Crucible Act 1

Salem Witch Trials

100

In what year did the Salem witch Trials occur? 

1692

200

Where were the Puritans afraid of going because they believed the Devil lived there? 

The woods

300

How were Puritan women expected to act? 

Silent and obedient. They were to be submissive to their husbands. 

400

What is spectral evidence? 

Evidence of the spirt and can only be seen by the person being attacked.

500

What was one of the reasons the teenage girls acted the way that they did in the trials? 

- Bored ; - tired of being treated poorly ; - power and prestige ; - Vindictiveness  

Characters 1

100

This man is respected in the town and had an affair with the girl working for them 

John Proctor 

200

This woman was an enslaved person and "showed witchcraft" to the girls in the forest

Tituba 

300

The two are very wealthy and have lost all of their children except one. 

The Putnams

400

This person is Rev. Paris's daughter and cannot be awakened after dancing in the forest. 

Betty 

500

This person is married to John Proctor and one of the girls in the forest casts a charm to try and have her killed. 

Elizabeth Proctor

Characters 2

100

This person is Rev. Paris's niece and accuses Tituba of witchcraft. 

Abigail Williams

200

This girl works for John Proctor

Marry Warren 

300

This girl works for the Putnams.

Mercy Lewis

400

This woman is a nurse who discredits all of witchcraft in the girls by saying they are making it up. 

Rebecca Nurse

500

This person was called in to find witches in the town and is considered an expert on witches 

Hale 

Plot 1

100

What were the girls doing at the beginning of ACT 1

Dancing in the forest 

200

What is the name of the other girl that will not wake up? 

Ruth Putnam

300

What does Abigail tell the other girls will happen to them if they talk about what they were doing in the woods?

She threatens to kill them. 

400

What does Tituba confess to and who else does she accuse? 

1. Witchcraft 

2. Goody Good and Goody Osborne

500

After Tituba confesses, what do they other girls start to do? 

Cry out other names of people who are witches. 

Plot 2

100

What is the connection between John Proctor and Abigail Williams? 

They had an affair. 

200

What causes Betty to start shrieking out and crying? Who calms her down? 

1. They say it was because she heard the name of the lord during the song.

2. Rebecca Nurse

300

What are Putnam and Proctor arguing about when Rev. Hale arrives? 

The ownership of land where Proctor gets his lumber

400

Why does Abigail Williams drink the blood in the forest? 

To place a charm on Elizabeth Proctor and kill her

500

Why do the Putnams believe Goody Osborne is a witch? 

She was the midwive when all their children died.