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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mrs. Wright discovered when Mr. Hale comes by and discovers the murder?
(a) On the sofa
(b) By the bedside
(c) At the kitchen table
(d) In the rocking chair

2. Whose now abandoned farmhouse provides the setting for Trifles?
(a) John Peters’
(b) John Wright’s
(c) John Hossack’s
(d) James Wikins’

3. Before they depart, Henry Peters remarks to Mr. Henderson, “I just want you to come in here a minute, George. We ought to take a look at” what?
(a) The doors
(b) The attic
(c) These windows
(d) The basement

4. For how many months did Susan Glaspell cover the John Hossack murder case?
(a) 20
(b) 16
(c) 4
(d) 30

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, “She used to ____. He killed that too.”

2. Near the end of the play, at what sound does Mrs. Hale snatch the box?

3. According to the stage directions in the opening of the play, what is Henry Peters’ profession?

4. Where do the women go to gather some things to take to Mrs. Wright in jail?

5. Whom does George Henderson say “doesn’t need supervising”?

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