Week #7 Flashcard: The Crucible

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What does the following passage mainly reveal about Reverend Parris (paragraph 40)?

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He is focused on his reputation and authority.

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What most strongly suggests the presence of “unnatural events” or witchcraft in Salem?

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Reverend Parris saw someone running naked through the trees while the girls danced in the forest.

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The introduction states that The Crucible is “an allegory of the anti-Communist 'witch-hunts' of the 1950s carried out by Senator Joseph McCarthy.” Which statement would the author most likely agree with?

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Americans in the 1950s were being put on trial in the same way the girls in The Crucible were accused of witchcraft.

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Inference about Mr. Putnam based on paragraphs 72-76.

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He is more likely to make accusations of witchcraft because he feels he has been wronged in the past.

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What inference is best supported by the interaction between Reverend Parris and Abigail?

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Past rumors about Abigail have made Parris suspicious of her.

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Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7? Options: A. “She hates me, uncle, she must, for I would not be her slave.”, B. “I have heard it said, and I tell you as I heard it, that she comes so rarely to the church this year for she will not sit so close to something soiled.”, C. “No one was naked! You mistake yourself, uncle!”, D. “Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them I confessed it—and I’ll be whipped if I must be.”

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B. “I have heard it said, and I tell you as I heard it, that she comes so rarely to the church this year for she will not sit so close to something soiled.”

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Who says: "Whatever abomination you have done, give me all of it now, for I dare not be taken unaware when I go before them down there."? Options: Reverend Parris, Mr. Putnam, Mrs. Putnam, Abigail

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Reverend Parris

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Who says: "I have taken your part in all contention here, and I would continue; but I cannot if you hold back in this. There are hurtful, vengeful spirits layin' hands on these children."? Options: Reverend Parris, Mr. Putnam, Mrs. Putnam, Abigail

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Mr. Putnam

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Who says: "She ails as she must—she never waked this morning, but her eyes open and she walks, and hears naught, sees naught, and cannot eat. Her soul is taken, surely."? Options: Reverend Parris, Mr. Putnam, Mrs. Putnam, Abigail

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Mrs. Putnam

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Which character in The Crucible is most concerned with maintaining their social status in Salem?

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Reverend Parris