Introduction to THE CRUCIBLE

The Crucible is a play written in 1953 by

• James Arthur

• Salem, Massachusetts

• Arthur Miller

• Carol Burnett

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THE CRUCIBLE is about a town thrown into hysteria as a result of

• a man not paying child support.

• a man accusing 300 film industry people of witchcraft.

• superstition and false accusation.

• three dollars and six dimes.

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In the United States, communism was perceived in the same regard as the idea of witchcraft during the McCarthyism era in the

• 1990's
• 1960's
• 1950's
• 1600's

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Those who were suspected of having Communistic values or beliefs were accused of 

• insanity.
• treason.
• McCarthyism.
• Millerism.

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The playwright used the Salem witch trials as an allegory for the then modern day events known as

• witch hunts.

• assault and battery offenses.

• McCarthyism.

• slavery.

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