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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women note about the birdcage in the Wrights’ home while the men are outside?
(a) It is made of wood
(b) The door is broken
(c) There is cat hair in it
(d) It is made of copper

2. Who invites the women to come up to the fire in the beginning of Trifles?
(a) Henry Peters
(b) Lewis Hale
(c) George Henderson
(d) Dr. Lloyd

3. What does Mr. Hale say he thinks he hears someone say when he knocks a second time on the Wrights’ door?
(a) Who is it?
(b) Come in
(c) Come back later
(d) Go away

4. Where does Mr. Hale say Mrs. Wright moves after his companion leaves to phone the authorities?
(a) To the kitchen table
(b) To the bedroom
(c) To a chair in the corner
(d) To the front porch

5. Mrs. Peters claims that “[t]he law has got to” do what?
(a) Collect taxes
(b) Punish crime
(c) Be right
(d) Uphold itself

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of the play, where does Mrs. Peters attempt to hide the jeweled box?

2. George Henderson remarks to the Sheriff that there is “[n]o sign at all of anyone having” what?

3. What does Mrs. Hale say was in the Wright home but was not used in the murder?

4. Who was accused of the murder of John Hossack?

5. What character in the play is based on the real-life figure of Margaret Hossack?

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