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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Introduction, where was Trifles first performed?
(a) The Wharf Theatre
(b) The Oak Park Theater
(c) The St. James Theatre
(d) The Lucille Lortel Theater

2. What character says, “the law is the law”?
(a) George Henderson
(b) Bessie
(c) Mrs. Hale
(d) Mrs. Peters

3. In what region of the United States is Trifles set?
(a) The South
(b) The Northeast
(c) The Midwest
(d) The West

4. Mrs. Peters says that her first baby died when he was how old?
(a) 2 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 1 year

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What character asks “By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you left them”?

2. At the end of the play, George Henderson remarks, “Well, Henry, at least we found out that she was not going to” what?

3. As a founding member of a famous theatrical collaboration, Susan Glaspell arranged for the first ever reading of a play by what famed playwright?

4. What does George Henderson ask the women when he sees the birdcage in the room?

5. What do the women note about the birdcage in the Wrights’ home while the men are outside?

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