Girls in the Woods
Boyz in the Hood
"Who said it?!"
"Plot"-pourri
Miscellaneous
100
At the start of the play, this girl has fallen into a trance. She is assumed to be possessed and screams upon hearing the Lord's name.
What is Betty Parris?
100
This man is the new minister in Salem. He preaches hellfire and is very concerned with his reputation.
Who is Rev. Parris?
100
"My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Good Proctor is a gossiping liar!" (lines 194-197)
Who is Abigail?
100
This is the setting of the opening of Act I and consistent throughout the entire act.
What is Rev. Parris's house in Betty's room?
100
Who is the author of The Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
200
This character in the woods is from Barbados and was said to be conjuring spirits of the devil. She refers to one of the characters as "My Betty".
Who is Tituba?
200
He is the first villager to instigate and point to witch craft. He is the father of one child, seven others having died at birth.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
200
"-I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never touched." (lines 581-584)
Who is John Proctor?
200
This is the person who has been slandering Abigail's name around Salem.
Who is Goody Proctor?
200
The Salem Witch Trials and the suspicions and fear that circulated around it, can be comparable to this national issue that was circulating around the United States in the 1950's?
Communist activity
300
Abigail says that the girls were only _________ in the woods, nothing else!
What is dancing?
300
He had an alleged affair with Abigail but now wants nothing to do with her. He doesn't attend church.
Who is John Proctor?
300
"We out to rely on the doctor now and good prayer...let us go to God for the cause of it. There is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits. I fear it, I fear it..." (lines 723- 730)
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
300
Name ONE conflict that Rev. Parris has with the other male characters in the village/Act 1 that makes him very upset
Not receiving enough pay. A faction/party in the church that is against him.
300
Rev. Parris claimed to see this animal in a kettle in the woods.
What is a frog?
400
This girl is the Proctor's current servant and Abigail is convinced that she is going to tell on them and confess to what really happened in the woods
Who is Mary Warren?
400
He provides the comic relief in the play. He is worried his wife is reading "strange books." He has been involved in many lawsuits concerning land ownership.
Who is Giles Corey?
400
"I never heard you worried so on this society, Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew." (lines 754-759)
Who is Thomas Putnam?
400
What kind of blood did Abigail drink in the woods and why did she drink it?
Chicken blood; Kill Goody Proctor
400
Rev. Hale brings these to Rev. Parris's house and are a symbol to show his scholarly and moral authority?
What are books on demonic arts?
500
This girl is the Putnam's servant. She was witnessed by Rev. Parris running naked in the woods.
Who is Mercy Lewis?
500
He is an expert on demonic arts. He tells others not to look to superstitions. He is from Beverly.
Who is Rev. Hale?
500
"It discomfits me! Last night-mark this- I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. And then she close her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly-mark this-I could pray again!
Who is Giles?
500
Why does Abigail want Goody Proctor dead?
Abigail wants John Proctor to herself. Goody Proctor fired her and is 'blackening' her name.
500
Name at least three of the names that Tituba, Abigail and Betty confess to "-seeing with the Devil!" at the end of Act 1
Sarah Good, George Jacobs, Goody Howe, Martha Bellows, Goody Sibber, Alice Barrow, Goody Hawkins, Goody Bibber and Goody Booth