Show:
Characters
Acts 1 & 2
Act 3 & 4
Historical Context
Vocab
100

This character has an affair with Abigail Williams.

Who is John Proctor?

100
This appears to be Reverend Parris's primary concern in Act I of the play.
What is his job/reputation?
100
John Proctor forgets this commandment when he is being questioned by Reverend Hale in his home.
What is adultery?
100

The Crucible is an allegory for this.

What is the Red Scare?

100

A container used to fuse metals at a high temperature. It is used symbolically to represent a severe trial or test.

What is a crucible?

200

This character, Reverend Parris's Barbadoan slave, confesses to witchcraft during a beating.

Who is Tituba?

200

John Proctor has this criticism of Reverend Parris, which he claims often prevents him from attending church.

What is his 

200

This item, stuck with a needle, was used as evidence against Elizabeth Proctor.

What is a poppet?

200

The Puritans came to America seeking this.

What is religious freedom?
200

The Lover, The Rebel, and The Mentor are all examples of this.

What is character archetype?

300
This character arrives in Salem to investigate charges of witchcraft, but eventually begins to doubt the guilt of many of the accused.
Who is Reverend Hale?
300

Tituba ultimately confesses to witchcraft for this reason.

What is to save her life?

300
Describe how Elizabeth's testimony before the court hurts or hinders John Proctor's claims about Abigail.
What is ... (answers vary) ...needs to say something about Elizabeth hurting John's testimony by denying the affair, to which he has already confessed.
300

Daily Double!

During the Salem Witch Trials, people (like Thomas Putnam) often accused their neighbors of witchcraft because of these. 

What are land disputes?

300

A story that has a literal and a figurative meaning. Often called an extended metaphor.

What is an allegory?

400
This character accuses Martha Corey of witchcraft and names her as the one responsible for murdering his wife's children.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
400
Elizabeth states that Abigail wants her accused as a witch for this reason.
What is so that Abigail can have John to herself?
400

After John has already confessed to the court, Elizabeth lies about the affair to protect him. This is an example of _______.

What is dramatic irony?

400

The U.S. Senator who conducted hearings of accused communists in the early 1950s.

Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?

400

When the audience is in on a secret that one or more of the characters does not know. Creates tension.

What is dramatic irony?

500
This character, an employee of the Proctor house, gives Elizabeth a poppet doll that eventually causes her arrest.
Who is Mary Warren?
500

Tituba accuses them of being influenced by the devil.

Who are Goody Osburn and Sarah Good?

500

Daily Double!

Elizabeth Proctor places the blame of John Proctor's affair on this person.

Who is herself?

500

The playwright, Arthur Miller, was interviewed by this group.

What is the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)?

500

The many references to the Bible in The Crucible examples of this.

What is an allusion?