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.
Who 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
These are the names of two of the girls who were caught dancing in the forest. Abigail threatens to come to them at night and bring with her a "pointy reckoning that will shudder" them. They follow what Abigail says.
Who are Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren?
100
This is the setting of the opening of Act I.
What is Rev. Parris's house in 1692?
or
What is Salem in 1692?
100
This man wrote The Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
200
This girl is the oldest and the presumed leader of the group. She witnessed her parents murder. She had an alleged affair with John Proctor.
Who is Abigail?
200
He is the first villager to mention witchcraft. He is obsessed with land boundaries, and argues with Proctor over whether or not the trees he has cut down belong to him.
Who is Thomas Putnam?
200
She has had six children die at childbirth. Her one daughter is Ruth.
Who is Ann Putnam?
200
This person is supposedly "blackening" Abigail's name after her affair.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
or
Who is John Proctor's Wife?
200
The play is based on this historical event.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
300
This woman is Parris's slave from Barbados. She was accused by Abigail of conjuring spirits, and she confessed after being whipped.
Who is Tituba?
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
She is a 72-year old woman. She is sensible and claims the girls are just going through "silly seasons."
Who is Rebecca Nurse?
300
Ann Putnam is obsessed with the idea that witchcraft did this to her babies.
What is killed them?
300
This is the year that the Salem Witch Trials took place.
What is 1692?
400
When pressed about "movement" in the pot, Abigail claims that this "jumped in", they "never put that in."
What is a frog?
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
These are the two women Tituba accuses of compacting with the devil, after prompting from Mrs. Putnam.
Who are Sarah Good & Sarah Osborn?
400
Abigail drank this type of blood in the woods.
What is chicken blood?
400
Rev. Hale brings these to Rev. Parris's house. They are heavy, "weighted with authority" and contain all the "invisible world, all the inccubi and succubi."
What are books on demonic arts or witchcraft?
500
This girl is the Putnam's daughter. She is also in a trance/coma-like state.
Who is Ruth Putnam?
500
He is an expert on demonic arts. He has come to Salem to detect evidence of witchcraft.
Who is Rev. Hale?
500
She is John Proctor's wife.
Who is Elizabeth.
500
This is what the girls do when pressed about their activities in the woods.
What is accuse others of witchcraft?
or
What is name the names of others to get blame away from themselves?
500
In the Puritan lifestyle, these were often repressed and forbidden to be expressed. This led to some of the hysteria surrounding the witch trials.