The Crucible Act 3

Why is Mary Warren being brought to court?

• Abigail invited her.

• She wants to feel important.

• John is bringing her.

• Reverend Parris is bringing her.

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What happened to the people who signed the testimony that John took to court?

• Danforth signs an arrest warrant for John.

• Danforth signs an arrest warrant for the people on the list.

• Danforth signs an arrest warrant for the entire town of Salem.

• Danforth signs his own letter of resignation.

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Which character tries to attack the character of the witnesses on the stand that he doesn't like?

• Danforth

• Reverend Hale

• Reverend Parris

• John Proctor

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Why is Reverend Hale trying to argue for the innocence of the accused?

• He does not like Salem.

• He does not like Danforth.

• He questions the integrity of the judge.

• He is committed to help the court.

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Why does Mary change her mind and argue that there are people committing witchcraft?

• She is afraid of Abigail.

• She is afraid of losing her mind.

• She saw a yellow bird.

• She saw that she needed to be truthful.

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Which character feels remorseless?

• John Proctor

• Betty

• Rev. Parris

• Abigail Warren

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What does this quote by John Proctor mean:  “God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together”?

• He means both of them are sinners because they knew the sin was wrong.

• He means that only Danforth is a very evil man since he is unforgiving.

• He means that all of Salem will forgive everyone.

• He means that our kind is like many people who lived perfectly.

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Why is the town of Salem not going to stop the hangings?

• Even after twelve hangings, they knew these people were all guilty.

• After twelve hangings, they needed to catch up with the town of Andover who was ahead by one hanging.

• After twelve hangings, Reverend Parris was gaining more power and enjoying it.

• After twelve hangings, Danforth did not want to ruin his own reputation.

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What is the best description of some of the characters?

• The townspeople were excited in a good way about the witch trials.

• Many of the characters seemed to learn good lessons about life.

• The play's sympathetic characters all risk punishments to protect other people.

• Many are flawed but heroic humans and the people in power are great leaders.

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Why would either of the judges continue to listen to the girls' wild accusations instead of the upstanding citizens?

• The judges listened to the girls because they were attractive.

• The judges kept listening to the girls because they would lose their reputation.

• The judges had a grudge against John Proctor.

• The judges had land lust and wanted to buy up the cheap land.

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