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100

He believed he was being ________ wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people and God to his side.

What is Persecute

100

What does Parris catch the girls doing in the beginning of the Act?

What is Dancing in the woods- ritualistic in nature

100

Who is Tituba, and what role does she play in the accusations?

Who is Tituba is the Parris family's slave from Barbados. Under pressure, she confesses and starts naming others, which ignites the wave of hysteria and accusations in Salem.

100

Why is Thomas Putnam's handwriting frequently found among the accusations during the witch trials?

He had a personal stake in many of the accusations.

100

Frankenstein is an __________

What is Abomination

200

On that day the king signed three _______________.

What is Ordinance

200

What does Abigail claim is the reason for her actions in the forest?

What is "it was harmless fun, trying to downplay the situation"

200

Who else is accused of being a witch in Act I?

Who is Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne

200

How do the townspeople view witchcraft in Salem?

What is with extreme suspicion and fear. It is seen as a serious crime, often leading to panic and hysteria,

200

The girls were in _______ when they found out what her boyfriend did.

What is Hysteria

300

It stood, dark and threatening, over their shoulders night and day, for out of it Indian tribes marauded from time to time and Reverend Parris had parishioners who had lost relatives to these ________.

What is Heathen

300

What is the last name of the expert in witchcraft that is called in to Salem?

Who is Hale

300

What is Betty’s condition when the play opens?

What is in a comatose state, unable to wake.

300

What happens when John and Abigail are left alone?

What is they flirt, Abigail tries to seduce John but he refuses

300

In Proctor’s presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly – and a Proctor is always marked for __________therefore.

What is Calumny

400

A certain _________springs into him., although his worry remains.]

What is Deference

400

Who was the first person Abigail accused of witchcraft? (hint: the answer is not Betty or Ruth)

Who is Tituba

400

What did Parris see in the woods?

What is somebody running naked in the woods and a dress on the ground

400

What does Rebecca Nurse say about Betty and Ruth's sickness?

What is they are playing, they are children

400

Salem had been established hardly forty years before> To the European world the whole ________ was a barbaric frontier inhabited by a sect of fanatics who, nevertheless were shipping out products of slowly increasing quantity and value.

What is Province

500

Parris, with dwindling __________now: A precaution only.

What is Conviction

500

Why is Abigail fired from her job at the Proctors?

What is Elizabeth Proctor suspected that Abigail was having an affair with John and wanted to remove her from their household.

500

Describe John Proctor

What is a farmer, morally upright, had an affair with abigail

500

What incident demonstrated Putnam's vindictive nature before the witch trials?

What is he had George Burroughs jailed for debts he did not owe.

500

Their ________ forbade anything resembling a theater or “vain enjoyment.”

What is Creed