Crucible Act 1 (Accommodated)

Who wrote The Crucible?

• Samuel Beckett

• Arthur Miller

• Tennessee Williams

• Martin Luther King Jr.

During what event does the action of The Crucible take place?

• The Presidential Election of 1948

• The Civil War

• The Salem Witch Trials

• The Cold War

The author of The Crucible married which prolific actress?

• Marilyn Monroe

• Jayne Mansfield

• Kim Kardashian

• Dr. Smith

Tituba was

• a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season” 

• an ill daughter of a Salem minister

• a slave from Barbados

• an orphan who lives with her uncle

farmer, middle 30s, had an affair with Abigail Williams

• John Proctor
• Reverend Parris
• Giles Corey
• Thomas Putnam

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grudge against Reverend Parris, concerned about land, married to Ann

• Thomas Putnam
• John Proctor
• Reverend Hale
• Giles Corey

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17-year-old niece of Reverend Parris, former servant of the Proctors

• Abigail Williams
• Mary Warren
• Betty Parris
• Ann Putnam

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What conclusion can you draw about John Proctor?

• He fears and respects Rev. Parris

• He speaks his mind, even if it is against people of authority.

• He will do anything to destroy Thomas Putnam

• He believes witchcraft made the girls ill

Rebecca Nurse is

• a slave from Barbados

• an orphan who lives with her uncle

• a mother who sent her daughter to conjure dead babies

• a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season”

What have Thomas Putnam and John Proctor argued over in the past?

• religion

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  land

• money

• wives