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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Susan Glaspell born?

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

3. When the women are alone, Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, "Mr. Henderson is awful ______ in a speech."

4. What does Mrs. Hale begin to arrange after the men exit upstairs?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men respond to Mrs. Wright's worry about her preserves?

2. How is the theme of female loyalty illustrated in the story?

3. How is the theme of gender roles defined in the plot of the story?

4. When the county attorney asks if Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright had been friends, how does she reply?

5. How does Sheriff Peters begin the investigation after arriving at the Wright home? What does Mr. Henderson interrupt to ask?

6. When Mrs. Hale begins to piece together the story of Minnie Wright, how does she berate her own actions?

7. What indication does Mrs. Wright give in front of Mr. Henderson that Mr. Wright was unpleasant?

8. Why does Mrs. Hale defend the suspect's dirty kitchen? What does Mr. Henderson regard this to be?

9. How is Mrs. Peters described through Mrs. Hale's thoughts in the beginning of the narrative?

10. What does Mrs. Hale remark to Mrs. Peters about the lack of children in the home and Mr. Wright's personality when the women are alone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Mrs. Peters and her relationship to the other characters in the narrative. What characteristics is Mrs. Peters described as having? What is Mrs. Peters' objective in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Mr. Henderson and his role in the narrative. What threat does Mr. Henderson pose to Minnie Wright? What is Mr. Henderson's intention in his investigation?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Lewis Hale and discuss his relationship with the other characters in the story. How well did Mr. Hale know the Wrights'? What regard did he have for them?

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