The Crucible Acts 1 and 2

What does Reverend Parris see in the forest? 

• his enemies plotting against him
• the girls dancing and Tituba waving
• Abigail drinking animal blood
• Ruth Putnam talking with spirits 

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Ann Putnam sends her daughter Ruth to Tituba to 

• find out about Barbados
•  learn to dance in the forest 
• speak to Ann’s dead babies
• overcome childish behavio

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You can draw the conclusion that Abigail Williams thinks she knows more about the world than the other women in the village know from 

•  her habit of regularly attending church
• the blood she drinks in the woods
• the gossip she hears in the village
• her conversation with John Proctor 

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Reverend Hale shows his education and authority by 

• bringing books with him to Salem 
• teaching people how to recognize witches 
• arguing with Parris about the Devil
• speaking to the villagers at church

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Further increasing the conflict in the plot of the drama is Thomas Putnam’s 

• curiosity over Abigail’s murky reputation
• suspicion that Rebecca Nurse killed his children
• special consideration for his wife’s feelings
• insistence that witchcraft exists in Salem

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Proctor knows that Abigail 

• lied about the witchcraft in the woods
• wants to come back to work for Elizabeth
• mentioned his name in court 
• plans to accuse Elizabeth of murder 

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Why is Elizabeth suspicious of Proctor?

• She saw him with Abigail at a funeral.
• She caught him salting the food
• He sneaks around the house quietly
• He lied about seeing Abigail alone. 

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Elizabeth thinks that Abigail has accused her of witchcraft because Abigail 

• is afraid of her uncle
• thinks Elizabeth is cold
•  wants to marry Proctor
• is naming everyone

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One conflict that drives the plot in Act Two of this drama is a struggle between A. John and Elizabeth Proctor B. Mary Warren and Ezekiel Cheever C. Reverend Hale and Rebecca Nurse D. Abigail and Reverend Parris 

• John and Elizabeth Proctor
• Mary Warren and Ezekiel Cheever
• Rev Hale and Rebecca Nurse
• Abigail and Rev. Parris

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What does Proctor question as Elizabeth is being arrested? 

• who the Deputy Governor is 
• when Abigail was born
• if God’s fingers are clean
• how innocent the accusers are 

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