Act 2: The Crucible

Which word best describes John and Elizabeth's marriage?

• blissful

• tense

• joyous

• hateful

What information does Mary Warren bring to the Proctors?

• Reverend Hale will be leaving Salem.

• Many townspeople have fallen ill.

• People are concerned about the crops this year.

• Elizabeth's name has been mentioned in court.

Why does Elizabeth believe John isn't willing to go in to town and tell the court what he knows?

• It is a very long trip, and he needs to work on the farm.

• They have children, and he is concerned that he will wake them.

• John and Abigail had an affair, and his confession would condemn

  Abigail.

• He owes money to the court, and it would cause tension.

Who comes to the Proctor's home to judge their Christian character?

• Reverend Parris

• Reverend Hale

• Judge Hathorne

• Sarah Osburn

Which is not an argument that Proctor uses to explain why he didn't regularly attend church?

• Proctor's wife was sick, and he continued to pray at home.

• Proctor owes money to the church.

• Parris uses funds on unnecessary expenses like golden candlesticks.

• Proctor said he didn't see the light of God in Parris.

Hale advises the Proctors to ________.

• confess that Elizabeth is a witch

• sell their land

• have their third child baptized and go to church on Sunday

• allow Abigail to return to their service

What is ironic about Ezekiel Cheever coming to take Elizabeth away?

• Ezekiel Cheever's wife has also been accused of witchcraft by the girls.

• John was going to turn to Ezekiel Cheever for help by telling him the girls were playing in the woods.

• Ezekiel Cheever had never been involved with legal proceedings before.

• Reverend Hale and Ezekiel Cheever were close friends before coming to Salem.

What event caused Elizabeth to be taken away?

• Abigail claimed Elizabeth's spirit stabbed her with a needle.

• John couldn't remember the Commandments.

• John and Elizabeth's third child wasn't baptized.

• John plowed his fields on Sundays.

Who has not been accused of witchcraft at the end of Act Two?

• Rebecca Nurse

• Elizabeth Proctor

• Mary Warren

• Martha Corey

Who knows about John and Abigail's affair?

• Rebecca Nurse

• Reverend Hale

• Mary Warren

• Martha Corey