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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George Henderson remarks that “a Sheriff’s wife is married to” what?
(a) Justice
(b) Murder
(c) Crime
(d) The law

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

3. When speaking to Mrs. Peters what does Mrs. Hale compare Mr. Wright to?
(a) A desert storm
(b) A diamond in the rough
(c) A raw wind
(d) A movie star

4. Mr. Hale says that he stops by the Wrights’ home to ask John Wright about sharing what?
(a) A fence
(b) Winter firewood
(c) A barnyard
(d) A telephone line

5. As a founding member of a famous theatrical collaboration, Susan Glaspell arranged for the first ever reading of a play by what famed playwright?
(a) Samuel Beckett
(b) Norman Mailer
(c) Eugene O’Neill
(d) Edward Albee

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women find in the fancy box in Mrs. Wright’s sewing basket?

2. How do the women determine Mrs. Wright’s pet had been killed?

3. According to Mr. Hale, who arrives to examine Mr. Wright’s body?

4. What character says, “I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing”?

5. Which of the following is a recurring motif in Trifles?

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