Practice Exam

Question 24 • TPS EdX English Language Arts 11

Which excerpt from part one of Trifles best develops the motives of the County Attorney?

Answer

COUNTY ATTORNEY: Somebody should have been left here yesterday.

COUNTY ATTORNEY (with the gallantry of a young politician) : And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies?

COUNTY ATTORNEY: (To the Sheriff.) You’re convinced that there was nothing important here-—nothing that would point to any motive?

COUNTY ATTORNEY: How did she seem to feel about your coming?

Explanation

The County Attorney is investigating the killing and wants to find evidence that explains why it happened. In choice D, he asks whether anything at the house could point to a motive, directly showing what he is trying to discover. The other excerpts show him asking about Mrs. Wright’s feelings, making a polite remark, or commenting on what should have been done, but they do not state his investigative purpose as clearly.

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