The Crucible History
Salem
Where does The Crucible take place?
Puritanism
What Christian sect was responsible for establishing Salem?
Hathorne and Danforth
What are the names of the two judges that preside over the witch trials?
Elizabeth Proctor
Who is spared from execution because she is pregnant?
Communists
During the Red Scare, what had supposedly infiltrated the American government?
Massachusetts
In which American state does the play take place?
Theocracy
What system does not separate the church from the government?
Tituba
Who was the first character formally accused of witchcraft?
Giles Corey
Which character is pressed to death because he refuses to say whether or not he is a witch?
The Soviet Union
The Red Scare was a result of tensions between the United States and which other country?
1690s
In what decade does the play take place?
Biblical literalism
What term refers to the idea that everything in the Bible is literally true?
Thomas Putnam
Which character uses his daughter Ruth to call out his neighbors so he can buy their land?
Adultery
Which of the Ten Commandments does John Proctor forget?
Joseph McCarthy
What U.S. Senator is Red Scare commonly named after?
The Puritans
What religious group founded the colony?
moral sins
In The Crucible, what were also treated as cimes by the government?
Reverend Hale
Which character in the play is a witch finder?
The list of 91 names that support their wives; testimony that Putnam accused people of witchcraft to get their land; and, Mary Warren's confession.
What evidence does John Proctor and his friends bring to the court to try and save their wives?
1950s
During which decade did the most serious Red Scare take place?
19 by hanging and 1 by pressing
In Massachusetts, how many total people were killed as a result of the historical witch trials?
Infallibility
What term was used to describe the belief that ministers could not make mistakes?
Mercy Lewis
Which of the girls flees with Abby after the town turns against the trials?
Killing a pig and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam's babies.
Why are Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey accused of witchcraft?
Contempt of Court
What crime was Arthur Miller charged with?