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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Peters’ response when Mrs. Hale asks, “Do you think she did it?”
(a) Oh, I don’t know
(b) Oh, what do I care?
(c) No, I think she’s innocent
(d) Yes, I think she did

2. Where does Mrs. Peters say she and her husband homesteaded before?
(a) Indiana
(b) Nebraska
(c) New Orleans
(d) Dakota

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

4. How many years ago does Mrs. Hale say Mrs. Wright sung in the town choir, prior to her marriage?
(a) 5
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 10

5. Who portrayed Lewis Hale in the original production of Trifles?
(a) Gino Chelakis
(b) George Cram Cook
(c) Andrew Stabler
(d) Alexander Hampton

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Hale’s final line of the play?

2. Where does Mr. Hale’s companion go to use the telephone after discovering Mr. Wright’s body?

3. According to Henry Peters, what had the temperature dropped below the previous night?

4. Where does Mr. Hale say Mrs. Wright moves after his companion leaves to phone the authorities?

5. In the narrative, Mrs. Hale says, “Not having children makes less work—but it makes” what?

(see the answer key)

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