Vocab
He believed he was being ________ wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people and God to his side.
What is Persecute
What does Parris catch the girls doing in the beginning of the Act?
What is Dancing in the woods- ritualistic in nature
Who is Tituba, and what role does she play in the accusations?
Who is Tituba is the Parris family's slave from Barbados. Under pressure, she confesses and starts naming others, which ignites the wave of hysteria and accusations in Salem.
Why is Thomas Putnam's handwriting frequently found among the accusations during the witch trials?
He had a personal stake in many of the accusations.
Frankenstein is an __________
What is Abomination
On that day the king signed three _______________.
What is Ordinance
What does Abigail claim is the reason for her actions in the forest?
What is "it was harmless fun, trying to downplay the situation"
Who else is accused of being a witch in Act I?
Who is Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne
How do the townspeople view witchcraft in Salem?
What is with extreme suspicion and fear. It is seen as a serious crime, often leading to panic and hysteria,
The girls were in _______ when they found out what her boyfriend did.
What is Hysteria
It stood, dark and threatening, over their shoulders night and day, for out of it Indian tribes marauded from time to time and Reverend Parris had parishioners who had lost relatives to these ________.
What is Heathen
What is the last name of the expert in witchcraft that is called in to Salem?
Who is Hale
What is Betty’s condition when the play opens?
What is in a comatose state, unable to wake.
What happens when John and Abigail are left alone?
What is they flirt, Abigail tries to seduce John but he refuses
In Proctor’s presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly – and a Proctor is always marked for __________therefore.
What is Calumny
A certain _________springs into him., although his worry remains.]
What is Deference
Who was the first person Abigail accused of witchcraft? (hint: the answer is not Betty or Ruth)
Who is Tituba
What did Parris see in the woods?
What is somebody running naked in the woods and a dress on the ground
What does Rebecca Nurse say about Betty and Ruth's sickness?
What is they are playing, they are children
Salem had been established hardly forty years before> To the European world the whole ________ was a barbaric frontier inhabited by a sect of fanatics who, nevertheless were shipping out products of slowly increasing quantity and value.
What is Province
Parris, with dwindling __________now: A precaution only.
What is Conviction
Why is Abigail fired from her job at the Proctors?
What is Elizabeth Proctor suspected that Abigail was having an affair with John and wanted to remove her from their household.
Describe John Proctor
What is a farmer, morally upright, had an affair with abigail
What incident demonstrated Putnam's vindictive nature before the witch trials?
What is he had George Burroughs jailed for debts he did not owe.
Their ________ forbade anything resembling a theater or “vain enjoyment.”
What is Creed