Crucible Review

Who wrote The Crucible?

• Arthur Miller

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Joseph McCarthy

• John Proctor

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What personal experience of Arthur Miller's inspired his writing of The Crucible?

• The Salem Witch Trials

• The Holocaust

• His parents' divorce

• Questioning and blacklisting by the House Unamerican Activities Committee

The community depicted in the play is made up of:

• Catholics

• Amish

• Puritans

• Communists

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When does this story take place?

• the 1400's

• the late 1600's

• the early 1900's

• the year 2000

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What motivates Thomas Putnam?

• greed/land

• God/faith

• love/romance

• violence

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Who sent her daughter conjure the spirits of her dead babies?

• Rebecca Nurse

• Sarah Good

• Sarah Osborne

• Ann Putnam

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Which character changed the most by the time the trials were over?

• Reverend Hale

• Judge Danforth

• Abigail Williams

• Judge Hathorne

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Who was the first to confess to witchcraft?

• Betty Parris

• Ann Putnam

• Tituba

• Elizabeth Proctor

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Who was pressed to death for refusing to testify?

• John Proctor

• Giles Corey

• Thomas Putnam

• Samuel Parris

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Reverend Parris has a secret he keeps too long. What is it?

• He caught the girls dancing in the woods; one was naked

• he conjured spirits

• He had an affair with a young girl in town

• He stole golden candlesticks

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