A Jury of Her Peers Quizzes

A Jury of Her Peers Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed January 25, 2019

1 The story was first published as a/an

play

poem

comic

novel
2 The original version was called

The Dead Bird

Trifles

Murder

Knot It
3 The story of Minnie and John is

based on a true story

completely fictionalized

based on a member of Glaspell's family

exactly accurate
4 What was Martha Hale doing when she was interrupted?

Making bread

Sewing

Dealing with children

Cleaning
5 How does Mrs. Hale feel about leaving her kitchen?

Indifferent

Pleased

Angry

Annoyed
6 Who is NOT going to the Wright house at the beginning?

Mrs. Peters

Mr. Hale

Henderson

Harry Hale
7 Mrs. Hale sees Mrs. Peters as very

silly

dumb

timid

prideful
8 Mr. Peters is described as all the following except

imposing

loud

cruel

large
9 The Wright place is very

lonesome

filthy

ostentatious

crowded
10 Which character says something negative about women?

Mr. Peters

Mr. Hale

Henderson

All of these characters
11 Who found the body?

Mr. Peters

Mr. Hale

Mrs. Peters

Henderson
12 When Mr. Hale speaks, he

lies

is very confident

tends to mix things up

is quiet and shy
13 Mr. Hale went to see John about

mail

potatoes

a telephone

a horse
14 Where did Mr. Hale find Minnie?

At the table

In her rocker

Standing by the fire

Upstairs
15 Mr. Hale says Minnie looked

angry

queer

tense

depressed
16 How did John Wright die?

He was poisoned

He was shot

He was attacked with an ax

He was strangled
17 What does Minnie say about John's death?

That she saw it happen

That she was sleeping during it

That she did it

That she was in another room when it happened
18 The first thing Henderson criticizes in the kitchen is

the pans and pots

the towel

the stove

the broken fruit jars
19 What did Mrs. Peters say Minnie was worried about?

Her house

Her bird

Her trial

Her preserves
20 Mr. Hale says women are used to worrying over

trifles

important matters

men

the law
21 Henderson says Minnie was not much of

wife

a housekeeper

mother

cook
22 What does Henderson describe as dirty?

The towels

The fireplace

The floor

The stove
23 The weather outside is

warm and windy

very cold

temperate

snowing
24 Mrs. Hale

visited Minnie often

did not visit Minnie very often

was not allowed to visit Minnie

did not like Minnie
25 Mrs. Hale can best be described as

prejudiced

shy

ignorant

observant

What did Mr. Hale find at the Wright house?

Mr. Hale found Minnie sitting in a rocking chair.

So I knocked again, louder, and I thought I heard somebody say, 'Come in.' I wasn't sure- I'm not sure yet. But I opened the door--this door," jerking
a hand toward the door by which the two women...

Asked by Chett B #1361862

Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/9/2025 9:35 AM

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Why does Mrs. Hale go to the Wright house with the sheriff and her husband?

Mrs Hale accompanied the sheriff and her husband because Mrs. Peters asked if she could come along. The two women were meant to gather things for Minnie Wright... clothes and a few personal items, to take to her in jail.

"I suppose anything Mrs....

Asked by Joe L #1307786

Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/14/2023 1:46 PM

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Based on her thinking after learning of her husband's death, how would Mrs. Mallard in "The Story of an Hour" have responded to Franklin's idea?

I don't think Mrs. Mallard would agree. I believe that she was happy with her husband... and that she loved him, but his death provided her with what she believed to be true freedom.

Asked by vic v #1275612

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/2/2022 11:39 PM

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