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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character asks “By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you left them”?
(a) Henry Peters
(b) George Henderson
(c) Frank
(d) Lewis Hale

2. What character says, “And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?”
(a) Lewis Hale
(b) George Henderson
(c) John Wright
(d) Dr. Lloyd

3. According to Mr. Hale, who arrives to examine Mr. Wright’s body?
(a) Dr. Adams
(b) Dr. Lloyd
(c) Dr. Smith
(d) Dr. Peters

4. As the men reenter from upstairs, George Henderson says,, “No, Peters, it’s all perfectly clear except” what?
(a) A weapon
(b) How they got in
(c) An alibi
(d) A reason for doing it

5. What discovery by the women marks the climax of Trifles?
(a) The dead canary
(b) The bread box
(c) The petticoat
(d) The diary

Short Answer Questions

1. As the women are alone downstairs, what item of clothing does Mrs. Hale carry in the room that belongs to Mrs. Wright?

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

3. Of what does Mrs. Peters say, “They’re superstitious, you know. They leave”?

4. As the men reenter from upstairs, George Henderson remarks, “But you know juries when it comes to” what?

5. Mrs. Hale says to Mrs. Peters, “I tell you, it’s queer, Mrs. Peters. We live close together and we live” what?

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