Trifles: The Rise of Modern Feminism on the Stage, Part 1 — Quiz
Question 14 • English Language Arts 11
Read the excerpt from part one of 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. ) MRS. PETERS ( to the other woman ) : Oh, her fruit; it did freeze. ( To the Lawyer ). She worried about that when it turned so cold. She said the fire’d go out and her jars would break. What do the underlined stage directions suggest about the women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters?
Answer
A
They share a bond as women and are instinctively curious.
B
They are being polite by attempting to move nearer to the speaker.
C
They are totally fascinated by what the County Attorney is saying.
D
They are attempting to hide something by distracting the speaker.
Explanation
When the women draw nearer after the County Attorney finds the sticky mess, they show interest in the kitchen detail that the men dismiss. Mrs. Peters immediately recognizes the frozen fruit and recalls Mrs. Wright’s worry about her jars. Their attention suggests a shared bond and instinctive curiosity about another woman’s domestic concerns, not an attempt to distract the speaker.
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