Didn't talk much.
(b) Always doted on his wife.
(c) Was always the center of attention.
(d) Talked all the time.

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

7. Where do the men go to investigate after returning from upstairs?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The basement.
(c) The field.
(d) The barn.

8. Mr. Hale had come by the previous day to ask Mr. Wright if he wanted what installed?
(a) Gas heating.
(b) A fence post.
(c) Electricity.
(d) A telephone.

9. The majority of the action in A Jury of Her Peers takes place in what room of the house?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The living room.
(d) The bedroom.

10. When was A Jury of Her Peers published?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1922.

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

12. What does Mrs. Hale absentmindedly begin to do with the ill-stitched block of quilting?
(a) Cut it with scissors.
(b) Take out the stitches.
(c) Fold it and put it away.
(d) Throw it in the fireplace.

13. Who has been murdered in A Jury of Her Peers?
(a) John Wright.
(b) Henry Peters.
(c) Martha Hale.
(d) Minnie Foster.

14. What did Mrs. Hale feel she should take her hand off of once the men reentered, but found herself unable to do so?
(a) The sugar bowl.
(b) The quilt.
(c) The table.
(d) The sewing basket.

15. What does Mrs. Hale notice about the kitchen table when she is alone with Mrs. Peters?
(a) It has a lot of scratches.
(b) It's half wiped clean.
(c) It is wobbly.
(d) It's covered in dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first novel published by Susan Glaspell?

2. With what group had Minnie Foster sung in her youth?

3. What does Mrs. Hale suddenly become worried about regarding her son in the beginning of the story?

4. The county attorney states near the end of the story that "a sheriff's wife is married to" what?

5. What is Mrs. Hale's last line in the story?

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