Trifles Test | Final Test - Easy

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Trifles Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Henry Peters say a man had gone crazy the day before?
(a) Williams Hospital
(b) James Center
(c) Washington Park
(d) Morris Center

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

3. Where in the house does all of the action of the play take place?
(a) The bedroom
(b) The front porch
(c) The parlor
(d) The kitchen

4. What word in the narrative means to find fault with?
(a) Interrogate
(b) Abnegate
(c) Ordinate
(d) Reproach

5. What does Mrs. Hale say was in the Wright home but was not used in the murder?
(a) A dagger
(b) A gun
(c) An axe
(d) A noose

6. Which of the following is a key theme in Trifles?
(a) Sexual longing
(b) Sibling rivalry
(c) Isolation
(d) The impact of war

7. Who says, “Well, Women are used to worrying over trifles”?
(a) Dr. Lloyd
(b) George Henderson
(c) Lewis Hale
(d) John Wright

8. What does Mrs. Peters tell Mrs. Hale that she knows?
(a) Grief
(b) Sanity
(c) Purity
(d) Stillness

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

10. What is the name of the Sheriff’s Deputy?
(a) Mitch
(b) Harry
(c) Paul
(d) Frank

11. Why does Mrs. Hale say she hasn’t visited the Wright home much?
(a) It never seemed a very cheerful place
(b) I hated Mrs. Wright
(c) Mr. Wright gave me the willies
(d) It was too violent

12. According to Mr. Hale, how does Mrs. Wright respond when he says, “How, do, Mrs. Wright it’s cold, ain’t it?”
(a) I’m fine
(b) No, it’s not
(c) It is!
(d) Is it?

13. Mrs. Peters tells Mrs. Hale, “Mr. Henderson said coming out that what was needed for the case was” what?
(a) A weapon
(b) Fingerprints
(c) An alibi
(d) A motive

14. Who does Henry Peters tell that they will be right out as he goes into the other room with George Henderson?
(a) Harry
(b) Lewis Hale
(c) Dr. Lloyd
(d) Frank

15. Where does Mr. Hale’s companion go to use the telephone after discovering Mr. Wright’s body?
(a) The Montagues’ place
(b) The Walton’s place
(c) The Rivers’ place
(d) The Bean’s place

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the stage directions in the opening of the play, what is George Henderson’s profession?

4. What word from the narrative refers to a valley?

5. From where has the County Attorney just returned upon arriving at the farmhouse?

(see the answer keys)

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