The Crucible Acts 1-2

If your friend has a predilection for contact sports, he or she

• likes them

• avoids them

• fears them

• dislikes them

In The Crucible, Act II, Hale is in shock when the beloved Rebecca Nurse is accused.

What does he mean when he alludes to the Biblical portrayal of the Devil, noting that "an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven"?

• God's will is not for humans to know.

• Beauty and goodness are not the same.

• Evil can masquerade as good.

• God's opinions are unimportant.

According to the background exposition from The Crucible, Act I, children in Salem had to "walk straight, eyes slightly lowered, … mouths shut until bidden to speak."

What kind of life do you infer that children in Salem led?

• Educated

• Joyless

• Wild

• Joyful

Which word best replaces pallor in this sentence:

"The pallor of her face suggested that she was frightened"?

• excitement

• smile

• paleness

• eagerness

Which word best replaces ingratiating in this sentence:

"The child was ingratiating at first, but people then learned she was really not so nice.”

• skilled

• charming

• fearful

• annoying

In The Crucible, Act I, what sad and frightening reason drives Mrs. Putnam to hunt for witches in Salem?

• anger at her husband and at Reference Parris

• her desire to speak to the dead

• the deaths of seven of her babies

• sympathy for the girls who are ill

At the beginning of The Crucible, Act II, what is the source of the conflict between the Proctors?

• The two suspect each other of engaging in witchcraft.

• Elizabeth suspects that John has been unfaithful, but John refuses to admit his sin.

• John has been unfaithful to Elizabeth, and he hasn't earned her trust back yet.

• John fears that Elizabeth will be accused of witchcraft, but she does not believe him.

In his opening dialogue with Abigail in The Crucible, Act I, what does Reverend Parris reveal to be the main reason for his concern about his daughter?

• fear that his daughter will lose her soul

• fear that his daughter is dying

• fear for his reputation

• fear that he will become sick from the illness that afflicts his daughter

In The Crucible, Act II, what do you learn about John Proctor's character from the stage directions that say he "is striving against his disgust with Hale and with himself for even answering"?

• He has the answers but hides them.

• He does not have the answers he needs.

• His feelings for Hale are respectful.

• He is in conflict with Hale as well as with himself.

Why does Proctor think Abigail accuses his wife of witchcraft in The Crucible, Act II?

• to punish Elizabeth for being a bad boss

• to punish John for rejecting her

• to distract attention from her own sins

• to show Salem how much power she had