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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from the narrative refers to a valley?
(a) Doublet
(b) Garter
(c) Fen
(d) Hollow

3. Mrs. Hale remarks to Mrs. Peters, “Well, I don’t see any signs of” what “around here”?
(a) Love
(b) Resentment
(c) Anger
(d) Family

4. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, “If I was you, I wouldn’t tell her” what?
(a) Her fruit was gone
(b) Her bread was gone
(c) About the investigation
(d) About the canary

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hale notice about Mrs. Wright’s stitching on her sewing in one section?

2. Who claims that she is cold?

3. Mrs. Hale describes Mrs. Wright as having worn a dress with what color ribbons when she sang in the choir?

4. For how many months did Susan Glaspell cover the John Hossack murder case?

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?

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