Background
Who wrote The Crucible?
Arthur Miller
Reverend Parris's slave
Tituba
"Have you tried beatin' her? I gave Ruth a good one and it waked her for a minute. Here, let me have her."
Mercy
Who is sick and laying in bed at the start of the play?
Betty Parris
What happens to the people who refuse to confess to witchcraft?
They are executed.
What is the setting of the play? (Year and Place)
1692-3. Salem, MA.
Had an affair with John Proctor
Abigail
"Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you."
Abigail
What did Abigail do the night in the woods?
What commandment did John forget when he was interrogated by Hale?
Thou shall not commit adultery
The author wrote the play as a metaphor for...
The Red Scare (McCarthyism)
Lost 7 babies in childbirth
Ann Putnam
"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, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief."
Rebecca Nurse
Who does Tituba accuse first of witchcraft?
Goody Good and Goody Osbourn
What evidence is used to arrest Elizabeth?
A pin stuck inside of a poppet (doll)
What is the name of the group of people the play is about?
Puritans
Reverend called in to investigate trials
Rev. Hale
"Now tell me true, Abigail. And I pray you feel the weight of truth upon you, for now my ministry's at stake, my ministry and perhaps your cousin's life."
Rev. Parris
Why is Ann Putnam jealous of Goody Nurse?
Because Nurse had many children and Ann only had one.
What is John's plan to save Elizabeth?
He is going to make Mary confess to lying about witchcraft and turn on the girls.
What issues was the village facing around the start of the trials?
Land shortage and poor crop yield.
Mr. Putnam
"Tituba. You must have no fear to tell us who they are, do you understand? We will protect you. The Devil can never overcome a minister. You know that, do you not?"
Rev. Hale
What issue do the townspeople have with Rev. Parris?
He preaches about hell too much and complains about not making enough money.
Why does Rev. Hale go to visit the Proctors?
He's investigating anyone whose name is mentioned in court.