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Interpreting a Source Text: A Production of Trifles — Quiz

Question 9 • English Language Arts 11

Read the following scene from Trifles . 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. SHERIFF: Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder and worryin’ about her preserves. COUNTY ATTORNEY: I guess before we’re through she may have something more serious than preserves to worry about. HALE: Well, women are used to worrying over trifles. ( The two women move a little closer together .) In a film production, where should the camera focus if the director wants to emphasize the men’s emotions?

Answer
A
on the characters’ costumes
B
on close-ups of the women
C
on the women’s actions
D
on close-ups of the men
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Read the following scene from Trifles . COUNTY…