Background Info
Characters
Conflicts
Plot
100

The writer of The Crucible.

Who is Arthur Miller?
100

Though we have not seen much of them yet, this character is our protagonist.

Who is John Proctor?

100

The Putnams want more of this.

What is land/money?

100

The reason Abigail drank a charm.

What is she wanted to kill Goody Proctor?

200

The Crucible is an allegory for this.

What is McCarthyism/the Red Scare?

200

Our Protagonist had an affair with this character.

Who is Abigail Williams?

200

The other characters are resentful of this character's "moral superiority."

Who is Rebecca Nurse?

200

The reason Rev. Hale is called to Salem.

What is that Betty is lying in bed unresponsive?

300

The religion of the characters in The Crucible.

What is Puritan?

300

This character is more concerned about his reputation than his daughter.

Who is Rev. Parris?

300

The reason certain characters might push for accusations of witchcraft.

What is that it is an easy way to get back at/get rid of people they have conflicts with?

300

The way out of being executed for witchcraft in Salem?

What is confessing and accusing others?

400

Senator Joseph McCarthy wrongly persecuted many people on suspicions of this.

What is communism?

400

This character sends her daughter to Tituba to conjure the spirits of her babies who died shortly after birth.

Who is Goody Putnam/Ann Putnam?

400

This person refuses to attend church as she does not want to sit next to something "soiled."

Who is Goody Proctor/Elizabeth Proctor?

400

The reason Betty faints.

What is that Rev. Parris catches the girls in the woods?

500

The literary term for a story with a hidden meaning.

What is an allegory?

500

This character is suspicious of his wife reading "strange books."

Who is Giles Corey?

500

Rev. Parris is unhappy about this part of his job.

What is his salary?

500

The reason Abigail lives with Rev. Parris.

What is that her parents were killed by Native Americans?

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