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Trifles: The Rise of Modern Feminism on the Stage, Part 1 — Unit test Answers

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Which of the following most supports the fact that The Chaste Adventures of Joseph: A Comedy is written in an experimental style?

A
The audience is actively and randomly involved in the play.
B
The author uses language that is unusual for the time period.
C
The setting and characters are presented in unusual ways.
D
The actors read lines before an audience with no setting.
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In Glaspell’s The Inheritors, which quotation most supports the feminist theme that women often feel a desire to control their own fate?

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MADELINE: He got this letter out to me—written on this scrap of paper. . . . He's in what they call 'the hold', father—a punishment cell.
B
MADELINE: I do like good times. So does Fred Jordan like good times.
C
MADELINE: I do know what it means, but it means not being a coward.
D
MADELINE: I think I'm an American. And for that reason I think I have something to say about America.
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Read the excerpt from The Inheritors.EMIL: Guess you don't know much about the Espionage Act or you'd go and make a little friendly call on your uncle. When your case comes to trial—and Judge Lenon may be on the bench—(whistles) He's one fiend for Americanism.What best describes the effect of the word fiend in this excerpt?

A
It establishes the time period in which the story occurred by using language that is not typically used in today’s society.
B
It develops the conflict by establishing the fact that Judge Lenon is unforgiving when he feels that someone has been unpatriotic.
C
It enhances the theme of the story by suggesting that it is nearly impossible to receive a fair trial during this time period.
D
It characterizes Judge Lenon as a corrupt judge who does not care to serve justice.
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Read the following scene from The Inheritors.FRED JORDAN'S cell. Slowly, at the end left unchalked, as for a door, she goes in. Her hand goes up as against a wall; looks at her other hand, sees it is out too far, brings it in, giving herself the width of the cell. Walks its length, halts, looks up.) And one window—too high up to see out. (In the moment she stands there, she is in that cell; she is all the people who are in those cells. EMIL JOHNSON [who works at the courthouse], appears from outside.)MADELINE: (stepping out of the cell door, and around it) Hello, Emil.EMIL: How are you, Madeline? How do, Mr Morton. (IRA barely nods and does not turn... EMIL turns back to MADELINE) Well, I'm just from the courthouse. Looks like you and I might take a ride together, Madeline. You come before the Commissioner at four.A possible disadvantage to watching this scene, as opposed to reading it silently, is that viewers are

A
required to conceptualize the setting of the jailhouse.
B
required to interpret movements in absence of stage directions.
C
required to imagine the appearance of the characters.
D
required to visualize the props used within the scene.
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Read the excerpt from Section 2 of the Espionage Act, which was enacted by the Congress of the United States on June 15, 1917.Section 2Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury or the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation, communicated, delivers, or transmits, or attempts to, or aids, or induces another to, communicate, deliver or transmit, to any foreign government, or to any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United States, or to any representative, officer, agent, employee, subject, or citizen thereof, either directly or indirectly and document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, note, instrument, appliance, or information relating to the national defence, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty years.How does this excerpt relate to the plot of the The Inheritors?

A
It creates a shift in the mood, which was initially lighthearted, to one that is somber and tense.
B
It characterizes Emil, who is the first to mention the act, as one who exaggerates and worries unnecessarily.
C
It establishes the setting by referring to acts of espionage that were only committed during certain periods in history.
D
It strengthens the conflict by revealing the severity of the punishments that one convicted of spying will face.
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Johan is listening to his principal deliver a speech about the importance of physical education in school. Johan is planning to write an argumentative essay on the topic. After the speech, Johan should first

A
begin to formulate his thesis.
B
review and clarify his notes.
C
file his notes and read them later.
D
decide what kind of shorthand to use.
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Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid. In this excerpt, “the eternal Footman” is most likely an allusion to

A
the poet.
B
a servant.
C
Death.
D
the universe.
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Read the poem “Fog,” by Carl Sandburg. The fog comeson little cat feet.It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on.Which lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" most likely influenced Sandburg’s poem?

A
Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table;
B
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes, Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,
C
I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
D
Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows?
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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?

A
through an increase in volume at certain points in time
B
through the dialogue spoken by each of the characters
C
through the sound of a cupboard door opening
D
through a change in the characters’ tones of voices
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Read the sentence.

A
The dogs or the cats is responsible for the mess.
B
The dogs or the cat is responsible for the mess.
C
The dogs and the cats are responsible for the mess.
D
The dogs or the cats is responsible for the messess.
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Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress."We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their Government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.How does Wilson organize the text to support the viewpoint in the paragraph?

A
He switches from specific reasons to general reasons.
B
He describes a clear cause-and-effect situation.
C
He states a main idea and offers details to make his point.
D
He details events in chronological order.

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