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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trifles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George Henderson ask the women when he sees the birdcage in the room?
(a) Has the bird flown?
(b) Was that Mr. Wright’s?
(c) Did the cat get it?
(d) Where is the bird?

2. What is Mr. Hale’s response when asked of Mrs. Wright, “How did she seem to feel about your coming?”
(a) She began weeping when I came in
(b) Well, I think she wanted me to go
(c) Why, I don’t think she minded—one way or other
(d) Well, she seemed happy to see me

3. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, “She used to ____. He killed that too.”
(a) Talk
(b) Sing
(c) Sew
(d) Dance

4. Where does Mr. Hale say Mrs. Wright pointed when he asks her where Mr. Wright is?
(a) To the kitchen
(b) To the barn
(c) Toward town
(d) Upstairs

5. After the men reenter from upstairs, who says he is going to stay at the Wright home by himself?
(a) Dr. Lloyd
(b) Henry Peters
(c) Lewis Hale
(d) George Henderson

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the stage directions, meaning ashamed or embarrassed, describes the women when the men return from upstairs?

2. When talking with Mrs. Peters, what does Mrs. Hale say her sister’s name is?

3. According to the Introduction, who played the role of Henry Peters in the original production of Trifles?

4. What does Mrs. Peters use to wrap around a jar to take to Mrs. Wright?

5. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he asks, “Then why can’t I see him?”

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