The Roaring Twenties, Modernism, and Postwar Outlooks — Test
Question 12 • TPS EdX English Language Arts 11
Read the excerpt from Trifles . SHERIFF: Nothing here but kitchen things. ( The County Attorney, after again looking around the kitchen, opens the door of a cupboard closet. He gets up on a chair and looks on a shelf. Pulls his hand away, sticky .) COUNTY ATTORNEY: Here’s a nice mess. (The women draw nearer .) How would an audio recording of this excerpt help establish the setting of the play?
Answer
A
through the sound of a cupboard door opening
B
through the dialogue spoken by each of the characters
C
through a change in the characters’ tones of voices
D
through an increase in volume at certain points in time
Explanation
An audio recording can use sound effects to make the stage directions audible. The sound of the cupboard door opening would help listeners picture the kitchen and the County Attorney searching its cupboards. The dialogue mentions kitchen things, but the specific sound effect most directly establishes the setting through the action described.
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