From the Mouth of Babes
"Why, I am sure it is, sir. There be no blush about my name."
a) Abigail
b) Ruth
c) Tituba
a) Abigail
"Chicken blood. I give she chicken blood."
a) Mrs. Putnam
b) Tituba
c) Elizabeth Proctor
b) Tituba
Abigail William: She is
a) the epitome of propriety
b) capable of dissembling
c) wicked and unnatural
b) capable of dissembling
Seemingly inconsequential actions can have devastating consequences. This theme is true in The Crucible and THIS equally disturbing short story.
"Little Things" by Raymond Carver
Salem's form of government was this:
a) a theocracy
b) a democracy
c) an oligarchy
a) a theocracy
"You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him that!"
a) Abby
b) Mary Warren
c) Betty
c) Betty
"I cannot blink what I saw, Abigail, for my enemies will not blink it."
a) John Proctor
b) Mr. Hale
c) Rev. Parris
c) Rev. Parris
Reverend Parris: he is
a) an abomination
b) apprehensive
c) a man of great eloquence
b) apprehensive
Violence might lead to a truth, but not necessarily the truth. This point is made in The Crucible and THIS highly figurative work of literature.
"Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins
In real life, she was 13. In the play, she was 17.
Who is Abigail Williams
"She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her!"
a) Tituba
b) Abigail
c) Mary Warren
b) Abigail
"I do not judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you."
a) Mrs. Putnam
b) Rebecca Nurse
c) Elizabeth Proctor
c) Elizabeth Proctor
Tituba: She is
a) the scapegoat
b) knowledgeable in the occult
c) the source of the religious faction
a) the scapegoat
Young women challenging the status quo? That's in The Crucible and THIS immortal tragedy.
Antigone by Sophocles
They, according to Mr. Hale, are "weighted with authority."
a) The bible
b) his heavy books
c) The 10 commandments
b) his heavy books
"I'll not stand whipping any more!"
a) Abigail
b) Tituba
c) Mary Warren
c) Mary Warren
"There is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits... Let us rather blame ourselves..."
a) Rebecca Nurse
b) Elizabeth Proctor
c) Mr. Hale
a) Rebecca Nurse
Elizabeth: She is
a) principled
b) adulterous
c) paranoid
a) principled
Mr. Hale said: "it may be God damns a liar less that he that throws his life away for pride." THIS accursed king also threw his life away for pride.
Who is Oedipus?
1492: These world-altering events.
1692: The Salem Witch Trials.
Human nature has not changed much, sadly.
a) The West's "discovery" of the Americas.
b) The end of Muslim Rule in Spain and the expulsion of Jews from Spain
c) The completion of Christian kingdoms recapturing Muslim territories on the Iberian Peninsula
"Let me go, Mr. Proctor. I cannot, I cannot."
a) Abigail
b) Mary Warren
c) Ruth
b) Mary Warren
"The Devil is precise, the marks of his presence are definite as stone."
a) Mrs. Putnam
b) Giles Cory
c) Mr. Hale
c) Mr. Hale
Mr. Hale: He is
a) scholarly
b) irascible
c) wealthy
a) scholarly
Mr. Hale warns Judge Danforth: "If you think God wills you to raise rebellion,... You are mistaken!" This disagreement about God's will should remind you of this ancient tragedy.
What is Antigone?
The "witches" of the Salem Witch Trials became them, in 1940s and 50s America.
Who are communists?