11th English Fall Semester Exam

Which of the following is a Level 1 question?

• Did you like The Crucible?

• Who wrote The Crucible?

• How did Rev. Hale change throughout the play?

• How does a person determine what values are worth dying for?

Which of the following is a Level 2 question?

• Did you like The Crucible?

• Who wrote The Crucible?

• How did Rev. Hale change throughout the play?

• How does a person determine what values are worth dying for?

Which of the following is a Level 3 question?

• Did you like The Crucible?

• Who wrote The Crucible?

• How did Rev. Hale change throughout the play?

• How does a person determine what values are worth dying for?

Write a Level 2 question about The Red Badge of Courage. (Think back to your Socratic Seminar preparation OR you can create a completely new question.)

What do the letters stand for in a R.A.C.E short-answer response?

• Real

  Actual

  Cited

  Examples

• Read

  Act

  Craft

  Educate

• Restate

  Answer

  Cite

  Explain

• Reading

  And

  Citing

  Evidence

Which of the following answers would be the BEST R.A.C.E response to this question: How does the author characterize Rev. Parris in the opening scene of The Crucible?

• In the opening scene of Act 1 of The Crucible, Arthur Miller characterizes Rev. Parris as a man who is willing to hide the truth from his congregation. Miller describes Parris as having "a sense of [...] confusion hang[ing] about him" and telling Susanna to "go directly home and speak nothing of unnatural causes." Rev. Parris clearly believes something strange has happened but doesn't want his house blackened by suspicions of witchcraft.

• In the opening scene of Act 1 of The Crucible, Arthur Miller characterizes Rev. Parris as a man who is willing to hide the truth from his congregation. Miller describes Parris as having "a sense of [...] confusion hang[ing] about him" and telling Susanna to "go directly home and speak nothing of unnatural causes."

• Arthur Miller characterizes Rev. Parris as a man who is willing to hide the truth from his congregation. Miller describes Parris as having "a sense of [...] confusion hang[ing] about him" and telling Susanna to "go directly home and speak nothing of unnatural causes." Rev. Parris clearly believes something strange has happened but doesn't want his house blackened by suspicions of witchcraft.

• In the opening scene of Act 1 of The Crucible, Arthur Miller characterizes Rev. Parris as a man who is willing to hide the truth from his congregation. Rev. Parris believes something strange has happened but doesn't want his house blackened by suspicions of witchcraft.

What historical event is The Crucible about?

• The Salem Witch Trials

• The North Berwick Witch Trials

• The Spanish Inquisition

• The Crusades

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as a response to...

• McCarthyism

• The Vietnam War

• The Black Plague

• Covid

What caused McCarthyism?

• President Truman making atomic bombs.
• Japanese spies.
• Bombing China.
• Increased fear of communism.

What is the fear of witches an allegory to?

• Facism

• Tyranny

• Communism

• Capitalism