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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he asks, “Why, what did he die of?”
(a) He died of a gunshot
(b) He was killed by burglars
(c) He died of a rope round his neck
(d) He died of pneumonia

2. Where do the women go to gather some things to take to Mrs. Wright in jail?
(a) The upstairs bedroom
(b) The bathroom closet
(c) The basement
(d) The front room closet

3. How many articles did Susan Glaspell write as a reporter that covered the John Hossack murder case?
(a) 10
(b) 26
(c) 35
(d) 15

4. What discovery by the women marks the climax of Trifles?
(a) The dead canary
(b) The petticoat
(c) The diary
(d) The bread box

5. Mrs. Hale tells Mrs. Peters, “If I was you, I wouldn’t tell her” what?
(a) About the investigation
(b) Her bread was gone
(c) Her fruit was gone
(d) About the canary

Short Answer Questions

1. As a founding member of a famous theatrical collaboration, Susan Glaspell arranged for the first ever reading of a play by what famed playwright?

2. Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale that when the boy killed her kitten she would have done what “if they hadn’t held me back”?

3. How does Mr. Hale describe the Wrights’ house when he arrives and discovers the murder?

4. Who asks the County Attorney, "Did you want to see what Mrs. Peters was going to take in?"

5. Where was the theatrical collaboration that Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook formed originated?

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