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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the end of the play, what does Mrs. Peters attempt to take from the box but cannot bring herself to do it?
(a) The scissors
(b) The slipper
(c) The canary
(d) The parakeet

2. What does George Henderson ask the women as the men return from examining outside?
(a) Hello ladies, how has the investigation been going for you?
(b) Well, ladies, have you made the fire warmer yet?
(c) Well ladies, have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it?
(d) Well, ladies, have you gotten Mrs. Wright’s things ready?

3. What title refers to an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate any death not clearly resulting from natural causes?
(a) Minister
(b) Taxidermist
(c) Coroner
(d) County Judge

4. The success of Trifles rests largely on what dramatic/literary device that means the audience is aware of facts not grasped by characters in the play?
(a) Irony
(b) Exposition
(c) Metaphor
(d) Alliteration

5. What is Mrs. Wright doing with her apron when Mr. Hale enters?
(a) Washing it
(b) Ironing it
(c) Drying it
(d) Pleating it

Short Answer Questions

1. From where has the County Attorney just returned upon arriving at the farmhouse?

2. Mrs. Peters says that Mr. Henderson is awful what “in a speech”?

3. At the end of the play, what does Mrs. Hale have her hand over?

4. What does Mrs. Hale say was in the Wright home but was not used in the murder?

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

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