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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. Hale’s response when the County Attorney remarks, “Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies?”
(a) She was busy with the children, mostly
(b) She was an excellent housekeeper, sir
(c) Her husband wouldn’t let her clean
(d) There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm

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

3. What word from the stage directions refers to a scarf, usually of fur or wool, used to cover the neck, or the neck and shoulders?
(a) Tippet
(b) Foxglove
(c) Bonnet
(d) Doublet

4. Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale that when the boy killed her kitten she would have done what “if they hadn’t held me back”?
(a) Killed him
(b) Run away
(c) Killed myself
(d) Hurt him

5. The success of Trifles rests largely on what dramatic/literary device that means the audience is aware of facts not grasped by characters in the play?
(a) Exposition
(b) Metaphor
(c) Irony
(d) Alliteration

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Henry Peters say a man had gone crazy the day before?

2. What do the women note about the birdcage in the Wrights’ home while the men are outside?

3. What is the name of the Sheriff’s Deputy?

4. What was Mrs. Wright’s response when Mr. Hale asks her, “Weren’t you sleepin’ in the bed with him?”

5. What does Mr. Hale say he is going to town to sell when he stops by the Wrights’ home?

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