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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Eugene O’Neill
(b) Samuel Beckett
(c) Norman Mailer
(d) Edward Albee

2. What do the women find in the fancy box in Mrs. Wright’s sewing basket?
(a) A dead parakeet
(b) A tooth
(c) A baby’s slipper
(d) A dead canary

3. Mrs. Hale says to Mrs. Peters, “I tell you, it’s queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together and we live” what?
(a) In faith
(b) In ignorance
(c) In blindness
(d) Far apart

4. How do the women determine Mrs. Wright’s pet had been killed?
(a) It was run over
(b) A cat got it
(c) A dog got it
(d) It was strangled

5. When talking with Mrs. Peters, what does Mrs. Hale say her sister’s name is?
(a) Bessie
(b) Betty
(c) Marie
(d) Sarah

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the stage directions in the opening of the play, what is Lewis Hale’s profession?

2. What character is described as “a slight wiry woman” with “a thin nervous face”?

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

4. From where has the County Attorney just returned upon arriving at the farmhouse?

5. What is the name of the Sheriff’s Deputy?

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