First Quiz about The Crucible

The word which is putting metal into a type of heat-proof mold______ was chosen by Miller because the people of Salem went through a terrible test.

• predilection

• paradox

• communal

• crucible

When the people of Salem began to question the lack of _______of others, then rumors and suspicion spread.

• calumny

• paradox

• morality

• crucible

There were many innocent people in Salem who were _______in the witch trials.

• vindictive

• predilection

• paradox

• persecuted

When the author states that the witch-hunt was a perverse-manifestation of the panic of the classes, he means...

• unacceptable

• exciting

• upsetting

• cooperative

When people live in a _________manner, they work together to get the hard work completed.

• predilection

• persecuted

• communal

• crucible

When the mass hysteria in Salem began people acted out of greed and _______ by trying to grab land from others.

• crucible

• creed

• perverse

• villiany

The village of Salem in 1692 was governed by a __________.

• theocracy

• democracy

• Queen

• autocracy

One _______that is hard to believe is that the people of Salem were Christian and yet decided to hang people on little evidence of witchcraft.

• calumny

• vindictive

• paradox

• perverse

Sadly, some of the characters held a grudge against others and lied to get their _______against their enemies.

• vengeance

• paradox

• creed

• persecuted

There was a _______of mass hysteria throughout Salem in 1692.

• manifestation

• predilection

• calumny

• vindictive