Characters
How is Abigail Williams related to Reverend Parris?
Abigail is Reverend Parris's niece.
Which two characters are acting sickly after dancing in the woods at the beginning of the play?
Betty and Ruth
Which of the ten commandments does John Proctor not remember?
Adultery
Who does John Proctor bring to the courthouse to confess?
Mary Warren
What does Abigail ask John Proctor to do with her when she visits him in his jail cell?
She asks him to run away on a ship to Barbados.
How did Abigail's family die?
They were murdered by Native Americans.
How does Anne Putnam think her seven babies died?
She thinks they were murdered by a witch.
What is the name of the sheriff of Salem?
Ezekiel Cheever?
What "side" is Reverend Hale on in this Act?
Trick question! He is caught in the middle. He knows that Elizabeth Proctor is innocent but he trusts the court to do the right thing.
Does Elizabeth tell Danforth the real reason she fired Abigail? What is her explanation?
No; she says she fired Abigail because she THOUGHT John liked her
What is the name of Anne and Thomas Putnam's daughter?
Ruth Putnam
What type of magic does Tituba teach the girls?
Voodoo
What story does John Proctor tell Reverend Hale when Hale calls him out for not attending church?
He tells Reverend Hale the story of the golden candlesticks.
What does Danforth tell John Proctor that his wife, Elizabeth, is claiming after being arrested? (Hint: big change for her)
Elizabeth tells Danforth that she is pregnant.
What form does Abigail claim that Mary Warren takes in the courthouse? (Hint: it's an animal)
Yellow bird
What is the name of Giles Corey's wife?
Martha Corey
Who is the only character that can calm Betty down?
Rebecca Nurse
Explain Abby's plot with the poppet and the needle.
Abby hid a needle in the poppet that Mary Warren was making in court because she knew Mary would give it to Elizabeth Proctor. Abby then went home and stabbed herself and tried to frame it as if the poppet was actually a Voodoo doll that Elizabeth made to attack Abby.
Who is on trial when John Proctor and his posse interrupt a court session at the beginning of Act 3?
Martha Corey
After John Proctor signs his confession, what does he beg Danforth to let him "keep?"
His name
Name 2 other girls besides Abby and Tituba who were in the woods dancing at the beginning of the play.
Mary Warren, Mercy, Ruth, Betty
What are the two things Reverend Parris fears most?
That his family will be accused of practicing witchcraft and he will lose his job.
What will happen if a person who is accused of witchcraft admits guilt/signs a confession?
They will be put in jail for a short time.
Danforth claims that witchcraft is the only crime that is...
Invisible
Name the 3 characters who are hung at the end of the play.
John Proctor, Martha Corey, Rebecca Nurse.
What is Parris's position in Salem?
Reverend of the church
Before the play, what did Reverend Parris catch his daughters and the other girls doing?
Dancing in the woods (practicing witchcraft)
What are Elizabeth and John arguing about at the beginning of Act 2?
Who is in charge of the court?
What are the 3 characters reciting when they are hung at the end of the play?
The Lord's Prayer
What is the name of Salem's sheriff?
Ezekiel Cheever
Why won't John Proctor attend Reverend Parris's church services?
He doesn't like Reverend Parris/claims that Parris only preaches about hell and the devil instead of preaching about God
When the sheriff shows up to arrest Elizabeth, who are the two women he has already arrested that night?
Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey
Why does Proctor not drop the charges against the court after Danforth tells him the news about Elizabeth?
He wants to save Rebecca Nurse and Martha Corey as well.
Who begins the recitation at the end of the play?
Rebecca Nurse
How did Abigail meet the Proctors?
She was their servant.
Who is the ringleader of the group of girls that were dancing in the woods?
Abigail Williams
What will happen if a person who is accused of witchcraft claims they are innocent and refuses to sign a confession?
They will be hung
What is it exactly that Mary Warren is supposed to tell the court?
That Abby is lying and that they practiced witchcraft in the woods.
What is the charge that Giles Corey makes against Thomas Putnam?
He says that Thomas is targeting large land owners so he can buy their land after they are accused.
How many children do John and Elizabeth have? Include ALL of them!!!
Three boys with one on the way
Why did Anne and Thomas Putnam send their daughter into the woods with Tituba? (What was she supposed to find out?)
She was supposed to conjure the spirits of the seven dead babies to find out why they died.
What was Rebecca Nurse accused of and who accused her?
Anne Putnam accused her of murdering her babies.
Where does Act 3 take place?
Salem courthouse
What happens to Giles Corey after he refuses to give up the name of the person who told him Thomas Putnam's plan?
He is tortured to death