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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of pet does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright was afraid of?
(a) Birds
(b) Dogs
(c) Fish
(d) Cats

2. What does Mrs. Peters use to wrap around a jar to take to Mrs. Wright?
(a) A bath towel
(b) A shawl
(c) A petticoat
(d) A dish cloth

3. Trifles is seen by critics and theorists as an early example of what dramatic genre?
(a) Realist drama
(b) Feminist drama
(c) Dadaist drama
(d) Absurdist drama

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

5. After the men reenter from upstairs, what character says, “Well, I’ve got the team around. Pretty cold out there”?
(a) Harry
(b) Henry Peters
(c) Lewis Hale
(d) George Henderson

6. What do the women find in the fancy box in Mrs. Wright’s sewing basket?
(a) A dead canary
(b) A dead parakeet
(c) A tooth
(d) A baby’s slipper

7. What is Mr. Hale’s response when asked of Mrs. Wright, “How did she seem to feel about your coming?”
(a) Well, I think she wanted me to go
(b) Why, I don’t think she minded—one way or other
(c) Well, she seemed happy to see me
(d) She began weeping when I came in

8. What was Mrs. Wright’s name before she got married?
(a) Marie Ross
(b) Sarah Anderson
(c) Mary Smith
(d) Minnie Foster

9. Mrs. Peters remarks to Mrs. Hale that when she was young, a boy killed her kitten with what?
(a) A hatchet
(b) A rock
(c) A gun
(d) A rope

10. Who does Mr. Hale recall having said, “No, he’s dead all right, and we’d better not touch anything” when he discovered the murder?
(a) Dr. Lloyd
(b) Bessie
(c) Frank
(d) Harry

11. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he says, “How, do, Mrs. Wright it’s cold, ain’t it?”
(a) Is it?
(b) No, it’s not
(c) It is!
(d) I’m fine

12. What word from the stage directions refers to a scarf, usually of fur or wool, used to cover the neck, or the neck and shoulders?
(a) Tippet
(b) Doublet
(c) Bonnet
(d) Foxglove

13. What key character in the play never appears onstage?
(a) George Henderson
(b) Mrs. Peters
(c) Mrs. Hale
(d) Mrs. Wright

14. What word from the stage directions means dashing courage or heroic bravery?
(a) Insurgence
(b) Gallantry
(c) Abstinence
(d) Altruism

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Hale remarks when looking at Mrs. Wright’s sewing that she wonders if she was going to do what or “just knot it”?

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

3. Whom does George Henderson say “doesn’t need supervising”?

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

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

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