The Crucible- Act 1

Which of the following inferences is best supported by Betty's lines on page 18?

• Abigail has romantic feelings for John Proctor, who is a married man.

• Abigail is responsible for the mysterious deaths in town.

• Betty has informed the town elders that witchcraft is afoot in Salem.

• Betty and Abigail are engaged with a feud and intent on ruining one another.

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Which of the following is most likely the reason the author includes the aside about the Puritans on page 19?

• To emphasize that 17th-century Salem was a place where modern conveniences were unknown.

• To introduce the theme of religious reform to the play.

• To champion Catholicism and criticize the Puritans.

• To provide context for the play's setting, and to draw a line between it and contemporary society.

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Which of the following best describes John Proctor's feelings toward Abigail?

• guilt and romantic attachment

• disdain and pity

• confusion and curiosity

• anger and spitefulness

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Which of the following words best describes the notes not intended to be spoken onstage within the text?

• unreliable

• omniscient

• confessional

• ubiquitous

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Which of the following statements about the setting is best supported by the text?

• Salem is a futuristic, utopian society.

• Salem is a thriving industrial center where economic issues are at the front of people's minds.

• Salem has become so large that its inhabitants know little about each other.

• Salem is an extremely religious society guided by strict social morals

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Which of the following is most likely the reason Reverend Hale speaks about the devil being "precise" on pages 35-36?

• He is appalled at the unreasonable hysterics he's seen in the community.

• He wishes to establish himself as an impartial and trustworthy authority.

• He wants to downplay expectations about his depth of knowledge in the field.

• He is skeptical that Parris is a believer in witchcraft.

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Reverend Parris and John Proctor's interactions in this section could best be described as .

• tense.

• pleasant

• comical

• nonsensical

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Based on the text in this section, which of the following sentences would the author most likely agree with?

• Belief in demons and witchcraft is a laughable proposition in today's society.

• The psychological foundation behind the puritans' belief in witchcraft is still prevalent today.

• Puritan communities were so different from modern society that drawing any parallels between them would be foolish.

• Communism is the gravest threat humanity has ever faced.

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Tituba most likely names Goody Good and Goody Osburn as witches because .

• she has been paid by Abigail to accuse them

• she saw these two women compacting with the devil

• she has a longstanding hatred for them

• they are the two people that Mrs. Putnam suggested while Tituba was being accused

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Which of the following inferences about Tituba is best supported by the text in this section?

• She hates Betty.

• She enjoys tremendous power in Salem society.

• She commands loyalty from Abigail.

• She is frightened.

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