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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Hale describes Mrs. Wright as having worn a dress with what color ribbons when she sang in the choir?
(a) Pink
(b) Yellow
(c) Blue
(d) Red

2. What word from the stage directions refers to something that lacks serious content?
(a) Manipulative
(b) Facetious
(c) Misogynistic
(d) Gallant

3. In what county is the play set?
(a) Dickson
(b) Anderson
(c) Clark
(d) Williams

4. How does Mr. Hale claim Mrs. Wright looks when the day he discovers the murder?
(a) Queer
(b) Jovial
(c) Happy
(d) Serene

5. According to the Introduction, who played the role of Henry Peters in the original production of Trifles?
(a) Robert Conville
(b) Preston Lorio
(c) Mark Whitburg
(d) James Harris

Short Answer Questions

1. As the women are alone downstairs, what items of clothing does Mrs. Peters carry in the room?

2. What character is described as “a young man”?

3. What was Mrs. Wright’s response when Mr. Hale asks her, “Weren’t you sleepin’ in the bed with him?”

4. Who is to take clothing and things to Mrs. Wright at the jail?

5. What word in the narrative means to find fault with?

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