Characters
She had an affair with a man two decades older than her.
Who is Abigail Williams?
Abigail admits to only this one action.
What is dancing in the woods?
Where the play takes place
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
Miller wrote The Crucible to parallel this period in US history.
What year the play takes place
When is 1692?
He questions authority.
Who is John Proctor?
John Proctor says that he avoids weekly church meetings because Reverend Parris only talks about this.
What is hell?
The historical event the play is focused on
What is during the Salem Witch Trials?
The decade when McCarthyism peaked
What is the 1950s?
What Goody is short for
What is Good Wife?
He has serious control issues.
Who is Reverend Parris?
Instead of paying attention to Betty, the men of the town start fighting about this.
What is land/money?
The religion of the characters
What is Puritanism?
According to Miller, modern Americans still believe in this figure.
What is the devil/Lucifer?
Reverend Parris believes that this amount is part of his salary and not a stipend for firewood.
What is six pounds?
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
Abigail Williams and John Proctor haven't touched each other for this long.
What is 7 months?
The daughter of Reverend Parris
Who is Betty?
The Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism are examples of this social phenomenon.
What is hysteria?
Mercy recommends this as a way of waking Betty up.
What is beating/hitting her?
People in town think that witchcraft has made them sick.
Who are Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam?
Abigail drank a charm to do this.
What is kill Goody Proctor?
Who is Abigail Williams?
They are the modern parallel for the witch hunters in the play.
What is Congress?
When Betty runs to the window, she is calling for this person.
Who is her mother/mama?