Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Literature Devices & More
Geek Trivia
100
This caused Betty to be "inert" and seemingly comatose at the start of the play.
What is... she was avoiding getting in trouble with her father and he caught her and the other girls in the village dancing in the woods?
100
This kind of imagery is used to describe the Proctors' relationship vs. the relationship between John Proctor and Abigail.
What is Winter/Heat?
100
Judge Danforth is guilty of one thing certainly: committing multiple logical fallacies. This example of a false dilemma fallacy, where only two possible choices are provided, is repeated throughout Acts 3 and 4.
What is... stating that either you support the court or are an enemy of it?
100
If you wanted to argue that perhaps Reverend Parris is beginning to feel some guilt for his part in this tragedy, you would point at this piece of evidence.
What is... he offers John Proctor some cider?
100
John Proctor forgetting one of the Ten Commandments is quite ironic for this reason.
What is... John committed the commandment he forgot which was adultery?
100
John Proctor warned that vengeance was walking through Salem, but this character takes vengeance much further, spending years hunting the six-fingered man who killed his father in The Princess Bride.
Who is Inigo Montoya?
200
John Proctor dislikes Reverend Parris' sermons because they contain only this.
They are filled with "only hellfire and bloody damnation" (28).
200
Mary Warren is filled "with horror" after returning from her time in court in Salem. Her reaction is justified given she is probably feeling this.
What is.. fraught over realizing the consequences of the girls' actions?
200
Danforth claims that there are only two witnesses to witchcraft—the witch and the victim, and the witch will always lie—therefore, “we must rely upon the victims.” This faulty assumption underlies Danforth's logic.
What is... Danforth's assumptions that the victims are always truthful?
200
This is the primary motivation for Judge Danforth in bringing Elizabeth to speak to John Proctor before his hanging.
What is... to have John Proctor confess to witchcraft to prevent his reputation from falling due to the loss of public opinion over the Salem Witch Trials?
200
The closest we get to a title drop is this statement from Judge Danforth containing a simile:
"Before I decide whether I shall hear you or not, it is my duty to tell you this. We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment."
Danforth's simile contains this message for John Proctor.
What is... that like a crucible whose heat burns away the impurities in metal, this court will reveal the truth of the matter.
200
Move over, Reverend Hale and Judge Danforth—this ’90s-era Scooby Gang traded Salem's witch hunts for vampires, demons, and other monsters of the week. Led by the Chosen One herself, her name is also the title of the hit series.
Who is Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
300
Land disputes formed the basis for much of the conflict and accusations during the trials. This Salemite's grandfather almost willed away a portion of John Proctor's and Giles Corey's land. He later has his daughter accuse his other neighbor, George Jacobs, to gain his land.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
300
John Proctor has multiple reasons for being reluctant for speaking out against Abigail at the start of Act 2. While not all are stated, we can infer multiple. List two.
-He is still fond of Abigail as seen in Act 1
-He is afraid speaking out against Abigail will reveal his affair
-He is afraid Abigail may speak out against the Elizabeth
300
Arthur Miller calls Giles brave in Act 1 and we see this trait in action during Act 3 when Judge Danforth asks for this.
What is... refusing to turn over the name of the person who witnessed Thomas Putnam bragging about the land he'd get from his daughter's accusation of George Jacobs?
300
When John Proctor agrees to confess, they bring Rebecca Nurse out to witness him pleading guilty to witchcraft. In the stage direction, it reads that John Proctor "turns his face to the wall" and speaks "through his teeth" away from Rebecca due to this reason.
What is... John Proctor feels guilty and shameful of confessing to witchcraft in front of Rebecca who is soon to die a martyr because of her continual plea of innocence.
300
Irony represents a contrast of expectations. John Proctor certainly creates plenty of expectations for his wife, Elizabeth claiming she does not __________ only for her to ________ later in the act.
What is... lie?
300
In Salem, accusations of witchcraft turned neighbors against one another; in this fictional universe, humanity has taken that idea to a galactic extreme. Created by Games Workshop, this tabletop miniature game is set in the 41st millennium, where humans battle aliens, daemons, and countless other factions across the galaxy.
What is Warhammer: 40k?
400
This is Rebecca Nurse's advice for Reverend Parris and the Putnams regarding their children.
The girls are just acting like silly kids. Leave them alone and they’ll come to their senses.
400
While it'd be better if Mary Warren planted evidence, the truth in the text is that Elizabeth's accusation is based on this scheme from Abigail.
What is... Abigail Williams sat right next to Mary Warren while she sewed this item in court, watching her insert a needle for safekeeping—a observation Abigail later used to stab herself in the stomach to frame Elizabeth Proctor.
400
Mary Warren is described sarcastically by the girls in Act 1 as having "a grand peeping courage." This foreshadows her reversal in Act 3 when she does this.
What is... accuse John Proctor of witchcraft?
400
Elizabeth's reaction to John Proctor's decision to die and claim his innocence could best be characterized as this.
What is... proud of his courage and goodliness?
400
Danforth accuses John Proctor of lying when John Proctor refuses to hand over his signed confession. Danforth says "I will not deal in lies." Ironic, considering this.
What is... Judge Danforth has been dealing with lies the entire time he's been magistrate over the Salem Witch Trials?
400
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, this number is famously described as the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. Too bad, we don't know the question yet!
What is 42?
500
Tituba an especially effective person for Abigail to shift blame to for multiple reasons. Provide at least TWO.
She is vulnerable as she is:
-A slave
-A woman
-She is poor
-She can be whipped/physically coerced for information so she is likely to confess
--A person of a different culture: Salem's rigid theology leaves no room for non-Christian traditions. Any folklore, songs, or medicinal knowledge Tituba shares are instantly coded by Puritan logic as witchcraft or devil worship, making accusations against her immediately believable to men like Hale and Parris.
500
Act 2 ends with this speech by John Proctor where he makes this critique about the poeple of Salem:
Now Hell and Heaven grapple on our backs, and all our old pretense is ripped away—. . . It is a providence, and no great change; we are only what we always were, but naked now. Aye, naked! And the wind, God’s icy wind, will blow!
What is... paraphrasing the speech:
We, the members of this community, haven’t changed—we are the same people we’ve always been—but this trial has made us see each other’s weaknesses more clearly. And now those weaknesses will be further exposed by the adversity that is coming.
500
John Proctor has a knack for ending Acts with a fiery speeches. In Act 3, he says God damns both himself and this other person for being frauds who have stayed silent for fear of facing the truth.
Who is... Judge Danforth?
500
This is the line too far for John Proctor that makes him change his mind and "find his goodness."
What is... sign a confession of guilt to witchcraft to be used to dismiss the innocence of his friends?
500
The Crucible can be considered an example of this literary term because the events of the Salem witch trials also represent the political persecution of Americans during the Red Scare.
What is... Allegory?
500
"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
Stanley Kubrick directed this sci-fi classic in 1968 about a strange alien artifact featuring a sentient AI and ChatGPT's grandfather, Hal 9000.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
