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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sentence was the murder suspect given for the murder of John Hossack?
(a) Life in prison
(b) 25 years in prison
(c) Death by electric chair
(d) Death by hanging

3. When did Susan Glaspell marry George Cram Cook?
(a) 1916
(b) 1919
(c) 1885
(d) 1913

4. Who was accused of the murder of John Hossack?
(a) Emily Hossack
(b) Margaret Hossack
(c) Sarah Hossack
(d) Muriel Hossack

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the trial for John Hossack’s murder take place?

2. According to the Introduction, where was Trifles first performed?

3. What important theatrical collaboration did Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook found?

4. In what year was John Hossack murdered?

5. Who portrayed Lewis Hale in the original production of Trifles?

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