The Crucible Act Three Quiz

1. The primary location/setting of Act Three, of The Crucible, is where?

• The Proctor house
• The courthouse
• The house of Rev. Samuel Parris
• The gallows

2. The men challenge the honesty or _________ of girls who are accusing the adults of being witches.

• Reproach
• Effrontery
• Probity
• Qualm

3. What type of animal did the young girls accuse Mary Warren of controlling to attack them with her spirit? This was up near the ceiling.

• Brown barn owl
• Little mouse
• Big majestic eagle
• Yellow bird

4. Abigail used _______ or cleaverness to get rid of Elizabeth by setting her up to look like a witch so that she could get with John.

• Guile
• Prodigiousness
• Contention
• Incredulous

5. What were the names of the two main judges of The Crucible?

• Danforth and Hathorne
• Hale and Parris
• Nurse and Corey
• Putnam and Lewis

6. The judge warns Mary she has committed _______ or lied to the court because she is now changing her story about seeing spirits.

• Ipso Facto
• Reproach
• Perjury
• Lechery

7. Elizabeth Proctor was said to not be able to ....

• tell a lie
• have a child
• remember the ten commandments
• drive a car

8. During the court hearing, many were getting heated and argumentative. You could say the court had a _________ atmosphere.

• Forbidding
• Prodigious
• Contentious
• Effrontery

9. What was Mary unable to do when asked to do in court by a judge?

• admit the girls act was all a pretense
• faint
• ask for forgiveness
• call for the Devil

10. John's honesty or _________ shown by admitting to the affair in court could have ruined his good name.

• Qualm
• Effrontery
• Guile
• Probity