THE CRUCIBLE BACKGROUND RESEARCH QUIZ

THE PURITANS FIRST CAME TO SALEM IN:

• THE 1400'S

• THE 1600'S

• THE 1800'S

• THE 2000'S

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WHAT IS PREDESTINATION

• A MONUMENT FOR THE FIRST PURITANS IN SALEM

• THE IDEA THAT ONE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN

• THE BELIEF THAT EVERYTHING IN ONE'S LIFE HAS BEEN PLANNED OUT BY GOD

• A RELIGION

PURITANS BELIEVED IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WERE DANGEROUS EXCEPT:

• DANCING

• GROUP PRAYER

• THE WILDERNESS

• READING

THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS BEGAN WHEN_____ACCUSED A FEW WOMEN OF BEING WITCHES.

• YOUNG GIRLS

• THE REVEREND

• THE MAYOR

• A FARMER

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID NOT HAPPEN TO THOSE ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT IN SALEM

• SOME CONFESSED

• SOME WERE HANGED

• SOME WERE DROWNED IN THE OCEAN

• SOME WERE PUT IN JAIL

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WHAT HAPPENED IN SALEM IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF:

• HYSTERIA

• JUSTICE

• MAGIC

• HONESTY

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A COMMUNIST SOCIETY MIGHT INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT:

• A DICTATOR

• DEMOCRATIC ELECTION

• ALL HOUSING BEING OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT

• SHARED WEALTH AND THE SAME SALARIES FOR EVERYONE

WHAT IS MCCARTHYISM

• THE PRACTICE OF HOLDING SECRET MEETINGS TO DISCUSS COMMUNISM

• A SENATOR FROM THE 1950'S

• ACT OF CONFESSING A CRIME ONE DID NOT COMMIT

• UNFAIR POLITICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND TRIALS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT PROPER EVIDENCE

WHAT IS BLACKLISTING

• A LIST NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO WORK IN A CERTAIN INDUSTRY

• A LIST OF WITCHES

• A FORM OF RACISM PREVALENT IN THE 20TH CENTURY

• A LIST OF CENSORED BOOKS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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WHY WAS ARTHUR MILLER ARRAIGNED BY THE HUAC

• HE WAS SUSPECTED OF BEING A COMMUNIST OR OF KNOWING THE NAMES OF COMMUNIST

• HE SOLD MILITARY SECRETS TO RUSSIAN SPIES

• HE REFUSED TO REMOVE PROVOCATIVE ELEMENTS OF HIS PLAYS

• HE WAS BEING SUED FOR PLAGIARIZING SOMEONE ELSE'S PLAYS