Crucible Comprehension Check #1

What were Betty and Abigail doing in the forest when Rev. Parris frightened them?

• playing hide and seek
• gathering firewood
• making soup
• dancing and conjuring spirits 

What do the Putnams and Rev. Parris have in common?

• Both hate going to church
• Both have 300 acres of land and own a home
• Both have sick/bewitched daughters
• Both take care of orphaned nieces

Parris is reluctant to tell anyone that Betty may be bewitched because he…

• truly does not believe witchcraft exists
• fears that his reputation will be destroyed
• doesn't want his daughter hanged
• loves Halloween too much

Where and when does the play take place?

• Salem, 1792
• Salem, 1692
• Boston, 1692
• Boston, 1695

Who wrote The Crucible?

• Joseph McCarthy

• Arthur Miller

• William Shakespeare

• John Proctor

The Crucible was written in the 1950's and is considered which kind of story:

• a myth

• an allegory

• a fable

• a legend

Tituba was

• a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season” 
• an ill daughter of a Salem minister
• a slave from Barbados
• an orphan who lives with her uncle

The author saw many paralles between the Salem Witch Trials and ...

• union activity in the Industrial Revolution

• his experiences growing up in Massachusetts

• the Civil Rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's

• the Communist scare of the 1940's and 1950's

when government is intertwined with religious beliefs and practices:

• theocracy

• democracy

• plutocracy

• autorcracy

What is Parris's position in Salem?

• Judge

• President

• Reverend

• Comissioner