Question

Based on this excerpt from Susan Glaspell's Trifles, which sentence best states what Mrs. Hale thinks about Mr. Wright?
MRS HALE: (looking about) It never seemed a very cheerful place.

COUNTY ATTORNEY: No—it's not cheerful. I shouldn't say she had the homemaking instinct.

MRS HALE: Well, I don't know as Wright had, either.

COUNTY ATTORNEY: You mean that they didn't get on very well?

MRS HALE: No, I don't mean anything. But I don't think a place'd be any cheerfuller for John Wright's being in it.

A.
He was a very rude person.
B.
He worked too hard.
C.
He had a cheerful nature.
D.
He was too simpleminded.
E.
He was not cheerful.

Answer 1

Answer:

E

Explanation:

If Mrs. Hale thinks John wouldn't make the place any more cheerful, that tells us either the place is already cheerful (which we can eliminate from the first line of dialogue) or he's not a cheerful person. Using process of elimination we can assume he's not a cheerful person.

Answer 2

Answer:

He was not Cheerful

Explanation:

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