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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale remarks to Mrs. Peters, “I suppose she felt she couldn’t do her part, and then you don’t enjoy things when you feel” what?
(a) Abused
(b) Beaten
(c) Shabby
(d) Slighted

2. What word from the stage directions means dashing courage or heroic bravery?
(a) Altruism
(b) Insurgence
(c) Abstinence
(d) Gallantry

3. Who is perceived to have killed Mrs. Wright’s pet in the narrative?
(a) John Wright
(b) Lewis Hale
(c) Harry
(d) George Henderson

4. What character is described as “a young man”?
(a) Lewis Hale
(b) George Henderson
(c) Henry Peters
(d) Frank

5. What is the Sheriff’s response when asked, “You’re convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive”?
(a) Nothing here but trifles
(b) Nothing here but kitchen things
(c) Nothing here but women’s things
(d) Only the stale bread

Short Answer Questions

1. What discovery by the women marks the climax of Trifles?

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

3. Where do the women go to gather some things to take to Mrs. Wright in jail?

4. Mrs. Peters claims that “[t]he law has got to” do what?

5. What does Mr. Hale say he is going to town to sell when he stops by the Wrights’ home?

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