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Act II Study Questions
Act II Study Questions
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Paleness
What is pallor?
100
With delicate care; cautiously
What is gingerly?
100
A local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth’s husband.
Who is John Proctor?
100
The setting of Act II is The Proctor's home _______ days after the girls have begun to accuse people of witchcraft.
What is eight?
100
This person visits the Proctor household and asks John to recite the ten commandments.
Who is Reverend John Hale?
200
Sinful act or remark
What is blasphemy?
200
Low; contemptible
What is base?
200
Reverend Parris’s niece.
Who is Abigail?
200
This person says, "John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now? I think not."
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
200
The commandment that John Proctor forgets.
What is "Thou shall not commit adultery?"
300
Make better
What is ameliorate?
300
Courteous regard or respect
What is deference?
300
A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft.
Who is Reverend John Hale?
300
John hesitates in exposing Abigail as a fraud because he had an ________ with her.
What is affair?
300
Martha Corey is arrested for ____________.
What is reading books?
400
Eagerly; intently
What is avidly?
400
Cringe from; pull back in fear
What is quail?
400
An elderly but feisty farmer in Salem, famous for his tendency to file lawsuits. His wife, Martha, is accused of witchcraft
Who is Giles Corey?
400
Mary Warren gives Elizabeth this gift.
What is a poppet or doll?
400
At the end of Act II, this person reveals that she is knowledgeable of the affair between Proctor and Abigail.
Who is Mary Warren?
500
Something that causes great horror or disgust
What is abomination?
500
Religious philosophy or teachings; the study of religion
What is theology?
500
The servant in the Proctor household and a member of Abigail’s group of girls.
Who is Mary Warren?
500
Sarah Good couuld not recite the ________ in court, so she is accused of witchcraft.
What are the ten commandments?
500
This character is charged with bewitching and murdering pigs.
Who is Rebecca Nurse?