The Crucible True/False

Danforth is unable to issue pardons to Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor because twelve people have already been hanged for the same crime.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Abigail, begging for pity, claims that Elizabeth Proctor blackens her name in the village.

• True
• False

Arthur Miller claims to have followed the transcripts of the original trials and to have allowed each witness to speak historical truth.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Abigail admits that her part in witchcraft were "only sport" in the beginning but that Tituba forced her to see spirits.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Elizabeth Proctor is a cold, vicious gossip who mistreats her own children.  

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The environs of Salem were clear of the danger of the wilderness, since Indian tribes were no longer a threat.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Deputy Governor Danforth issues a warrant claiming witchcraft against the boy Tobias.

• True 
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Mary Warren, proud to be an "official of the court" claims that, "The devil is loose in Salem."

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

At Danforth's insistence, John Proctor signs a confession, but changes his mind and tears up the paper.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The judge proclaims Giles Corey in contempt of court for threatening to cut Thomas Putnam's throat.

• True
• False