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In what year did the play take place?
What is 1692?
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Why is Mrs. Ann Putnam so twisted and angry?

What is...

She lost babies during childbirth.

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What was Abigail Williams' old job?

What is...

She was the Proctors' servant.

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Who wrote The Crucible?

What is...

Arthur Miller

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What is Reverend Parris' most worried about? How do you know? (It's NOT his daughter!)

What is... His reputation, job security, and money - gold candlesticks and the deed to his house.

200

According to the village doctor, what is a possible cause of Reverend Parris' s daughter's illness?

What is unnatural causes or witchcraft.

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What is the location of the first act?
What is Reverend Paris's home in Betty's room?
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When Tituba, Abigail, and Betty CRY OUT, they name certain individuals as witches name four of these?
What is Goody Good, Goody Osburn, Goody Hawkins, Goody Booth, Bridget Bishop, George Jacobs, Goody Bibber, Alice Barrow, Martha Bellows, Goody Howe?
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Who gives Elizabeth the poppet, and why is it important? 

What is...

Mary Warren gives Elizabeth the poppet, and it has a needle in its stomach, which is what is considered "evidence" against Elizabeth --- since Abigail had a needle in her own stomach.

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Why does Abigail do in the forest that she doesn't want Betty and the others to reveal?

What is...

Drank blood to make a charm (to kill Elizabeth Proctor)

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What were Betty and Abigail doing in the forest when Reverend Paris frightened them?
What is dancing and conjuring spirits with Tituba?
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Why did Mrs. Putnam send her daughter to Tituba?
What is to have her conjure the spirits of the 7 dead Putnam babies?
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Who is Tituba? What relationship does she have to Reverend Paris? 

What is she is a slave from Barbados. She is the servant or slave of Reverend Paris.

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When Reverend Hale questions Tituba at the end of act two, what is her response?

What is...

She first denies working for the devil, but she quickly confesses and names others.

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What are two specific reasons why Reverend Hale is suspicious of the Proctors?

What is...

They haven't been to church and one of their children hasn't been baptized...etc.

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What do the Putnams and Reverend Paris have in common?
What is both have sick or bewitched daughters?
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Who did Betty call for when she awakened, and what did she try to do?
What is her dead mother/ fly out of the window?
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Which commandment does John Proctor forget?  Why is it ironic?

What is...

Adultery...because he had an affair with Abigail (committed adultery).

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What is John Proctor's job?

What is...

He is a farmer.

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Mary Warren tells John Proctor that this person has been "somewhat mentioned" at court.

Who is Elizabeth Proctor?

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What mission did Abigail have concerning the wife of John Proctor?
What is to get rid of her so she could be with John Proctor?
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What is the argument between Putnam and Proctor about?
What is lumber and land- Putnam's grandfather willed land he did not own.
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Who is Ruth? Describe her condition.

What is...

1.Ruth is the Putnam's only child. 2.She is sick or supposedly bewitched - she sleepwalks with her eyes open, but she won't eat or speak

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The Crucible is an allegory written in 1953.

What happened to Arthur Miller that influenced him to write The Crucible?

He was accused of being a communist - McCarthyism - The Red Scare

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What does Abigail say Elizabeth Proctor is doing to her when Reverend Parris first talks to Abigail about Betty's illness?

What is blackening her name in the village...that Elizabeth Proctor wanted Abigail to be her slave.

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