Plot
Historical Context
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
Literary Analysis
100

This character is the first accused of witchcraft.

Tituba.

100

The Salem Witch Trials occurred in this year.

1692

100
"I will fall like an ocean on that court" is an example of this literary device. 

Simile

100

This word means to be serious and gloomy in character.

Somber

100

List three themes in The Crucible.

Fear, justice, religion/superstition, dishonesty, mob mentality, lack of logical reasoning

200

This character sews a poppet for Elizabeth Proctor.

Who is Mary Warren.

200
This is what the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Arthur Miller of being. 

A communist

200

"Theology, sir, is a fortress" is an example of this literary device. 

Metaphor.

200

This word means to conceal one's true motives, feelings, and beliefs.

Dissemble

200

How does John Hale change between Acts One and Two?

He starts off as intellectual and logic-driven and then he goes along with the mass hysteria, abandoning his logic.

300

This event is the inciting incident of The Crucible.

Reverend Parris finds the girls dancing in the woods.

300

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory for this repressive political campaign that was occurring in the 1950s.

McCarthyism.

300

"Your justice would freeze beer" is an example of this literary device.

Hyperbole (Exaggeration).

300

This word is the state of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior and morals.

Propriety

300

Give an example of John Proctor being a righteous character.

Proctor questioning the logic behind what the judges consider proof throughout the trials; defending his wife as she is getting arrested

400

This character is accused of murdering Mrs. Ann Putnam's seven babies.

Rebecca Nurse

400

This is the system of government the Puritans followed, in which priests ruled the government in God's name.

Theocracy

400

John Proctor forgetting the sin of adultery when listing the Ten Commandments is an example of which literary device?

Irony.

400

Finish this sentence: Reverend Parris has a ______ for discussing golden candlesticks during his sermons. 

Predilection

400

How is Elizabeth Proctor a stereotypical female character?

She is a housewife and she is docile.

500

At the very end of Act Two, John Proctor gives a speech saying what?

He says that the people of Salem have lost all of their pretense; who they always have been is now entirely obvious.

500
This is a particularly strict form of Christianity that enforced strong morals and rejected self-indulgence and freedom.

Puritanism

500

Name two sets of characters that are foils of one another. 

Abigail and Elizabeth. John Proctor and John Hale. (John Proctor and Reverend Parris).

500

Finish this sentence: John Proctor shows ______ to Rebecca Nurse, one of the few residents of Salem he respects. 

Deference

500

Why does Tituba get accused of witchcraft first? 

Even though she was in the forest with the girls, Tituba is an easy scapegoat because she is a Black, enslaved woman from Barbados.