Characters
This minister is deeply concerned with his reputation.
Parris
The first person accused of witchcraft.
Tituba
"Because it is my name!"
The political-science term for the government system in Salem.
Theocracy
The year The Crucible was written.
1953
This wealthy landowner uses the trials to gain land.
The number of people executed in the trials.
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"More weight."
Giles Corey
This common activity was seen as sinful.
Dancing
The political event that inspired The Crucible.
McCarthyism
This girl changes from naive to truth-teller.
Mary Warren
This type of evidence was used in court but would no longer be admissible.
Spectral Evidence
"It is pretense, your Honor!"
Proctor
The commandment Proctor forgets.
The House Committee that investigated Miller.
HUAC
This respected landowner is pressed to death.
Giles Corey
This character quits the court, saying "I denounce these proceedings!"
Hale
"Let neither of you breathe a word of this..."
Abigail
According to the people of Salem, the Devil lurked in this place
The forest
This American industry was hit hardest by the Red Scare
Hollywood
This character falls mysteriously ill.
Betty Parris
This is where Danforth demands that Proctor post his confession.
the door of the church
"The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone."
The Calvinist doctrine that says God has chosen the saved.
Predestination
The age of the real-life Abigail Williams
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