The Crucible History
What town does the action in The Crucible take place?
Salem
What specific type of Christianity was practiced in Salem?
Puritanism
What are the names of the two judges that preside over the witch trials?
Hathorne and Danforth
Which character is spared from execution because she is pregnant?
Elizabeth Proctor
During the Red Scare, what had supposedly infiltrated the American government?
Communists
The cultural, social and historical circumstances surrounding a text's creation, influencing its composition and reception. (C)
What is Context
The reasons people behave in certain ways. (M)
What is Motivations
When the audience knows something that the characters do not (D.I)
What is Dramatic Irony
In what state does the play take place?
Massachusetts
What term is used to describe a government that does not separate the church from the government?
Theocracy
Who was the first character formally accused of witchcraft?
Tituba
Which character is pressed to death because he refuses to say whether or not he is a witch?
Giles Corey
The Red Scare was a result of tensions between the United States and which other country?
The Soviet Union
The artistic features and techniques within a text that provide emotional, dramatic or symbolic impact (A.Q)
What are Aesthetic Qualities
An extended metaphor or narrative where characters, settings, and events symbolise broader abstract ideas, moral principles, or historical/political realities. (A)
What is an Allegory
The instructions that tell characters (and the audience) what action, tone and behaviour should be delivered. (S.D)
What are Stage Directions
In what decade does the play take place?
The 1690s
What term refers to the idea that everything in the Bible is true?
Biblical literalism
Which character uses his daughter Ruth to call out his neighbors so he can buy their land?
Thomas Putnam
Which of the commandments does John Proctor forget when he is asked by the reverend?
Adultery
What U.S. Senator started the Red Scare?
Joseph McCarthy
The different in ways in which a text can be interpreted and understood by an audience. (R)
What is reception
Contradictory ideas that are presented together revealing deeper more complex truths or meaning. (P)
What is a paradox
Placing contrasting ideas or characters together (J)
What is Juxtaposition
What religious group founded the colony in which The Crucible takes place?
The Puritans
In The Crucible, sins were also treated as what by the government?
Crimes
Which character in the play is an expert in finding witches?
Reverend Hale
What three pieces of evidence do John Proctor and his friends bring to the court to try and save their wives?
The list of 91 names that support their wives.
Testimony that states Putnam was having people accused of witchcraft to buy their land.
Mary Warren's confession.
During which decade did the most serious Red Scare take place?
1950s
Established features of a particular form, genre, or style of a text. (C)
What is Conventions
Behaviours or experiences that deviate from expectations or the norm.
What is an Anomoly
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences to create emphasis, ehythm or intensity. (A)
What is Anaphora
In history, how many total people were killed as a result of the witch trials?
20 (19 by hanging and 1 by pressing)
What term was used to describe the belief that ministers could not make mistakes?
The infallibility of ministers
Which of the girls flees with Abby after the town turns against the trials?
Mercy Lewis
What reasons were given for why Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey are accused of witchcraft?
Martha - Killing a pig
Rebecca - The supernatural murder of Goody Putnam's babies.
What crime was Arthur Miller charged with because of the Red Scare?
Contempt of Court
The features that make a text particularly powerful or recognisable and sets them apart from others. (D.Q)
What is Distinctive Qualities
Beliefs or ways of seeing the world that texts can reinforce or challenge (A)
What is an assumption
The deliberate break from the fiction world within a text to instruct the audience on how to make meaning, interpret or to provide a specific insight. (A.I)
What is Authorial Intrusion