The Crucible
Abigail is caught dancing here, thus beginning the witchcraft hysteria in The Crucible.
What is the woods?
Billy Pilgrim becomes "what" in time?
What is unstuck in time?
This celebration is taking place when the play begins.
What is the Feast of Lupercal?
This character is a troubled Roman who betrays Caesar for what he believes is the good of Rome.
Who is Brutus?
Persuading by establishing credibility or character is called…
What is ethos?
This duty in court gives Mary Warren a false sense of power.
This duty in court gives Mary Warren a false sense of power.
According to the Tralfamadorians, war is...
What is inevitable?
Caesar is warned about this ominous date.
What is the Ides of March?
A failed science fiction writer who influences Billy Pilgrim’s perception of time and reality.
Who is Kilgore Trout?
Antony repeatedly calling Brutus “an honorable man” is an example of this rhetorical strategy.
What is verbal irony or pathos?
This quote—“Vengeance is walking Salem”—speaks to what central theme of the play?
What is mass hysteria or revenge?
What promise does the narrator make to Mary O’Hare about his book?
What is “not glorify war”?
What is Brutus’s justification for killing Caesar?
What is Caesar’s ambition?
This character begins as a confident expert on witchcraft but grows doubtful as the trials progress.
Who is Reverend Hale?
When Brutus appeals to the logic of Caesar’s ambition being dangerous, he is using…
What is logos?
The play parallels which real-life political event of the 1950s?
What is the Red Scare or McCarthyism?
The barbershop quartet's song is ironic because it causes this emotional reaction.
What is trauma or Billy’s emotional breakdown?
What tactic does Antony use in his funeral speech to sway the crowd?
What is reading Caesar’s will/appealing to emotion?
This character is stabbed last in the assassination scene.
Who is Brutus?
Abigail’s manipulation of the courtroom in The Crucible primarily uses this rhetorical appeal.
What is pathos?
Why does John Proctor refuse to hand over his signed confession at the end of the play?
What is to protect his name/honor?
How does Vonnegut use time travel and science fiction elements to explore the destructiveness of war?
Open-ended/critical thinking response
This is Cinna's profession, the one that was killed by the angry mob, that is.
What is a poet?
This soldier swears revenge on Billy Pilgrim and represents the cruelty of war.
Who is Paul Lazzaro?
In Slaughterhouse-Five, how does Vonnegut subvert traditional rhetorical devices to make a point about the futility of war?
Open-ended/critical thinking response