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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Near the end of the play, what does Mrs. Peters attempt to take from the box but cannot bring herself to do it?
(a) The scissors
(b) The canary
(c) The parakeet
(d) The slipper

3. Mrs. Hale says of Mrs. Wright, “I should think she would ‘a wanted a” what?
(a) Cat
(b) Radio
(c) Telephone
(d) Bird

4. The women at the end of Trifles illustrate which of the following concepts?
(a) Animosity
(b) Insolence
(c) Solidarity
(d) Arbitration

5. Remarks about Mr. Wright indicate that he did not do much of what?
(a) Talking
(b) Staying quiet
(c) Arguing
(d) Complaining

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he asks, “Who did this, Mrs. Wright?”

5. Who claims that she is cold?

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