Vocabulary
This word describes an act or object considered morally reprehensible. Something that causes deep disgust or hatred.
An abomination
The Puritans described the ideal Massachusetts Colony using this phrase, meaning a model community for the world
"City upon a hill."
This local farmer hates hypocrisy but carries the hidden sin of an affair with Abigail Williams.
John Proctor
This type of evidence, testimony that an accused person's spirit appeared in a dream, was the foundation of many Salem convictions.
Spectral evidence
He gave the Animals the song "Beasts of England."
This word means to conceal one's true motives or feelings. Essentially lying, but usually requiring more effort.
This English King was executed in 1649, demonstrating that even monarchs could be held accountable. His name was either: John, Henry, Edward, or Charles.
King Charles I
Reverend Parris's niece who is smart, wily, and vindictive.
Abigail Williams
The impossible choice facing the accused in Salem: do this to save your life, or maintain your innocence and hang.
Confess (or give a false confession)
This Juror refused to let the rest of the Jury leave without discussing the case fully.
Juror #8
This word describes respectful submission to authority or judgment of someone of higher status.
Deference
What does HUAC stand for?
House Un-American Activities Committee
This Deputy Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony presides over the witch trials, convinced he is doing righteous work.
Judge Danforth
In the play, she is hanged along with John Proctor. And, her refusal to falsely confess leads Proctor to tear up his own confession.
Rebecca Nurse (or Goody Nurse)
He repeated the mantra "I will work harder," to keep going even when everyone else had stopped working for the day.
Boxer (or Jurgis Rudkus)
A government in which religious leaders hold civil power and religious law serves as the foundation of all law.
A Theocracy
This is the colony that the original Puritans were supposed to land in (HINT: it was not Massachusetts.)
Virginia
This elderly farmer is pressed to death with stones after refusing to enter a plea.
Giles Corey
This woman, Reverend Parris's enslaved servant, is agreed to perform "voodoo" at Abigail's request and is among the first accused.
Tituba
After much deliberation, the Defendant was: _______________.
Acquitted (or found "not guilty.")
This word means to escape or avoid something through cleverness. For example, dodging a question rather than answering it directly.
He wrote several famous plays including Death of a Salesman and The Crucible.
Arthur Miller
Called in as an expert on witchcraft, this minister later regrets his role in setting the hysteria in motion.
Reverend Hale
Rebecca Nurse, John Proctor, and others chose this over a false confession: though it meant certain death.
Maintaining their innocence (or saying they were innocent)
His drive to gain and maintain power was one of the main causes of the Salem Witch Trials (at least in the play.)
Reverend Parris