The Crucible Act 2

What is the setting of Act II?

• The Salem meeting house after Betty speaks

• The Proctor's house a day after the the play opens

• The Proctor's house 8 days after the girls' accusations

• Reverend Parris's home a week after the witchcraft accusations

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Based on John and Elizabeth's remarks, what will happen to the two of them as the hysteria deepens?

• They will turn on each other

• They will turn on their friends

• They will support each other

• They will lose faith in God

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which statement best describes the Proctor's relationship at the beginning of Act II?

• They are deeply in love and share their feelings easily

• They seem not to care about each other

• They seem to care about each other but are ill at ease and not fully reconciled

• They are hostile and bitter toward each other

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When Elizabeth tells John "The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you," she means that Proctor...

• carries the knowledge of his own guilt

• is too quick to judge himself

• should speak more openly about his thoughts

• knows that she loves him and forgives him

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

When John Proctor tells Mary Warren "It's strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women," he implies that Mary's behavior is...

• irrational

• hypocritical

• cowardly

• rash

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which of the following words best characterizes Mary Warren?

• pious

• jealous

• gullible

• vicious

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is Mary's motive in giving the "poppet" to Elizabeth?

• She wants to make friends with Elizabeth

• She wants Elizabeth to see her as an innocent girl

• She wants to plant evidence of witchcraft in Elizabeth's house

• She wants to make peace with Elizabeth after disobeying her

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

When Elizabeth says that the crowd parted for Abigail like the sea for Israel, she makes...

• a comparison to politics

• an allusion to the Bible

• eventual trouble for Abigail

• a bigoted joke

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

When Hale appears at the Proctors' door, he is described as, "different now--drawn a little, and there is a quality of deference, even of guilt, about his manner now." What internal conflict accounts for this change?

• He feels guilty for allowing events to spiral out of control in Salem

• He no longer believes in witchcraft but must proceed anyway

• He feels guilty for the desire he has for Abigail

• He fears that even he may be at risk of an accusation of witchcraft

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Hale's interview with John Proctor reveals Hale to be

• blinded by power

• troubled but rigid

• kind but foolish

• tolerant and open

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.3