Orphaned as a child and now living with her Uncle. Currently unemployed after being dismissed from the Proctor's house.
Who is Abigail?
100
The daughter of Reverend Parris, who has fallen mysteriously ill.
Who is Betty?
100
Salem's method of testing to see if someone was a witch.
What is tying the individual to a rock, throwing him/her in a pond and seeing if said individual floats?
200
false statements knowingly made to injure someone
What is calumny?
200
to lose courage, decline, fail. to give away.
What is quail?
200
Believes that witches are responsible for the deaths of her seven deceased children.
Who is Mrs. Putnam?
200
Reverend Parris' slave.
Who is Tituba?
200
The author of The Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
300
summoned by oath or spell
What is conjured?
300
extraordinary, marvelous
What is prodigious?
300
Had an affair with Abigail but is now eager to put this behind him.
Who is Proctor?
300
Believes that Betty's illness is just a childish game and that she will tire of it eventually.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
300
A form of evidence based on dreams and visions. (Ex: I saw my neighbor's ghost float into my house and steal ice cream out of my freezer. He MUST be a witch.)
What is spectral evidence?
400
things that elicit great dislike or abhorrence
What are abominations?
400
people who say they believe one way, but whose actions show they believe another
What are hypocrites?
400
Came all the way from Barbados to preach in Salem.
Who is Parris?
400
An expert on witchcraft called to Salem to investigate Betty's case.
Who is Hale?
400
A form of government in which leaders are considered to be divinely guided.
What is theocracy?
500
a militant supporter of a party, cause, faction or idea
What is a partisan?
500
small group, usually contentious, within a larger group
What is a faction?
500
One of the richest men in Salem, but a very bitter and frustrated man. Always engaged in a dispute of some sort.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
500
A farmer. He is an old, cranky and often bumbling. But Miller tells us that he is also innocent and brave.
Who is Giles Corey?
500
An era in American history during which a U.S. senator lead a fanatical hunt for "communists"