This character is an "expert" in the ways of the supernatural from the town of Beverly.
Reverend John Hale
What is the setting of the play?
Salem, Massachusetts 1692
This character played a large part in the death of our male protagonist.
Mary Warren
The first character to be called a witch in the play.
Tituba
What character, at the age of 60, is only spared from the gallows because she is pregnant?
Sarah (Goody) Good
This character refused to confess because lying would be her very first sin ever committed in her long life.
Rebecca (Goody) Nurse
Who is the playwright?
Arthur Miller
This character saved himself/herself from the noose by giving the names of two homeless women.
Tituba
Who was/were the first character(s) to be officially accused of witchcraft?
Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn
John Proctor says he will see who in Hell?
Danforth
This character is insanely jealous of Rebecca Nurse because of her 11 children and 26 grandchildren.
Ann (Goody) Putnam
What are the set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship called?
The Ten Commandments
This character refused to give the names of the man who accused Putnam. So he was pressed to death.
Giles Corey
This character accused George Jacobs of witchcraft.
Ruth Putnam
What creature did Abigail Williams claim to see?
A yellow bird (The Devil's Bird)
This character chose death over signing his name to a lie.
John Proctor
During what time did the playwright publish The Crucible?
1953; during the Red Scare/McCarthyism
This character fled before he/she could feel the consequences of his/her decisions and actions.
Abigail Williams (and Mercy Lewis)
What was the reason Rebecca Nurse was accused of witchcraft?
The supernatural murder of Ann (Goody) Putnam's babies
Danforth says he takes "spectral evidence" as the sworn truth during the witch trials, what "spectral evidence" mean?
Evidence which cannot be seen but exists in the spirit world (supernatural evidence seen only by the victim)
This character was able to part the crowd like the sea for Israel.
Abigail Williams
What are the TWO allegories the playwright uses to teach his readers a lesson?
McCarthyism and the Red Scare
Name the main characters to hang at the end of the play.
John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Martha Corey
What was the reason Martha Corey was accused of witchcraft?
Mr. Walcott claimed Martha cursed his pigs with her strange books. He claimed she cursed his pigs to die quicker.
Putnam has many issues with many people in town. What is the underlying cause of his resentment?
His brother-in-law was not chosen as the town Reverend