Trifles Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Trifles Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where in the house does Mrs. Peters find a birdcage?
(a) The cupboard
(b) The bedroom
(c) The basement
(d) The attic

3. When speaking to Mrs. Peters what does Mrs. Hale compare Mr. Wright to?
(a) A diamond in the rough
(b) A raw wind
(c) A desert storm
(d) A movie star

4. What word in the stage directions, meaning ashamed or embarrassed, describes the women when the men return from upstairs?
(a) Ordinate
(b) Obstinate
(c) Abashed
(d) Ardent

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the short story that Susan Glaspell adapted Trifles into?

2. Mr. Hale says that he stops by the Wrights’ home to ask John Wright about sharing what?

3. What is the Sheriff’s response when asked, “You’re convinced that there was nothing important here—nothing that would point to any motive”?

4. After the men reenter from upstairs, who says he is going to stay at the Wright home by himself?

5. Near the end of the play, what does Mrs. Peters attempt to take from the box but cannot bring herself to do it?

(see the answer key)

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