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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the trial for John Hossack’s murder take place?
(a) Indianola, Iowa
(b) Albany, New York
(c) St. Paul, Minnesota
(d) Chicago, Illinois

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

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 attic
(b) The basement
(c) The doors
(d) These windows

4. Why does Mrs. Hale say she hasn’t visited the Wright home much?
(a) I hated Mrs. Wright
(b) It was too violent
(c) Mr. Wright gave me the willies
(d) It never seemed a very cheerful place

5. Who does Henry Peters say he sent to the farmhouse in the morning to make a fire?
(a) Frank
(b) James
(c) Lewis Hale
(d) Harry

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks the County Attorney, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"

2. What acts as a symbol of Mrs. Wright’s marriage in the play?

3. Where outside do the men go to look for evidence after they have finished upstairs?

4. Where does Mrs. Peters say she and her husband homesteaded before?

5. According to Mrs. Peters, where is Mrs. Wright’s shawl always hung?

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