Characters
Who was John Proctor having an affair with?
Abigail
Who does Abigail blame for making them dance in the woods.
Tituba
What object do the girls dance around in the woods? Reverend Hale is NOT a fan!
A Cauldron
Who wrote The Crucible?
Arthur Miller
A small doll or figurine used as a toy
Who is the witch expert that Reverend Parris calls in to investigate Betty and Ruth?
Reverend Hale
Which character is the first to suggest the girls are faking, and that they will get tired of it if left alone?
Rebecca Nurse
What does Mary sew in court and then stick a needle in for safe keeping?
A poppet
Arthur Miller visited ______________ and read about its history, and it reminded him a lot of the events going on in the 1950s.
Salem
What does Beguile mean?
To charm or trick
Who works for the Proctors and sewed the poppet that Abigail uses to accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft?
Marry Warren
Who lost all of her babies but Ruth and is looking for someone to blame?
Anne Putnam
Reverend Hale brings many of these with him when he comes to Salem to investigate the witches.
Books
In Salem people were afraid and suspicious of witches. In the 1950s they were afraid and suspicious of ______________.
Communists.
What does Falter mean?
To hesitate or stumble
Who accidentally incriminates their wife by sharing a story about her reading books?
Giles Corey
Which character is accused of witchcraft because she told a farmer he was bad at raising pigs, and then all those pigs died?
Martha Corey
What object does Abigail threaten the other girls with if they snitch about the woods (not our modern day name, the REAL one)
A "pointy reckoning"
The nickname for the time period that Arthur Miller lived in is ___________
The Red Scare
What part of speech is Deference?
noun
Who is the first woman that Tituba blames for Witchcraft?
Sarah Good.
Who is the second person that Tituba blames for witchcraft?
Goody Osborn.
These golden ____________ are part of the reason John Proctor doesn't like Reverend Parris and thinks he is greedy and selfish.
Candlesticks
Who was the historical figure that lead the hunt against communists?
Joseph McCarthy
What part of speech is contentious?
Adjective