The Crucible: General
The town and state where the story is set.
Salem, Massachusetts
The Judge sent for from Boston to oversee the trials.
Who is Judge Danforth.
The location of Act II.
What is Proctor's home?
What is 1 day (the next morning)?
In a manner of feeling or showing no remorse
What is Callously?
The people of Salem consisted of ___________, a religious sect of Protestant Christianity.
Initially supporting the Witch trials, this character denounces them at the end of Act III
Who is Reverend Hale?
Elizabeth Proctor is arrested after Herrick finds this in the home.
What is a poppet with a needle in it?
A yellow bird.
Skeptically; with disbelief
What is Incredulous?
The Author of the Crucible
Arthur Miller
Besides Elizabeth and the two involved, this character also knows of John Proctor's affair with Abigail Williams.
Who is Mary Warren?
The lone commandment that John Proctor forgot when asked to recite the Ten Commandments
Though shalt not commit Adultery
The judges ordered this to be done after they read a deposition with 91 signatures attesting to the good Christian character of the wives.
What is arrest and question all 91 townspeople who signed.
Meaning messy and/or dirty
What is Slovenly?
The year that the Crucible was set:
1692 (or 1693)
In addition to Abigail Williams, the three other girls brought forth to address Proctor and Mary Warren's accusations. (one has no speaking lines in Act III)
Who is Mercy Lewis, Susanna Walcott, and Betty Paris.
The amount of time that's passed between Act I and Act II
About 8 days.
Why is Giles Corey held in contempt of court and arrested?
What is refusing to give up a name of a witness?
In a manner of showing respect and esteem due to a superior or elder
What is Deferential?
The Crucible was largely written as an allegory for ________, which is term derived from a political figure of the 1950s.
Definition: 1. The political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence; and 2. The use of methods of investigation and accusation regarded as unfair, in order to suppress opposition.
What is McCarthyism?
The first woman to be sentenced to hang for the Witch trials.
Who is Goody Osburn?
These items that Reverend Paris bought for the church really bother John Proctor.
What are Golden Candlesticks?
The person on trial off-stage at the beginning of the Act, before the trial is interrupted.
Who is Martha Corey?
Degrading or Contemptuous
What is Base?