What is a demon in female form, particularly to descend and have sexual intercourse with a man
100
What was the "sign" that Betty was bewitched?
She couldn't stand to hear the Lord's name.
100
What gift did Mary give Elizabeth?
A poppet.
100
Why do Giles and Francis want to talk to Danforth?
They go to try and persuade the judge that their wives are good women, not witches.
100
17, had an affair with Proctor. Manipulates her friends and entire town. Sends 19 innocent people to death.
What is Abigail Wilson
200
Contention
What is an argument or assertion
200
What do Putnam and Proctor argue about?
Lumber and land ownership
200
What things are "suspicious" about Proctor and his family?
Proctor doesn't go to church regularly and his youngest son hasn't been baptized.
200
What paper did 91 people sign?
They signed that Rebecca, Elizabet, and Martha were all good, upstanding, God-loving people.
200
Farmer, a seemingly honest man, the Tragic Hero of the play. Once the trials begin, he relizes he can only stop Abigail's rampage through Salem by confessing to adultry.
John Proctor
300
Calamity
What is a disastrous situation or event OR misery or distress
300
What is Rebecca's explanation of the girls' behavior?
She thinks that they made it up to get attention.
300
Why does Cheever come to the Proctor house?
Cheever comes to arrest Elizabeth.
300
What does Giles accuse Putnam of?
Killing his neighbors for their land.
300
Self-centered, the minister of Salem's church. Paranoid, power-thirsty, yet oddly a self-pitying figure. John Proctor, along with most of Salem dislike him.
Reverand Parris
400
Lecher
What is a man who behaves lewdly & lustfully in a way regarded as distasteful
400
Explain how the witch-hunt years were a time of general revenge.
Being under strict laws and commandments, Puritan's had to get out their anger in some form.
400
What will happen to Proctor if he tries to discredit Abby?
She will tell about their affair.
400
What do the girls do to Mary? What is her response?
They pretend that her spirit is coming to get them. She joins them for her own protection.
400
Wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in great regard by most of the Salem community. Falls into the hysteria when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess.
Rebecca Nurse
500
Imperceptible
What is hardly noticeable, very slight or gradual
500
"So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom, lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong and deceitful ideas." What is the irony in this statement?
They left persecutings, and are now persecuting others. They are being hypocrites.
500
Explain the significance of the needle in the "poppet".
Abigail had accused Elizabeth of sticking a needle in Abigail's stomach through the use of a poppet.
500
What quote did Proctor use to help Mary remain brave?
"Do that which is good, and no harm will come to thee."
500
A man from Salem who acts as clerk of the court during the witch trials. He is upright and determined to do his duty for justice.