Characters
Salem
The Forest
Plot and Inference
Fear and Reputation
100

He is Betty’s father and the minister of Salem.

Who is Reverend Parris?

100

This Massachusetts village is the setting.

What is Salem?

100

This is where the girls were dancing.

Where is the forest?

100

This is Betty’s condition at the start of the play.

What is unresponsive?

100

This is what Abigail uses to keep the girls quiet.  

What are threats?

200

She is Parris’s niece and Betty’s cousin.

Who is Abigail Williams?

200

This religious group shaped Salem’s strict beliefs.

Who are the Puritans?

200

She was present with the girls in the forest.

Who is Tituba?

200

This is the family name of Ruth.

What is Putnam?

200

This can be damaged by scandal or accusations.

What is reputation?

300

She is Parris’s enslaved servant.

Who is Tituba?

300

This is Parris’s job in the community.

What is Minister?

300

This is the supernatural practice Parris suspects.

What is witchcraft?

300

This is one reason Abigail denies wrongdoing.

What is self-protection?

300

This is what Parris worries the community will think of him.

What is a bad minister?

400

This person is Abigail’s former lover.

Who is John Proctor?

400

This is what Parris fears losing among the townspeople.

What is his reputation?

400

This is what the girls fear if they reveal the truth.

What is punishment? 

400

This is a major theme introduced by the opening events.

What is fear?

400

This emotion spreads as people suspect witchcraft.

What is fear?

500

This person is called to investigate possible witchcraft.

Who is Reverend Hale?

500

This type of behavior is suspected in the forest.

What is witchcraft?

500

This is the secret the girls are trying to keep.

What are their actions?

500

This happens when people accept a group’s beliefs without questioning them.

What is herd mentality?

500

This is absent with a herd mentality.

What is independent thinkng?