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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George Henderson ask the women when he sees the birdcage in the room?
(a) Has the bird flown?
(b) Did the cat get it?
(c) Where is the bird?
(d) Was that Mr. Wright’s?

2. What is the Sheriff’s response when asked, “You’re convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive”?
(a) Nothing here but trifles
(b) Nothing here but kitchen things
(c) Nothing here but women’s things
(d) Only the stale bread

3. Where does Mr. Hale say Mrs. Wright moves after his companion leaves to phone the authorities?
(a) To the bedroom
(b) To the front porch
(c) To a chair in the corner
(d) To the kitchen table

4. Who enters first in the opening scene of Trifles?
(a) Dr. Lloyd
(b) Lewis Hale
(c) George Henderson
(d) Henry Peters

5. Mrs. Peters says that Mr. Henderson is awful what “in a speech”?
(a) Malignant
(b) Cautious
(c) Arbitrary
(d) Sarcastic

Short Answer Questions

1. As the men reenter from upstairs, George Henderson remarks, “But you know juries when it comes to” what?

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

3. Which of the following is a central theme in Trifles?

4. Mrs. Peters remarks to Mrs. Hale that when she was young, a boy killed her kitten with what?

5. After the men reenter from upstairs, what character says, “Well, I’ve got the team around. Pretty cold out there”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Trifles reflect women’s roles during Susan Glaspell’s lifetime?

2. What happens after Mr. Hale finishes his story of the previous day's events?

3. When George Henderson asks if Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Wright had been friends, how does Mrs. Hale reply?

4. What is discovered by Mrs. Peters in the stitching of Mrs. Wright's quilt?

5. What does Mrs. Hale say to Mrs. Peters in disregarding the stitching of the quilt?

6. What leads the women to discover the pretty box in Mrs. Wright's sewing basket?

7. What does Mrs. Hale regard of Mrs. Wright's clothing?

8. What does Mrs. Peters say in response to Mrs. Hale berating herself for not visiting Minnie?

9. What condescending comments are made of the women as the men first disappear upstairs?

10. What comment is made regarding the kitchen before the men depart upstairs? Why is this significant?

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