Arthur Miller
During Arthur Miller's time, there was a perceived threat of __________, which was supported by a campaign driven by McCarthy.
What is communism?
Name the speaker of this quote: “I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you” (Miller 19).
Who is Abigail Williams?
Choose the character from the list below who does NOT demonstrate selfish tendencies at some point in the play.
(A) Mary, (B) Abigail, (C) Danforth, (D) Martha, (E) Parris, (F) T. Putnam
Who is (D) Martha?
Name the decade in which the Salem Witch Trials took place.
What are the 1690s?
Select the word grouping that best defines the word hysteria: (A) tranquility, placidity, (B) paranoia, panic, (C) group, herd, (D) wrath, vexation
What is (B) paranoia, panic?
Name the literary device that embodies the play The Crucible. In other words, this play is a historical __________ in its representation of the Salem Witch Trials.
What is an allegory?
Name the speaker of this quote: “...but then the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I—I promise you, Mr. Danforth, I only thought I saw them but I did not” (Miller 100).
Who is Mary Warren?
Choose the sin / blaspheme NOT committed by John Proctor over the course of the play.
(A) not going to church, (B) not baptizing his child, (C) lechery, (D) beating Mary Warren, (E) being openly critical of Parris
What is (D) beating Mary Warren?
Name the belief that all events have been willed by God, particularly regarding the fate of the individual soul.
What is predestination?
Select the word grouping that best defines the word neglected: (A) nursed, fostered, (B) deteriorated, rotted, (C) negotiated, reasoned, (D) abandoned, disregarded
What is (D) abandoned, disregarded?
The story of the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible is a reflection / representation of the ______ ______ during Miller's time.
What is the Red Scare?
Name the speaker of this quote: “He say Mr. Parris must be kill! Mr. Parris no goodly man, Mr. Parris mean man and no gentle man, and he bid me rise out of my bed and cut your throat” (Miller 44).
Who is Tituba?
Name the act that caused more suspicion to fall on Salem citizens and made Francis Nurse overcome with guilt?
What is petitioning 91 people for their signatures to vouch for the good reputations of Elizabeth, Martha, and Rebecca?
Put the Puritan hierarchy in order given the following categories: governor, orphans, slaves, church, God, the pious.
What is God, governor, church, the pious, orphans, slaves?
Outside forces like spirits, demons, possessions, and visions are examples of _______ _______.
(A) Ghostly proof, (B) spectral evidence, (C) phantom doings, (D) spiritual affirmation
What is (B) spectral evidence?
Name the speaker of this quote: “I were a long time sick after my last baby, and I thought I saw my husband somewhat turning from me” (Miller 105).
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
________ exclaimed that ________ should be ripped out of the world, which escalated the situation.
Who are (1) Elizabeth Proctor and (2) Abigail Williams?
Name the speaker of this quote: “...a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between” (Miller 87).
Who is Judge Danforth?
In the play, name two ways in which the people accused of witchcraft were able to escape execution.
What are (1) admitting to being a witch and (2) claiming to be pregnant?