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

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

2. What important theatrical collaboration did Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook found?
(a) The Provincetown Players
(b) The Cincinnati Players
(c) The Greenwich Players
(d) The Public Theater

3. Where was the theatrical collaboration that Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook formed originated?
(a) Rutland, Connecticut
(b) New York, New York
(c) Bay Ridge, New Jersey
(d) Cape Cod, Massachusetts

4. According to the Introduction, who played the role of Henry Peters in the original production of Trifles?
(a) Mark Whitburg
(b) Preston Lorio
(c) James Harris
(d) Robert Conville

5. In what year was John Hossack murdered?
(a) 1900
(b) 1885
(c) 1798
(d) 1916

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Introduction, during what years did Susan Glaspell work as a reporter for the Des Moines News?

2. Who played the role of George Henderson in the original production of Trifles?

3. What sentence was the murder suspect given for the murder of John Hossack?

4. When was Trifles first performed?

5. When did Susan Glaspell marry George Cram Cook?

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