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The Accused
Symbols
Disagreements
History
Allegations
100
Tituba
What is Reverend Parris's slave who was able to lie her way out of the accusations?
100
poppy doll
What is the object that allows Abigail to instigate Mrs. Proctor's arrest?
100
office of minister elections
What did Francis Nurse prevent Putnam's brother from achieving?
100
Salem, Massachusetts
What is the setting of the play?
100
Mrs. Proctor
Who stuck Abigail with a pin by using a poppy?
200
Mrs. Granger
What is the name of the old woman who's husband accidentally hinted that she was a witch?
200
land
What is Thomas Putnam's motivation for accusing people of witchcraft?
200
romantic affair
What did Abigail continue to believe Proctor had for her?
200
The Salem Witch Trials
What is the play a reenactment of?
200
Mrs. Corey
Who's husband hinted that his wife read strange books so she must be a witch
300
Mrs. Proctor
Who is the young woman accused of putting a pin in a poppy doll?
300
jealousy
What fueled Abigail's accusal of Mrs. Proctor?
300
effect of not being able to recite correctly the 10 commandments
What was Mr. Proctor not able to say fully to Mr. Hale?
300
The Red Scare
What is the play compared to?
300
Tituba
Who is accused for killing Mrs. Putnam's babies and led the girls to drinking blood in the forest?
400
Sarah Goody, Bridget Bishop
Who were the first accused of witchcraft?
400
the accusal of random women for witchcraft
What does McCarthyism parallel in this play?
400
possessing Abigail's body
What did Abigail and her friends accuse Betty of doing in the courthouse?
400
20
What is the number of women executed?
400
Betty
Who did Abigail say possessed her in the courthouse?
500
Mr. Proctor
Who changed their mind about being hung multiple times?
500
lying
What allows Tituba, Betty, and the released "witches" to be acquitted of their actions?
500
Parris only preaching about hell and eternal damnation
What does the church congregation not like about Parris' preaching?
500
it was a direct knock against McCarthy
What was the public's initial reaction to the play?
500
Rebecca Nurse
Who refused to confess to witchcraft?