Comprehension Quiz The Crucible

Who said:
"More weight."

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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

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.

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

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

• Witchcraft
• Adultery
• Murder
• Lying

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why is this important?
Mary Warren: "I made a gift for you today, Goody Proctor."
Elizabeth Proctor: "Why, thank you, it's a fair poppet."

• It turns into a set-up, as Abigail stabs herself with a needle found in the poppet.
• It shows that Mary Warren is really on Elizabeth's side and wants to protect her.
• Elizabeth's acceptance of the gift proves that she is a witch.
• It's the first time we can tell that Mary Warren is bewitched by a witch.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Who said this and why?
"Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and i will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a point reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it.. and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!"

• Abigail said it to stand up for herself after John Proctor confronted her about accusing witches.
• Abigail said it to Betty Parris to wake her up.
• Tituba said it to the girls to keep them quiet about what happened in the woods.
• Abigail said it to threaten the other girls to listen to her.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6