Play & Context
Who is the author of The Crucible?
Author Miller
Puritan women were taught to read so they could read what book?
The Bible
She is a servant from Barbados who confessed to compacting with the devil.
Tituba
Before the play begins, what did Parris catch his daughter and the other girls doing?
Dancing in the forest
One common stereotype of witches is that they wore these on their heads.
Pointed hats
Name the town and state where The Crucible takes place.
Salem, Massachusetts
This was the method of death promised to those who did not confess.
Death by hanging
In the beginning of Act 1, she seems to be unconscious while her father prays beside her.
Betty Paris
Why will Elizabeth Proctor not be hanged if she is found guilty?
She is pregnant
When a poppet is used to try and cause harm, it is often called this.
A voodoo doll
Who was the village minister during the Salem witch trials?
Reverend Samual Paris
Parris is afraid to tell anyone Betty is bewitched because he fears this will be ruined.
His reputation
He was called from another town to come and assess the witchcraft situation in Salem.
Reverend Hale
What were Giles Corey’s last words?
"More weight"
It was said that in order to bewitch someone, you had to send this from your body to attack them.
Spirit
Name the government system that caused the "witch hunt" of the 1950s and 1960s in America.
Communism
Just like in the movie Footloose, this was forbidden in Puritan society.
Dancing
Who said this: "“I say—God is dead!”
John Proctor
This is the one commandment John Proctor cannot remember.
Adultery
In order to fully compact with the devil, he brings this to you.
His book to sign
Name the group of people who traveled from England solely to seek religious freedom for their Protestant beliefs.
Puritans
The total number of witches burned at the stake in the real Salem witch trials
Zero
Who said this: “I, sir, am innocent to a witch. I know not what a witch is”
Martha Corey
What is John Proctor’s chief complaint against Reverend Parris’s sermons?
They focus too much on fire and brimstone
Puritans believed that witches could make a formal agreement with the Devil known as this, often sealed by signing a book or receiving a familiar spirit.
Pact with the devil