What type of government system did the Puritans use?
A Theocracy
100
What percentage of the people executed were women?
80% were women
100
Lina Caporael belived the girls illness in Salem was caused by...
a form of ergot posining
100
How is Rebecca Nurse portrayed?
She is the voice of reason and thought highly of in the community.
100
What does Mary Warren give Elizabeth?
A rag doll
200
What time period was the Puritan era? Why did they travel to America?
Late 16th and 17th century
They traveled to America to seek relief form religious persecution, and to freely practice their religion.
200
What does the word "Salem" mean? And who was blamed for everything in the end?
-Salem means peace
-The devil was blamed in the end
200
"The Crucible" is an allegory for...
McCarthism
200
What does Elizabeth Proctor think of Abigail?
She thinks she is soiled or dirty.
200
What does Rev. Hale ask John to do to prove that he just couldn't make it to church?
To repeat the Comandments
300
Name three Puritan Beliefs.
-Religion was personal
-All humanity damed by Adam and Eve
-Impure leaders of gov't/churches could come between individual and God
-Sunday "Sabbath" was important
-Bible studied daily
300
What ended the Trials?
Accusations on the governor's wife ended the trials.
300
Define the word crucible.
A place or occasion of severe test or trial.
300
What is the relationship between John and Abigail?
They recently had an affair. Abigail still loves John. John doesn't love her.
300
What does John ask Mary to do after Elizabeth is arrested?
To go to the court and testify for Elizabeth
400
Name the four Puritan values.
Self reliance
Hard work
Moderation
Simplicity
400
Describe the "typical witch"
-Older woman or man
-unattractive
-nonreligious
-lived alone
400
What factors influenced people of Salem to react the ways they did?