Act One
Acts Two & Three
Act Four
Who Said It?
Miscellaneous
100
If anyone was to blame for starting this whole witchcraft hysteria, it just might be her -- after all she brought her Voodoo from Barbados and showed it to the girls from Salem.
Who is Tituba?
100
If you are accused of being a witch, this is a sure way to get out of being hanged.
What is confessing?
100
Reverend Hale wants Judge Danforth to postpone the hangings and consider pardoning the accused who won't confess, but Danforth refuses, for this reason.
What is, Danforth believes postponing the hangings will make the court -- meaning Danforth himself -- will look bad. It will make it look as if the accused who have already been hanged were really innocent. This would damage Danforth's reputation.
100
I get a bad rap from all of these white Puritans who are always giving the devil a hard time. I don't get it -- in Barbados we don't mind him so much!
Am I Tituba?
100
Aside from writing "Death of a Salesman" and marrying Marilyn Monroe, this playwright also had great success with the publication of "The Crucible" in the 1950s.
Who is Arthur Miller?
200
The reason that Reverend Parris condemns his niece Abigail is because: A) Being drunk and disorderly in public B) Dancing in the woods C) Her hidden affair with John Proctor D) Being a bad influence on his daughter
What is "B," dancing in the woods.
200
How does Abigail accuse Elizabeth Proctor of trying to kill her?
What is: Abigail accuses Mrs. Proctor of stabbing a doll given to her by Mary Warren; a needle is found in Abby's stomach and Elizabeth is charged with witchcraft.
200
Giles Correy, who is later pressed to death with stones, refuses to make a plea of innocence or guilt to the charges against him, for this reason.
By not making a plea, Giles can be executed as a Christian (and not excommunicated by the church), and the court will not take his land, which will be inherited by his sons.
200
I came to this town with my books, and my knowledge, ready to rid Salem of all this witchery. That was a bad decision. Now I wish I'd never come here.
Am I Reverend Hale?
200
As the story of the Salem witch-hunts, The Crucible was written to parallel what events which were happening in America in the 1950s?
The anti-Communism movement of the time, known as McCarthyism after Senator Joseph McCarthy, who led the persecution of many Americans accused of being Communists.
300
This is what Reverend Parris fears the most after catching the girls dancing in the woods.
What is "that the citizens of Salem will use the witchcraft accusations against him and his position as the town's minister will be threatened.
300
This blessed event will also serve to delay Elizabeth Proctor's hanging.
What is her pregnancy?
300
According to Reverend Parris, this is what has become of Abigail.
What is, she stole 31 pounds from his strongbox and disappeared, likely on a passenger ship.
300
I'm a tough old farmer who's not afraid of a fight, in court or with my fists, and I won't confess to anything. I don't care how many stones they stack on my body!
Am I Giles Correy?
300
Crucible Vocabulary: "Goody" was a shortening of this word, which meant "Mrs."
What is "Goodwife"?
400
This is the REAL reason that Elizabeth Proctor fired Abigail.
What is "Abigail had an affair with Elizabeth's husband"?
400
When Reverend Hale visits the Proctors to find out why they rarely attend church, he tests them on their knowledge of _____________________.
What is the Ten Commandments?
400
After signing his own confession, John Proctor tears up the document. What reason did he tear up the confession?
Proctor did not want his name ruined by public knowledge of a confession which he knew to be false.
400
Everybody made such a big deal about Betty Parris's getting witched, but I was too! Considering I'm the only surviving child in my family, you'd think I'd get a little more attention!
I am Ruth Putnam.
400
More than anything else, the one thing the girls (the accusers) received which they found addicting and caused them to continue making witchcraft accusations.
What is attention?
500
Defined as a form of government in which God is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, this was Salem's type of government in 1692.
What is a theocracy?
500
When Goody Proctor testifies before the court, she calls her husband's credibility into question when she lies about this.
What is the reason that she fired Abigail? She claims that she fired Abby because she was worried that her husband might be "fancying" her. She states that she knows he never cheated with Abby, but John has already told the court that he did have an affair with her.
500
At the end of the play, Elizabeth does not try to convince John to save himself, for this reason.
What is, she admired his desire to do what was right.
500
I am much too old and secure in the knowledge of my goodness to confess to these false charges of witchcraft. Accusing me of witchcraft? The people of Salem will revolt when they hear this.
Am I Rebecca Nurse?
500
True or False: Elizabeth Proctor is eventually executed after giving birth to her and John's baby.
False. Elizabeth was freed along with the other accused after Salem renounced the witchcraft hysteria. She reportedly remarried a few years later.
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