Characters
Setting and Background
Plot Events
Quotes and Details
Themes and Ideas
100

The young girl whose illness sparks fears of witchcraft

Who is Betty Parris?

100

The town where the play takes place

What is Salem, Massachusetts?

100

What is happening to Betty  at the beginning of Act 1

What is lying unconscious / not waking up?

100

 The object hidden inside something that Elizabeth discovers in her house and becomes “evidence”

What is a needle (in the poppet)?

100

The emotion that spreads quickly through Salem

What is fear?

200

The former servant who leads the accusations in Salem

Who is Abigail Williams?

200

The time period (years or year) in which the play is set

What is the late 1600s (1692)?

200

What was one of the things the girls were accused of doing in the woods?

What is dancing in the woods?

What is running naked in the woods? 

200

What animal is mentioned when Elizabeth questions Abigail’s motives

What is a bird? 

200

What Abigail uses to gain power in the town

What is lying / manipulation / false accusations?

300

The farmer who has an affair with Abigail

Who is John Proctor?

300

The location where Act 1 opens

What is Reverend Parris’s house/bedroom?

300

The gift does Mary Warren give Elizabeth

What is a poppet (doll)?

300

The commandment John Proctor struggles to remember

What is adultery?

300

The reason John Proctor hesitates to expose Abigail

What is his affair would be revealed?

400

The wife of John Proctor who is accused of witchcraft

Who is Elizabeth Proctor?

400

The room where Act 2 takes place

What is the Proctor home?

400

What happens to Elizabeth Proctor at the end of Act 2

What is Elizabeth is arrested?

400

Who says, “The Devil is precise"

Who is Reverend Hale?

400

Who is coerced into a confession to avoid being hung

 Who is Tituba?

500

The minister worried more about his reputation than his daughter

 Who is Reverend Parris?

500

The job held by Parris in Salem

What is a minister?

500

The reason Abigail gives for Elizabeth Proctor to be punished

What is Elizabeth fired Abigail?

500

The reason Hale initially comes to Salem

What is to investigate witchcraft?

500

His wife reads strange books

Who is Martha Corey?

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