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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Peters’ response when Mrs. Hale asks, “Do you think she did it?”
(a) Oh, I don’t know
(b) No, I think she’s innocent
(c) Oh, what do I care?
(d) Yes, I think she did

2. What kind of pattern do the women see in Mrs. Wright’s sewing in the sewing basket?
(a) A barn pattern
(b) A dress pattern
(c) A butterfly pattern
(d) A log cabin pattern

3. Who claims that she is cold?
(a) Mrs. Peters
(b) Mrs. Wright
(c) Bessie
(d) Mrs. Hale

4. How long does Mrs. Hale say it has been since she has been in the Wright home?
(a) Three weeks
(b) Over a month
(c) Over a year
(d) Over a week

5. When was Trifles first performed?
(a) September 25, 1919
(b) March 12, 1885
(c) August 8, 1916
(d) July 15, 1901

Short Answer Questions

1. In what region of the United States is Trifles set?

2. Near the end of the play, what does Mrs. Peters attempt to take from the box but cannot bring herself to do it?

3. In the narrative, Mrs. Peters says, “Somehow we just don’t see how it is with other folks until” what?

4. Where was the theatrical collaboration that Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook formed originated?

5. Who played the role of George Henderson in the original production of Trifles?

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