Comprehension Quiz The Crucible

Who said:
"More weight."

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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.11-12.1

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.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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

• Witchcraft
• Adultery
• Murder
• Lying

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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