Characters
Background Information
Quotes
True/False
Miscellaneous
100

Girl who leads the accusations...

Abigail Williams 

100

Who is the author of The Crucible?

Arthur Miller

100

Who said, "I say-I say-God is dead!"

John Proctor 

100

Reverend Parris sees the girls dancing in the woods. 

True 

100

An accused witch can escape execution by doing what?

Confessing to the charge of witchcraft. 

200

Slave who teaches the children about spirits...

Tituba

200

Where did the witch trials take place?

Salem, Massachusetts


200

Who said, "Mr. Parris you are a brainless man." 

Danforth 

200

Ann Putnam believes Tituba can speak to the dead. 

True 

200

What is the reason for Cheever coming to the Proctors house?

To arrest Elizabeth. 

300

The old man, who is pressed with stones...

Giles Corey

300

True or False: The Crucible was written during the time the witch trials were taking place. 

False, the play was written in 1953 about two centuries later. 

300

Who said, "Now then, in the midst of such disruption, my own household is discovered to be the very center of some obscene practice."

Reverend Parris 

300

Hale is a devoted supporter of the trials throughout The Crucible

False, Hale defends Proctor and believes he is innocent and that Abigail is the problem. 
300

What commandment does Proctor forget?

Adultery 

400

Uses the witch tales to carry out personal vengeance...

Thomas Putnam 

400

What type of government did the Puritans live by?

Theocracy 

400

Who says, "I want to open myself!... I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him, I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!"

Abigail Williams 

400

Abigail admits placing a needle in the poppet that Marry Warren gives to Elizabeth. 

False, Abigail denies that she ever saw the poppet. 

400

How many children do Elizabeth and John Proctor have?

3 Boys 

500

Worthy women put to death as a witch...

Rebecca Nurse 

500

What year did the Salem Witch Trials take place? 

1692

500

Who says, "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him."

Elizabeth Proctor

500

Proctor destroys his confession without signing it. 

False. Proctor signs the confession, sees Rebecca Nurse and is asked to give Danforth names of witches. He refuses and rips up the confession. 

500

Who does Reverend Parris find running naked in the woods?

Mercy Lewis