Characters
Quote Time
Definitions
Puritan Beliefs
Plodding Plots
100
This man arrives in Salem for this purpose.
Who is Reverend Hale?
What is to hunt for the Devil in Salem?
100
Who said it and why?
My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!
Who is Abigail Williams?
Reasons vary.
100
An instruction in the text of the play that shows a character's movement or tone. Often written in italics.
What is stage direction?
100
One thing that the Puritans did not allow in their society?
Answers vary.
100
The man who catches the girls dancing in the woods.
Who is Reverend Parris?
200
An uneducated, old man in the town. A friend of John Proctor.
Who is Giles Correy?
200
Who said it and why?
I come to see what mischief your uncle's brewin' now. With final emphasis: Put it out of your mind, Abby.
Who is John Proctor?
Reasons vary.
200
Moments in the play where a narrator describes the setting, a character, or an event.
What is narration?
200
The Puritans were expected to know these and memorize them by heart.
What are the Ten Commandments?
200
This person inspects the children and doesn't believe that there is any sign of witchcraft.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
300
This girl runs naked through the woods and is seen by Reverend Parris. A friend of Abigail Williams.
Who is Mercy Lewis?
300
Who said it and why?
I think she'll wake in time. Pray calm yourselves. I have eleven children, and I am twenty-six times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly seasons.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
Reasons vary.
300
An old fashioned, polite way to address a woman during Puritan times.
What is Goody?
300
The Puritans believed that the possession of this item was a sure sign of witchcraft.
What is a poppet/voodoo doll?
300
The number of people that Mary Warren says have been arrested for witchcraft.
What is 39?
400
The Putnams do not like the Nurse family for this reason.
What is a land dispute?
400
Who said it and why?
Here is all the invisible world, caught, defined, and calculated. In these books, the Devil stands stripped of all his brute disguises.
Who is Reverend Hale?
Reasons vary.
400
A work of art (story, painting, play, ect) where the characters and plot function as a symbol for a real-life person, event, or circumstance.
What is an allegory?
400
The Puritan's blamed women's ability to tempt men on this person.
Who is Eve?
400
The item that is used to frame Elizabeth Proctor.
What is a voodoo doll/poppet?
500
This man arrives at the Proctor's house late into the night for this purpose.
Who is Ezekiel Cheever?
What is to arrest Elizabeth Proctor?
500
Who said it and why?
Thou shalt remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy. Pause. Then: Thou shalt honor thy father and mother.
Who is John Proctor?
Reasons vary.
500
The power to convince individuals to follow you based on fear, threats, or negative influences. Often used by Abigail in The Crucible.
What is coercive power?
500
The Puritans believed that this figure had these qualities.
Answers vary.
500
The man who accuses Martha Correy of witchcraft because she sold him a pig that died.
Who is Walcott?