The Crucible Film: Multiple Choice Questions (Part I)

Select the best answer for each question. The film The Crucible opens with a group of girls doing what in the forest?

• Gathering herbs

• Dancing and chanting

• Praying for rain

• Collecting firewood

Select the best answer for each question. Who is the slave woman from Barbados who works for Reverend Parris?

• Abigail Williams

• Rebecca Nurse

• Tituba

• Mary Warren

Select the best answer for each question. What does Reverend Parris see in the woods that alarms him?

• A pot boiling

• The girls dancing

• Someone running naked

• All of the above

Select the best answer for each question. What is wrong with Betty Parris at the beginning of the film?

• She is sick and will not wake up

• She has run away

• She has broken her arm

• She refuses to eat

Select the best answer for each question. What is Abigail’s relationship to John Proctor?

• His niece

• His servant

• His former servant and secret lover

• His cousin

Select the best answer for each question. Why does Abigail hate Elizabeth Proctor?

• Elizabeth fired her

• Elizabeth accused her of theft

• Elizabeth married John

• All of the above

Select the best answer for each question. Who first admits to witchcraft in order to save herself?

• Mary Warren

• Abigail Williams

• Tituba

• Betty Parris

Select the best answer for each question. What does John Proctor think of Reverend Parris’s preaching?

• He admires it

• He finds it greedy and harsh

• He thinks Parris is too forgiving

• He doesn’t attend church

Select the best answer for each question. When Elizabeth is arrested, what object is used as evidence against her?

• A letter

• A poppet (doll)

• A Bible

• A knife

Select the best answer for each question. Who tries to convince the court that the girls are lying?

• Reverend Hale

• Giles Corey

• John Proctor

• All of the above