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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word describing the men in Trifles means to behave in an offensively condescending manner?
(a) Adroit
(b) Patronizing
(c) Exacerbating
(d) Interrogating

2. According to the stage directions in the opening of the play, what is Henry Peters’ profession?
(a) County Attorney
(b) Farmer
(c) Sheriff
(d) County Judge

3. What characters are described as "men in middle life"?
(a) Lewis Hale and George Henderson
(b) Henry Peters and Lewis Hale
(c) Frank and Harry
(d) George Henderson and Dr. Lloyd

4. What item does Mrs. Peters say Mrs. Wright had asked for, calling it a funny thing to want in jail?
(a) A winter coat
(b) A bonnet
(c) A petticoat
(d) An apron

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Hale remarks to Mrs. Peters, “I suppose she felt she couldn’t do her part, and then you don’t enjoy things when you feel” what?

2. When was Trifles first performed?

3. What character asks “By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you left them”?

4. What character says, “And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?”

5. In what room of the now abandoned farmhouse is the setting for the opening scene of Trifles?

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