Question

Read this excerpt from "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell. Which line best indicates that the men regard a woman's domain as meaningless? He paused and looked around the kitchen. "You're convinced there was nothing important here?" he asked the sheriff. "Nothing that would—point to any motive?" The sheriff too looked all around, as if to re-convince himself. "Nothing here but kitchen things," he said, with a little laugh for the insignificance of kitchen things. The county attorney was looking at the cupboard—a peculiar, ungainly structure, half closet and half cupboard, the upper part of it being built in the wall, and the lower part just the old-fashioned kitchen cupboard. As if its queerness attracted him, he got a chair and opened the upper part and looked in. After a moment he drew his hand away sticky. "Here's a nice mess," he said resentfully.

A"You're convinced there was nothing important here?" he asked the sheriff. "Nothing that would—point to any motive?"

B"Nothing here but kitchen things," he said, with a little laugh for the insignificance of kitchen things.

C The county attorney was looking at the cupboard—a peculiar, ungainly structure, half closet and half cupboard, the upper part of it being built in the wall, and the lower part just the old-fashioned kitchen cupboard.

D As if its queerness attracted him, he got a chair and opened the upper part and looked in. After a moment he drew his hand away sticky.

Answer 1

The answer would be B.

Answer 2

B"Nothing here but kitchen things," he said, with a little laugh for the insignificance of kitchen things.

Step-by-step explanation:

While this is a misconception, "cooking things" are considered feminine things. For this reason, we can conclude that the line that indicates that men consider the domain of an insignificant woman is the line shown in letter B.

This line shows how the sheriff was shocked by the kitchen stuff and felt that these things were insignificant and insignificant for what he was looking for and for his work.