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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the play, where does Mrs. Hale stash the box?
(a) Her coat pocket
(b) The bread box
(c) The cupboard
(d) Her handbag

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

3. According to Mrs. Peters, what is Mrs. Wright worried will freeze?
(a) Preserves
(b) Fruitcake
(c) Summer vegetables
(d) Bread

4. Where do the characters go first upon entering the house?
(a) To the closet
(b) To the stove
(c) To the bedroom
(d) To the bathroom

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Henry Peters say a man had gone crazy the day before?

2. Near the end of the play, what does Mrs. Peters attempt to take from the box but cannot bring herself to do it?

3. Whose now abandoned farmhouse provides the setting for Trifles?

4. Mrs. Hale remarks that there was a man selling what kind of birds last year?

5. Trifles is seen by critics and theorists as an early example of what dramatic genre?

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