The Crucible Final Assessment

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory for what historical event?  

• September 11th, 2001
• McCarthyism
• World War II
• The Civil War 

We see the greatest character change from the play’s beginning to the play’s end in which of the following characters?

• John Proctor

• Judge Danforth

• Rebecca Nurse

• Elizabeth Proctor

In Act 2, what gift does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor?

• a cookie
• a yellow bird
• a poppet
• a letter

What happened between John Proctor and Abigail Williams prior to the opening of the play?

• they got divorced
• they had an affair
• they ran away together
• they wrote letters to each other

All of these girls were dancing in the woods together, EXCEPT:

• Abigail Williams
• Betty Parris
• Ruth Putnam
• Rebecca Nurse

Which character is being described here?  
"He believed he was being persecuted wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people." (3)

• Reverand Parris
• Reverand Hale
• John Proctor
• Thomas Putnam

Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty?

• Because she is a woman

• Because the Puritans do not believe in capital punishment

• Because she is pregnant

• Because John Proctor is well respected

What motives could have influenced the girls' accusations of witchcraft?

• fear

• peer pressure

• revenge

• all of the above

What can you infer from the scene involving Tituba, Sarah Good, and a drunken Herrick in the prison cell at the start of Act IV?

• Herrick believes strongly in the accusations

• Tituba really is a witch

• Herrick no longer supports the trials

• the devil really was in Salem

Where does The Crucible take place?

• Salem, Massachusetts

• Salem, Oregon

• Washington, D.C.

• Jamestown, Virginia