Crucible - Act One Review

The Crucible is...

• a short story

• a novel

• a drama

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

The author of The Crucible is...

• Arthur Mueller

• Author Milner

• Arthur Miller

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On the surface, the play is about the Salem Witch Trials, but it is also a metaphor for...

• Senator McCarthy's witch burnings

• Senator McCarthy's Communist Hearings

• Senator McCarthy's conspiracy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

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

McCarthyism is... (pick 2)

• an intense investigation of supposed communists in the US government

• making unfair allegations to persecute political opponents

• the practice of using magic to communicate with the dead

. . . is a story about ONE thing, but that is also a metaphor for ANOTHER thing that the author wants to talk about indirectly.

• innuendo

• allegory

• archetype

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The play takes place in the year _____.

• 1492

• 1595

• 1692

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

The play takes place in the village of _____.

• Boston

• Salem

• Beverly

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

The people of the village are _____.

• Amish

• Quakers

• Puritans

At the beginning of Act One, Parris is concerned that Betty _____.

• is unconscious

• ran away

• is flying around the room

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Parris is the _____ of the village.

• mayor

• minister

• blacksmith

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3