An author's description of his or her characters; may involve appearance, education, language, etc.
What is characterization?
100
She's the first person in the play to be publicly accused of witchcraft.
Who is Tituba?
100
It's the main idea in a work of literature.
What is the theme?
100
This imagined crime is the reason that many people in the play (and in history) were executed in 1692.
What is witchcraft?
100
This holy man is asked to come to Salem and investigate the presence of witchcraft in the town.
Who is Reverend Hale?
200
It's the time and place in a work of literature.
What is the setting?
200
He's the priest in Salem.
Who is Reverend Parris?
200
Repeatedly, this character encourages others not to jump to conclusions and condemn others.
Who is John Proctor?
(Half credit for Giles Corey.)
200
These two characters tie the plot together in all four Acts of *The Crucible*.
Who are John Proctor and Abigail Williams?
200
After Abigail is fired, the Proctors hire this girl as a servant.
Who is Mary Warren?
300
In literature, it's a problem between a character and an outside force.
What is (external) conflict?
300
At the beginning of the play, this young girl fakes an illness.
Who is Betty Parris?
300
This character uses peer pressure to scare others (and to stay out of trouble).
Who is Abigail Williams?
300
It's the reason that Elizabeth Proctor is accused of witchcraft.
What is the needle that stabs Abigail Williams
OR
What is the poppet she has at home?
300
After being accused of witchcraft, this woman avoids an immediate death sentence because she's pregnant.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
OR
Who is Sarah Good?
400
In a work of literature--especially a play--it's the words that the characters speak.
What is dialogue?
400
This character accuses others of witchcraft so that he can buy their land when they're hanged.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
400
Multiple answers:
This character is accused unfairly.
Who is just about everyone in the play?
400
This man, who wrote *The Crucible*, was once married to Marilyn Monroe.
Who was Arthur Miller?
400
At the end of the play, this character steals her uncle's life savings and runs away (presumably by boat).
Who is Abigail Williams?
(Half credit for Mercy Lewis.)
500
This term describes a contrast between what is stated/what is meant/what is expected to happen and what *actually* happens.
What is (dramatic) irony?
500
This elderly character's last words are "More weight."
Who is Giles Corey?
500
This term, which you learned a week ago, describes what happens when everyone decides to follow the crowd.
What is hopping on the bandwagon?
500
In the 1950s, this American politician convinced many people that there was a Communist conspiracy in our country.
Who was Senator Joseph McCarthy?
500
Some of his last lines in the play are, "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!... I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"