The Crucible Act 1

Which the following best describes the driving force of the people during the Salem Witch Trials?1. Which the following best describes the driving force of the people during the Salem Witch Trials?

• Fear and religious beliefs

• greed

• Bandwagon fallacy

• God

Which is true, A or B?

a. Rebecca is the comic relief in the play who breaks the nervous tension with stupid jokes. When Goody Putnam complains of her seven babies dying, she makes a joke that it was God’s will.

b. Rebecca is a voice of reason and common sense. She believes that the girls will tire of their “game” and that they are in a “silly season – she believes the girls are going through a stage.

• a

• b

How does John Proctor feel about Reverend Parris?

• He sees him has the religious center for the village who guides everyone on the right path and keeps everyone safe from the devil.

• He does not like him.

• He does like him.

• He is holding judgment until he sees how he handles the trials.

What is the dispute between John Proctor and Thomas Putnam?

• Thomas Putnam is mad that John Proctor had an affair with his niece.

• They are fighting about how to proceed in the witch trials.

• They are fighting about Abigail Williams’s honor.

• They are fighting about land and boundaries.

Who does Tituba accuse of being a witch?

• Abigail Williams

• Goody Nurse

• Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam

• Sarah Good and Sarah Osborn

What ultimatum is given to Tituba?

• Confess to witchcraft or get hanged.

• Name the witches or get fired.

• Confess to witchcraft or get deported to Barbados

• Go back to Barbados or get hanged.

How did people manipulate witchcraft for their own good?

• They accused people they knew were witches, so they would have a safer town.

• They accused people they knew were communists, so they would have a safer town.

• They could rid the town of bad influences even if they were not witches

• They could get rid of imagined or real enemies.

Who wrote The Crucible?

• Jonathan Edwards

• Arthur Miller

Why did the playwright write The Crucible?

• Because he was persecuted

• Because she wanted to overthrow the government

• Because he wasn’t allowed to return to the country

• Because he wanted to create an allegory demonstrating the culture of fear and intolerance he saw victimizing his friends and coworkers

What is McCarthyism?

• The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

• The practice of making false claims about vaccinations for the corona virus.

• The practice of attacking Asian Americans.

• The practice of converting people to communism.