The Crucible, Act II by Authur Miller Selection Test

What is the setting of Act II of The Crucible?

• the following day at the home of John and Elizabeth Proctor

• Reverend Parris’s home, about a week after the accusations of witchcraft have begun

• the Proctors’ home, eight days after the girls have begun to

• the Salem meeting house, just before Abigail’s trial

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Based on the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor portrayed at the beginning of Act II of The Crucible, you can reasonably predict that, as the witch hysteria deepens, they will

• turn on each other.

• turn on their friends.

• support each other.

• lose faith in God.

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Which of the following sentences best describes the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor at the opening of Act II?

• They are warm and affectionate

• They seem not to care about each other.

• They seem ill at ease together.

• They are hostile and bitter toward each other.

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When Elizabeth says to Proctor in the second act of The Crucible, “The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you,” she means that Proctor

• carries the knowledge of his own guilt.

• is too quick to judge himself.

• should speak more openly about his thoughts.

• knows that she loves him and forgives him.

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Proctor’s comment to Mary Warren in Act II of The Crucible, “It’s strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women,” implies that he thinks Mary’s

• cruel.

• hypocritical.

• cowardly.

• rash.

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Which of the following words best characterizes Mary Warren?

• pious

• jealous

• guillible

• vicious

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What is Mary’s motive in giving the “poppet” to Elizabeth in the second act of The Crucible?

• She wants to make friends with Elizabeth.

• She wants to make friends with Elizabeth.

• She wants to plant evidence of witchcraft in Elizabeth’s house.

• She wants to make peace with Elizabeth after disobeying her.

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In the second act of The Crucible when Mary says that the crowd parted for Abigail like the sea for Israel, she makes

• a comparison to politics.

• an allusion to the Bible.

• eventual trouble for Abigail.

• a bigoted joke.

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When Hale appears at the Proctors’ door in Act II of The Crucible, he is described as “different now—drawn a little, and there is a quality of deference, even of guilt, about

his manner now.” What accounts for this change?

• He has seen events go beyond his expectations in Salem

• He no longer believes in witchcraft but must proceed.

• He feels guilty that he has also felt desire for Abigail.

• He fears that even he may be at risk.

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Hale’s interview with Proctor in The Crucible, Act II reveals Hale to be

• blinded by power.

• troubled but rigid.

• kind but foolish.

• tolerant and open.

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