Q 01/05

In Trifles, what kind of pet bird do the two women find dead, wrapped in a piece of silk?

A) A parakeet

B) A goldfinch

C) A canary

D) A bluebird

Answer · why

C) A canary

A canary's death is the clue the men never find: the women conclude that John Wright killed it, and that this is what finally drove Minnie to murder.

Q 02/05

In Trifles, how was the farmer John Wright killed while asleep in his own bed?

A) Strangled with a rope

B) Shot with a rifle

C) Stabbed with a knife

D) Poisoned with arsenic

Answer · why

A) Strangled with a rope

Strangled with a rope is what puzzles the men most, since a gun was in the house. They want a reason for so odd a method, and the women find one.

Q 03/05

The whole of Susan Glaspell's Trifles takes place in which room of the Wright farmhouse?

A) The bedroom

B) The kitchen

C) The parlour

D) The cellar

Answer · why

B) The kitchen

The kitchen is where the men see nothing worth a look, so they search elsewhere and leave the two women alone with every clue that matters.

Q 04/05

The line that gives Trifles its title mocks Minnie Wright for worrying about what while in jail?

A) Her laying hens

B) Her unpaid store debts

C) Her fruit preserves

D) Her Sunday dress

Answer · why

C) Her fruit preserves

Her fruit preserves had frozen and burst their jars in the unheated house. Lewis Hale's reply, dismissing such worries as the trifles women fuss over,...

Q 05/05

As Trifles ends, where does Mrs. Hale conceal the box that holds the dead bird?

A) In the wood box

B) Inside her muff

C) In Mrs. Peters's bag

D) In her coat pocket

Answer · why

D) In her coat pocket

In her coat pocket is where it ends up, after Mrs. Peters tries to fit the box into her own bag, finds it too big, and cannot bring herself to touch t...