Unit Test

Question 1

What does the birdcage symbolize in Trifles?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: the Wright household

Question 2

What is the symbolic significance of Mr. Wright killing Mrs. Wright’s bird?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: The bird represents Mrs. Wright when she was young and happy; Mr. Wright destroyed his wife’s joyful spirit.

Question 3

What does the quilt piece with uneven sewing show about Mrs. Wright?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: She was highly agitated.

Question 4

Based on what you have read, what is the significance of the phrase “knot it” in the final lines of the play? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: “Knot it” is a technique that only women understand, which mirrors the fact that the women are the only ones who know Mrs. Wright’s motive and have evidence for Mr. Wright’s murder.; D: “Knot it” signifies the recognition that Mrs. Wright murdered Mr. Wright by knotting a rope around his neck.

Question 5

What knowledge did you use to determine the symbol? Check any of the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: the woman’s role as a homemaker; B: the theme that women are pressured to fit a role

Question 6

What quality makes the stitching symbolic?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: Stitching holds things together, and this uneven stitching suggests that Mrs. Wright’s situation is coming apart.

Unit Test Answers

More from this Course

TRY EDGENUITY HACKS