The Crucible Act I Quiz with Vocabulary

1. Which best describes the setting of Act One?

• a bedroom in Salem, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1692
• Arthur Miller's home in Hollywood
• Present-day Salem, Massachusetts
• The town hall in Salem, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1692

2. What does Reverend Parris see in the forest?

• His enemies plotting against him
• The girls dancing and Tituba waving her hands
• Abigail drinking animal blood
• Ruth Putnam talking with spirits

3. Which sentence from the dramatic exposition explains why the girls were afraid to admit they had been dancing in the woods?

• "The edge of the wilderness was close by."
• "...hard work kept the morals of the place from spoiling..."
• "Their creed forbade anything resembling a theater or 'vain enjoyment.'"
• "When a new farmhouse was built, friends assembled to 'raise the roof' and there would be special food cooked."

4. What did Abigail mean when she told Parris that the girls' dancing in the woods was for "sport"?

• The girls were having a dancing contest.
• The dancing was harmless and only for fun.
• The dancing was really a torture game.
• Betty was cheating at a serious game.

5. What do the stage directions in the following lines tell you about Abigail Williams? Parris: Child. Sit you down. Abigail (quavering as she sits): I would never hurt Betty. I love her dearly.

• Her uncle, Reverend Parris, makes her nervous.
• She is injured and feels pain when she sits.
• Betty, her cousin, has put a spell on her.
• She worries that she will become sick, too.

6. Ann Putnam sends her daughter Ruth to Tituba to

• find out about Barbados
• learn to dance in the forest
• speak to Ann's dead babies
• overcome childish behavior

7. Reverend Parris is most worried about

• witchcraft
• his daughter's health
• his reputation
• Abigail

8. You can draw the conclusion that Abigail Williams thinks she knows more about the world than the other women in the village know from

• her habit of regularly attending church
• the blood she drinks in the woods
• the gossip she hears in the village
• her conversations with John Proctor

9. Rebecca Nurse is best described as

• a caregiver and godly woman
• a spiteful and jealous old woman
• a young girl who was caught dancing
• a devilish woman who encouraged the girls' dancing

10. What is John's intent when he tells Abigail, "I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again"?

• John is attempting to show Abigail that she means as much to him as his hand.
• John is explaining how difficult farming is since she is no longer around.
• John is trying to convince Abigail that there are witches reaching for them.
• John is emphasizing the fact that he no longer wants anything to do with her.