Act 4 comp quiz The Crucible

In the beginning of Act 4, who calls out for the Devil to come take her home, prompting Sarah good to say,  "Now you tell him Sarah Good is goin' too!" (Act IV, p. 123)?

• Elizabeth Proctor 
• Sarah Good 
• Ann Putnam
• Tituba 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Who has been at the jail, going among those who are to hang, and praying with them along with Reverend Parris? 

• John Proctor 
• Francis Nurse 
• Reverend Hale 
• Giles Corey 

Reverend Hale has been attempting to get those accused to confess their crimes to God in order to be saved. 

• True 
• False 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

Reverend Parris suggests to Danforth he postpone these hangings for a time, why? 

• he fears the backlash from the community when upstanding citizens are executed
• he is afraid they will cast a spell on him and his family , cursing them forever
• he is afraid the other family members will seek vengeance 
• he is afraid that the town will be haunted by their ghosts 

What does Judge Danforth think will sway John Proctor to admit to being a witch? 

• seeing his pregnant wife
• losing all his property 
• his sons being jailed as conspirators 
• he has the chance to leave with Abigail Williams 

How did Giles Corey die? 

• he was pressed to death with rocks 
• he was burned at the stake 
• he was hung with the others 
• he was shot by a firing squad 

Danforth further illustrates his hypocritical yet resolute stance by refusing to pardon or even to delay the executions of the remaining seven prisoners because: 

• it would be unfair to those already hung
• people were promised a hanging 
• the town will always doubt about witches 
• the state issued the decree 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In examining the play as a metaphor for the McCarthy era and the Red Scare, this can be equated with the government: 

• realizing it has gone too far, but finding itself unable to turn back for fear of admitting its own mistakes
• afraid of the tax dollars spent and the people being upset for the waste 
• afraid of perjury and imprisonment 
• other countries who were communist thinking the US was weak

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What character appears to express sincere guilt over his involvement in sentencing innocent people to death? 

• Judge Danforth 
• Reverend Hale 
• Reverend Parris 
• Abigail Williams 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

When John Proctor chooses instead to die in order to protect the truth and the innocence of himself and the others accused, what does this symbolize? 

• a heroic act 
• a coward's death 
• a futile attempt 
• a honest mistake 

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.7.3