The Crucible Introduction

How are Parris and Abigail related?

• Husband and wife

• Uncle and niece

• Father and daughter

• Brother and sister

What character said "[...] and still an everlasting funeral marches 'round your heart."

• Reverend Parris

• Reverend Hale

• Abigail

• John Proctor

What is the inciting incident?

• Proctor ripping up his confession

• Tituba admitting to teaching the girls witchcraft

• Parris finding the girls in the forest

• Abigail talking with John privately

Why doesn't Giles give up the name of who accused Putnam?

• He wants to end the accusations and hysteria

• He is stubborn

• He is lying

• He was the one who accused Putnam

From the brief scene that opens Act IV of The Crucible, choose the statement that is most likely true of Tituba and Sarah Good.

• They are to be executed for witchcraft that morning.

• They are preparing to accuse other residents of Salem.

• They have come to believe the accusations against them.

• They have persuaded Herrick that the visions they describe are real.

According to Act IV of The Crucible, which of the following best describes what Hale hopes to accomplish by returning to Salem?

• Hale hopes to persuade the court to pardon the condemned prisoners.

• Hale hopes to persuade people to confess so that they will not be hanged.

• Hale hopes to persuade people to come to God so that their souls will be saved.

• Hale hopes to persuade the government to pardon the condemned prisoners.

In Act IV of The Crucible, why does Parris hope that Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor will confess?

• He expects that their confessions will result in the execution of all his enemies.

• He thinks that Proctor’s followers will come after him if they do not confess.

• He feels that their guilt will confirm the justice of the trials and executions.

• He believes that admitting their guilt will save their souls from damnation.

Read the following speech from Act IV of The Crucible. Parris: Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house—a dagger clattered to the ground.… You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me. I dare not step outside at night!

• The townspeople feel guilty and ashamed for believing the girls’ lies.

• The judges and leaders have decided that Parris is an incompetent preacher

• The townspeople are outraged that genuinely good people are being executed.

• The judges and leaders have received an accusation of witchcraft against Parris.

Read the following speech from Act IV of The Crucible.

Proctor: You have made your magic now, for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Not enough to weave a banner with, but white enough to keep it from such dogs.

Which of the following best accounts for Proctor’s newfound belief in the goodness of his own nature in the last moments of his life?

• because he refused to incriminate Rebecca and the others

• because he arranged for the financial support of his family

• because he publicly accused Abigail of being a harlot

• because he publicly accused Abigail of being a harlot

What is the primary setting of 'The Crucible'?

• A) Salem, Massachusetts

• B) Boston, Massachusetts

• C) New York City, New York

• D) Plymouth, Massachusetts