The Crucible: Quote Matching

Choose the best quote to support the following statement:
"In The Crucible, many villagers are quick to join in the girls' frenzy and begin accusing others of witchcraft."

• Giles Corey says, "They've take my wife!"
• Elizabeth says, "The town's gone wild, I think. ...Folks are brought before [the girls], and if they scream and howl and fall to the floor, the person't clapped in jail for bewitchin' them."
• Mary Warren says, "She [Sarah Good] tried to kill me many times before, Goody Proctor!"
• Reverend Hale says, "Mister, I myself have examined Tituba, Sarah Good, and numerous others who have confessed to dealing with the devil."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the best quote to support the following statement:
"Many of the characters in The Crucible who hold positions of power are arrogant and self-serving. Instead of using their positions of leadership for good, these characters make selfish decisions that harm others."

• Judge Danforth says: "I will not receive a single plea for postponement [of a death sentence]. ...Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part."
• Reverend Hale says "Do you know your commandments?"
• Judge Danforth says "We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment."
• Reverend Parris says "I am not used to this poverty; I left a thrifty business in the Barbados to serve the Lord. ...Why am I persecuted here?"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the best quote to support the following statement:
"In The Crucible, many characters begin accusing others of witchcraft because they are looking for scapegoats to blame for the problems in their lives."

• Elizabeth Proctor says, "Why  - the girl is murder! She must be ripped out of the world!" 
• Mrs. Putnam says, "I knew it! Goody Osburn were widwife to me three times. ...My babies always shriveled in her hands!"
• Mary Warren says, "But what does [Sarah Good] mumble? You must remember, Goody Proctor, last month, she walked away, and I thought my guts would burst for two days after."
• Betty Parris says "I saw George Jacobs with the devil! I saw Goody Howe with the devil!"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the best quote to support the following statement: 
"The Crucible is important because it tells the story of John Proctor, a man who chose to stand up for the truth even when it cost him his reputation, and eventually his life." 

• Proctor says, "There be no love for Satan in this house, mister."
• Proctor says "I have known her (Abigail), sir. ...This is a whore's vengeance, and you must see it. I place myself entirely in your hands."
• Reverend Hale says, "I denounce these proceedings! I quit this court!"
• Elizabeth says, "God forbid you keep that from the court, John. I think they must be told."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the best quote to support the following statement: 
"Throughout history, people have always found reasons to discriminate against anyone who seems different from them. This happened in The Crucible, and unfortunately, it still happens today."

• "Old scores could now be settled on a plane of heavenly combat between Lucifer and the Lord."
• "This predilection for minding other people's business was time-honored among the people of Salem."
• "The Salem tragedy, which is about to begin in these pages, developed from a paradox."
• "All organization is - and must be - grounded on the idea of exclusion and prohibition, just as two objects cannot occupy the same space." 

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3