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The girls terrorize Mary Warren and undermine her resolution to tell the truth by...
Repeating everything she says
Elizabeth blames herself for...
Johns affair with Abigail
A theme for The Crucible could best be described as:
One person with the courage to do right can make a major change
Abigail “wins” by the end of Act 3 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Elizabeth lies about the adultery
Danforth believes her and not John Proctor
Mary Warren switches sides again and rejoins the girls
John admits that he still has feelings for her
John admits that he still has feelings for her
David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and _____?
David
Elizabeth's motivation for lying about John's affair with Abigail is most probably that
She loves John and wants to protect his reputation
Elizabeth tells John that she “kept a cold house.” Keeping a “cold house” means that she
was cold and emotionally distant
In the Crucible, Governor Danforth’s true motive seems to be:
upholding his reputation and his dignity
Reverend Parris’ concerns about the charges of fraud against the girls suggests all of the following EXCEPT:
He believes his job will be safe if the girls are exposed as liars
He believes he can use the trials as a way to get rid of people who oppose him
He is worried about people finding out the truth about the girls’ claims
He wants to see true justice done in Salem
Both 1 and 4
He wants to see true justice done in Salem
He believes his job will be safe if the girls are exposed as liars
What has many rings but no fingers?
Phone
What is the deal that Danforth tried to make with John Proctor in court during Act 3
If Proctor drops the charge of fraud against the girls, he will not try pregnant Elizabeth for a year
Abigail’s true reasons for saying Elizabeth Proctor’s spirit attacked her, and Mary Warren’s reasons for turning on John Proctor and accusing him of witchcraft are considered:
Motivation
Reverend Hale believes that the accused are truly innocent and at the same time believes it is best to counsel them to falsely confess. This is an example of which of the following literary devices?
Situational Irony
All of the following EXCEPT _________are possible reasons why John tore up his confession:
A) His fear of blackening his sons’ reputation
B) He wants to be courageous like Rebecca Nurse and Giles Corey
C) He believes that he has to pay for his sin of adultery
D) He feels in his heart that Danforth is right
He feels in his heart that Danforth is right
Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
Ton
Who is the richest man in the village that argued about property boundaries with Proctor and Corey earlier, and who can afford to buy the land forfeited by George Jacobs, if Jacobs hangs as a witch?
Thomas Putnam
What does John Hale urge Elizabeth Proctor to do?
Persuade her husband to confess to witchcraft
What does John want from Elizabeth?
her approval for his confession and her forgiveness
Reverend Parris appears fairly defeated by the end of the play due to:
the downfall of his career as a minister
the fact that his niece has run off with all of his money
the reality that more people in his congregation dislike him
all of the above
What gets broken without being held?
A promise
When John Proctor tells the court that his wife cannot lie... This would be an example of what type of characterization?
Direct
Giles is pressed to death because:
He wants to guarantee his sons' inheritance to his land
Judge Danforth’s refusal to postpone the executions in Act Four is ironic because:
he uses the fact that twelve innocent people have already died to justify taking more lives
continuing to Elizabeth: Let you not mistake your duty like I mistook my own. I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up. Beware, Goody Proctor – cleave to no faith when faith brings blood. It is mistaken law that leads you to sacrifice. Life, woman, life is God’s most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it. I beg you woman, prevail upon your husband to confess.
. In the italicized section of the passage, the speaker uses (a )________ to explain ____________
A) metaphor; how unprepared he was when he came to Salem to look for signs of witchcraft
B) simile; his pure intentions of helping the people of Salem when he first arrived
C) personification; how he tried to bribe court officials with gifts
D) logos; the evidence of witchcraft that he discovered in the village
simile; his pure intentions of helping the people of Salem when he first arrived
What is at the end of a rainbow?
The letter W