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.
What does the word "Crucible" mean?
A severe test
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.
Daily Double: 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
Which historical event from the 1950s does Arthur Miller primarily draw a parallel with in his thematic critique of mass hysteria and political persecution in The Crucible?
Anti-Communist hearings in the 1950s in the US
What is the name of Anne and Thomas Putnam's daughter?
Ruth Putnam
What type of magic does Tituba teach the girls?
Barbados Traditions (possibly Voodoo)
What story does John Proctor tell Reverend Hale when Hale calls him out for not attending church?
Wife was sick during the winter
He expresses dislike for Parris "He sees no light in the man"
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
When Elizabeth lies to the court, the audience knows this. What is the ELA word for this?
Dramatic Irony
What is the name of Giles Corey's wife?
Martha Corey
Daily Double: 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
Which character is described as a 'grave man' whose signature has 'condemned seventy-two to hang'?
Danforth
Daily Double: 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?
Placed in jail
Land forfeiture (seized)
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.
Why does Rebecca Nurse refuse to confess to witchcraft, even to save her life?
She is a very moral person
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?
John's affair/relationship with Abigail and how it is still affecting their marriage
Daily Double: The exact number of people who signed a testament testifying to the good characters of Rebecca Nurse, Martha Corey, and Elizabeth Proctor.
91
What are the 3 characters reciting when they are hung at the end of the play?
The Lord's Prayer
What is the primary theme of 'The Crucible' in relation to the Red Scare/McCarthyism?
The danger of mass accusations
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
What did they call the ghost evidence?
Spectral evidence
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 refuses to admit witchcraft?
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 does Abigail intimidated Mary Warren in Act 3?
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?
Crushed to death by stones
How does the 'theocracy' (rule by religious leaders) of Salem contribute to the tragedy of the play?
Sin is mixed with crime
Name 2 judges in the Salem Court
Danforth and Hathorne
Thomas Putnam and John Proctor argue over a tract of land that Proctor is harvesting, which Putnam claims belongs to this person.
Who is his grandfather (Putnam's grandfather)?
Mary Warren uses this leverage to keep John from whipping her, claiming she saved this person's life in court that day.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor?
What is Giles Corey charged with?
Why was he charged with this?
Contempt of the court
Refused to give a name
Daily Double: What was Giles Corey famous line in the play?
"More weight"
What does Danforth mean when he says, 'While I speak God’s law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering'?
No mercy in delivering judgments
This woman is the first person named as a witch by Tituba after being heavily prompted by Thomas Putnam.
Who is Sarah Good (or Goody Osburn)?
Abigail’s final ecstatic cry to save herself: "I want the light of God! I want the sweet love of ______!"
Jesus
Martha Corey is arrested because a neighbor named Walcott claims she bewitched these animals so that they die.
What are pigs?
To prove she was faking her symptoms in the past, Judge Hathorne demands Mary Warren do this on command.
Faint
Proctor's realization of his own integrity: "I do think I see some shred of ______ in John Proctor."
Goodness
This "intellectual" and expert on witchcraft is summoned from Beverly to investigate the strange occurrences.
Rev. Hale
What is the primary motivation behind Abigail Williams's accusations of witchcraft?
To be with John Proctor
In Act 2, Elizabeth Proctor says to John, 'The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you.' What does this reveal about her view of his guilt?
He is a harsh critic of himself
In a climactic moment, the girls claim Mary Warren’s spirit has taken the form of this animal on a ceiling beam.
Yellow bird
Who does Abigail runaway with?
Mercy Lewis