The Crucible Acts I and II

Who has "have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth. Believe me, sir, you never saw more hearty babies born. And yet, each would wither in my arms the very night of their birth?"

• Tituba
• Mrs. Putnam
• Abigail Williams
• Rebecca Nurse

Who is "not some preaching farmer with a book under my arm; I am a graduate of Harvard College.  .  . you will look far for a man of my kind at sixty pound a year! I am not used to this poverty; I left a thrifty business in the Barbados to serve the Lord. I do not fathom it, why am I persecuted here?
 

• Putnam
• Hale
• Giles Corey
• Parris

Gives Elizabeth a poppet:

• Abigail
• Mercy
• Mary
• Betty

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

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

Which character is being described here?

"He believed he was being persecuted wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people." (3)

• Reverend Parris

• Reverend Hale

• John Proctor

• Thomas Putnam

Which character is brought in from the nearby town of Beverly to assess the possibility of supernatural forces (witches) afflicting the community?

• John Hale
• William Griggs
• Francis Nurse
• Giles Corey

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Why does Abigail accuse Tituba of witchcraft? 

• She believed Tituba was hurting people with her "Barbados magic."
• Accusing Tituba deflected blame from her. 
• Tituba really was engaging in witchcraft. 
• She was afraid John Proctor would accuse her of being a harlot if she didn't accuse someone else. 

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Which commandment does John Proctor ironically forget when Reverend Hale quizzes him? 

•  (A) Thou shalt not kill  
• (B) Thou shalt not commit adultery  
• (C) Honor thy mother and father  
• (D) Thou shalt not covet.

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Whom do Ezekiel Cheever and Herrick, the marshal, come to the Proctor home to arrest?    

•  (A) John Proctor 
•  (B) Reverend Hale  
• (C) Mary Warren  
• (D) Elizabeth Proctor

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What did Giles Corey say that got his wife arrested?  

• He said she was reading spell books at night.
• He said he couldn't pray while she was reading.
• He said she sometimes spoke in strange languages.
• He said she killed the neighbors' pigs.

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