Literary Terms Quiz

An indirect or reference to another idea or concept; an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it.

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Allusion

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A warning or indication that something is going to happen.

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is NOT a way that people would try to get out of being accused as a witch?

• They would flee

• They would blame someone else

• They would say they're pregnant

• They would admit they're a witch

The following are types of evidence and tests used in the courts EXCEPT:

• Spectral evidence

• Swimming test

• Checking for witchmarks

• DNA testing

The evidence used in court was considered ________________ to those that were accused of witchcraft.

• not beneficial

• irrelevant
• neutral
• beneficia;

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

What is the setting of Act 3 of The Crucible?

• The setting is the Salem courthouse.
• The setting is a church.
• The setting is a forest clearing.
• The setting is a schoolhouse.

Martha Corey is accused of witchcraft at the beginning of the Act, specifically for…

• Mumbling in the streets

• Forgetting the “Our Father” prayer

• Drinking blood

• Reading Fortunes

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Giles feels he is to blame for his wife’s accusations because…

• he believes he is always right in arguments
• he thinks he is perfect and has no faults
• he believes he contributed to the issue of her reading

• he feels his wife is overly sensitive

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The reason why the courts are delaying the hanging of Elizabeth Proctor is because…

• They are waiting for John to confess

• She is extremely sick

• She is pregnant

• She is waiting for her trial

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

All are pieces of evidences brought to the courts by John Proctor, Giles Corey and Francis Nurse EXCEPT:

• Documented confessions
• Spectral evidence
• Witness testimonies
• Physical evidence

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1