Act 1 The Crucible

What does Reverend Parris say he has seen in the forest?

• Abigail drinking animal blood

• his enemies plotting against him

• the girls dancing and Tituba waving

• witches singing and a frog jumping

During Abigail’s conversation with her uncle when he orders her to sit down, what do the stage directions “quavering, as she sits” (line 97) reveal about Abigail?

• Betty has put a spell on her.

• Reverend Parris makes her nervous and scared

• She is injured and feels pain when she sits.

• She is worried that she will become sick.

Reverend Parris’s main concern about his niece Abigail is that

• she is eating all the food in the house.

• her actions will make Parris look bad

• she pays little attention to his daughter.

• her previous employer has fired her.

Mrs. Putnam sends her daughter Ruth to Tituba to

• find out about witchcraft.

• treat Ruth’s illness.

• speak to Mrs. Putnam's dead babies.

• overcome childish behavior.

The playwright intensifies the conflict in Act One through Thomas Putnam’s

• curiosity about Abigail’s questionable reputation.

• suspicion that Rebecca Nurse killed his children.

• special consideration for his wife’s feelings.

• spreading the idea that witchcraft exists in Salem.

What problem in Salem encourages the people to turn against each other?

• Wood for cooking and for building new houses is scarce.

• The town does not have enough books for the schools.

• The children are not welcome to listen to the preaching in church.

• Some people dislike each other and want to punish them

Readers can draw the conclusion that Abigail makes bad choices from her

• habit of regularly attending church.

• experience drinking blood in the woods.

• awareness of village gossip.

• conversation with John Proctor.

What does Rebecca Nurse say will cure the girls’ apparent illnesses?

• admitting their sinful actions

• that the girls are pretending and tire of their silly behavior

• having Reverend Hale cast out the loose spirits

• taking special medicine from Doctor Griggs

Reverend Hale shows his education and authority by

• bringing books about evil with him to Salem.

• preaching to the villagers at church.

• describing his charitable work in Beverly.

• teaching the villagers how to recognize witches.

Hale says, “The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone, and I must tell you all that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of hell upon her.” What does this statement reveal about Hale?

• He wants no one to question his authority.

• He expects to find the Devil and evidence of witchcraft.

• He is unsure of how to proceed and asks for assistance.

• He is precise in his education.