Act 1
Categories of Power
Characters
Vocabulary
Arthur Miller
100

What did Reverand Parris catch the girls doing in the forest? 

A) Drinking

B) Knitting

C) Dancing

D) Crying

C) Dancing

100

This results from one person's ability to compensate another for compliance or obeying

Reward

100

Reverend Parris's 17-year-old niece

Abigail Williams

100

a system of government in which religious leaders rule in the name of God or a god



Theocracy

100

Arthur Miller was accused of being this.

A communist

200

Reverend Parris sends for Reverend John Hale of Beverly because
A) They are good friends
B) Hale attended Harvard
C) Hale is an authority on witches
D) He hopes Hale will talk sense into Betty

C) Hale is an authority on witches

200

This is based on a person's high level of skill and knowledge.

Expert

200

Had an affair with Abigail Williams

John Proctor

200

behavior that is consistent with prevailing social standards, attitudes, or practices

Conformity

200

The Crucible is an __________ for McCarthyism

allegory

300

Why did Abigail get fired from the Proctors'? 

A) Abigail was a lazy servant. B) Goody Proctor was a demanding employer. C) Abigail left the Proctors on good terms. D) Goody Proctor suspected the relationship her husband and Abigail.

D) Goody Proctor suspected the relationship her husband and Abigail.

300

This comes from the belief that a person can punish others for not obeying.

Coercive

300

Lost 7 babies at birth and goes to Tituba for help

Ann Putnam

300

prepared to obey others unquestioningly

subservient

300

The name for when the government starts accusing people of crimes without proof or evidence, ruining their lives and reputations.

McCarthyism

400

Abigail might accuse Tituba of conjuring the Devil 

A) to remove suspicion from herself. 

B) because she wants to tell the truth. 

C) because she wants to help Betty get well. 

D) because she wants Reverend Hale to like her.

A) to remove suspicion from herself.

400

This power enables a leader to share, withhold, manipulate, distort, and conceal material from people.

Informational

400

This character gets summoned to check for witchcraft  in Salem

Reverend Hale

400

a way of behaving that shows humble submission and respect

Deference

400

When people believe there are only two sides of an issue, problem, or belief.

Binary thinking

500

Which of these does NOT describe the people of Salem

A) Worship God

B) Respectful to Native Americans

C) Hard workers

D) Desire to exclude others

B) Respectful to Native Americans

500

A president or principal automatically possesses this power.

Legitimate

500

This character is bitter and is always trying to claim the land of the other characters

Thomas Putnam
500

to treat someone in a cruel, harassing, or oppressive manner, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs

Persecute

500

The idea that you are guilty of a crime just because you are friends with or know people who did the crime.

Guilt by association