The Crucible Quotes

Who said:
"More weight."

• John Proctor
• Giles Corey
• Rev. John Hale
• Abigail Williams

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Who is the "he" Elizabeth Proctor is referring to?
"I came to think [he] fancied Abigail. As so one night I lost my wits, I think, and put her out on the high road."

• John Proctor
• Giles Corey
• Thomas Putnam
• Rev. Sam Parris

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Who is the "she" that Ezekiel Cheever is referring to?
"[She] sat to dinner in Reverend Parris's house tonight, and without a word nor warnin' [she] falls to the floor. Like a struck beast, he says, and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear."

• Ruth Putnam
• Betty Parris
• Abigail Williams
• Mary Warren

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Why does John Proctor say this:
"I like it not that he should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I'll not conceal it."

• He does not like Rev. Hale and thinks witchcraft is not real.
• He does not trust Rev. Parris to baptize his child.
• He thinks Thomas Putnam is trying to curse his child.
• He thinks Giles Corey is trying to sue him for slander.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Who said this:
"What anarchy is this? That tract is in my bounds, it's in my bounds, Mr. Proctor!"

• Giles Corey
• Rev. Hale
• Rev. Parris
• Thomas Putnam

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Who says this?
"I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!"

• Abigail Williams
• Betty Parris
• Elizabeth Proctor
• Mary Warren

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the purpose of the quote:
"He plow on Sunday, sir."

• To make Rev. Parris look like a terrible minister
• To make Rev. Hale seem unknowledgeable
• To make John Proctor look unchristian
• To make Thomas Putnam look greedy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Who said this?
"I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'd admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them."

• Thomas Putnam
• John Proctor
• Rev. Parris
• Giles Corey

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"Abby'll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor!"
What does lechery mean?

• Witchcraft
• Adultery
• Murder
• Lying

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who is Elizabeth Proctor talking about in this quote?
"It is a mouse no more. I forbid her to go, and she raises up her chin like the daughter of a prince and says to me, 'I must go to Salem, goody Proctor; I am an official of the court!"

• Abigail Williams
• Mercy Lewis
• Mary Warren
• Ruth Putnam

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6