The Crucible

Reverend Parris is more concerned with his daughter’s welfare than with his reputation in the congregation.

• True

• False

Abigail Williams is discharged from the Proctor household because of her poor work.

• True

• False

Abigail was completely to blame for the witch-hunt.

• True

• False

Early in the play, Abigail tells the girls that they must lie and tells them that she is not afraid of violence (not afraid to hurt them) since she was in bed with her parents when Indians massacred them.

• True

• False

Elizabeth Proctor hangs for witchcraft before the play ends.

• True

• False

Putnam and Parris have similar opinions about how to deal with the possible existence of witchcraft.

• True

• False

Rebecca Nurse confesses to witchcraft.

• True

• False

Although she does try, Mary Warren is unable to testify against Abigail and the other girls because she is afraid of them.

• True

• False

Reverend Hale refuses to sign Rebecca Nurse’s death warrant and quits the court.

• True

• False

John Proctor does not waver in his refusal to sign a confession.

• True

• False