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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale notice about Mrs. Wright’s stitching on her sewing in one section?
(a) It has the wrong color thread
(b) It is completely even
(c) It is more delicate than the rest
(d) It is erratic

2. In what year was John Hossack murdered?
(a) 1798
(b) 1900
(c) 1885
(d) 1916

3. What is the name of the short story that Susan Glaspell adapted Trifles into?
(a) The Trial of a Century
(b) The Canary
(c) A Jury of Her Peers
(d) The Last Trial

4. What key character in the play never appears onstage?
(a) Mrs. Hale
(b) George Henderson
(c) Mrs. Peters
(d) Mrs. Wright

5. What refers to direct perception of truth, independent of any reasoning process?
(a) Misogyny
(b) Retribution
(c) Intuition
(d) Exposition

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of pattern do the women see in Mrs. Wright’s sewing in the sewing basket?

3. Mrs. Peters says that Mr. Henderson is awful what “in a speech”?

4. What character says, “the law is the law”?

5. Whom does George Henderson say “doesn’t need supervising”?

(see the answer key)

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