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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mrs. Wright’s response when Mr. Hale asks her, “Weren’t you sleepin’ in the bed with him?”
(a) No, I was sleeping downstairs
(b) No, I was cooking
(c) Yes, but I was on the inside
(d) Yes, but I was on the outside

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

3. Mrs. Hale remarks that there was a man selling what kind of birds last year?
(a) Parakeets
(b) Canaries
(c) Finches
(d) Parrots

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

5. When talking with Mrs. Peters, what does Mrs. Hale say her sister’s name is?
(a) Bessie
(b) Marie
(c) Betty
(d) Sarah

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George Henderson ask the women as the men return from examining outside?

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

3. How many years ago does Mrs. Hale say Mrs. Wright sung in the town choir, prior to her marriage?

4. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he says, “How, do, Mrs. Wright it’s cold, ain’t it?”

5. According to the Introduction, what weapon was used to kill John Hossack?

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