WorksheetsCrucible Act IV
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What conclusions about current life in Salem can be drawn from the fact that orphans beg for food and cows roam the streets?
a)
The community is in a state of chaos.
b)
Salem is no longer a farming community.
c)
The trials have turned people toward witchcraft.
d)
The witches in prison are casting spells on the village.
2.
Who is Tituba sharing a room with?
a)
Rebecca Nurse
b)
Goody Osburn
c)
Sarah Good
d)
Abigail
3.
What does Tituba say she and her "roommate" are doing in the room in Act IV?
a)
waiting for the jailer to set them free
b)
waiting for Hale to bless them
c)
waiting for a visit from Abigail
d)
waiting for the devil to fly them to Barbados
4.
Danforth complains that Hale has no business in Salem after what he did (end of Act III). What did Hale do?
a)
quit the trials
b)
allowed Abigail to trick everyone.
c)
demanded more firewood
d)
let his daughter conjure the devil
5.
Why is Hathorne suspicious of Hale?
a)
He thinks Hale is a crook.
b)
He believes Hale contributed to the uprising in Andover.
c)
He thinks Hale is under the Devil's spell.
d)
He believes Hale is trying to help Tituba escape.
6.
Who does Parris reveal that Abigail disappeared with?
a)
Tituba
b)
Rebecca Nurse
c)
Mercy Lewis
d)
Mary Warren
7.
Who is worried that Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor will be executed?
a)
Danforth
b)
Corey
c)
Cheever
d)
Parris
8.
What might the community do if Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor are killed?
a)
not pay their taxes
b)
try to kill more witches
c)
leave Salem
d)
riot and overthrow the court
9.
Why won't Danforth pardon the accused?
a)
He says that the townspeople wouldn't accept it.
b)
He says it wouldn't be fair, given the previous confessions.
c)
He says they are guilty and must die.
d)
He says he doesn't have the power.
10.
Which character is pregnant?
a)
Mary Warren
b)
Elizabeth Proctor
c)
Mrs. Putnam
d)
Rebecca Nurse
11.
Why does Elizabeth blame herself for John's infidelity?
a)
She says she wasn't pretty enough.
b)
She says she wasn't home enough.
c)
She says she was frigid toward him.
d)
She says she was never cold toward him.
12.
What does John Proctor refuse to do for Danforth?
a)
ask for forgiveness
b)
pay his bail
c)
sign his name on the confession
d)
give up his land
13.
Who orders John Proctor to be executed, despite his confession?
a)
Parris
b)
Danforth
c)
Hale
d)
Cheever
14.
Who is surprised that the people of Salem haven't overthrown the courts already?
a)
Giles
b)
Danforth
c)
Hale
d)
Parris
15.
Who says that if John Proctor is executed, he will consider himself a murderer?
a)
Giles
b)
Danforth
c)
Parris
d)
Hale
16.
What were Giles Corey's final words, as he was tortured to death in an effort to force him to name his witness?
a)
"Forgive me."
b)
"More weight."
c)
"More life."
d)
"She lies."
17.
Through her test of character, what realization did Elizabeth have about herself?
a)
her husband is truly a good man
b)
she is guilty of doing the Devil's work
c)
she was right to suspect her husband's loyalty
d)
her cold heart was partly to blame for her husband's infidelity
18.
In the final scene, Elizabeth will not plead with her husband because...
a)
she fears that they will hang her, too
b)
her bossing him around is what led to his affair in the first place
c)
even in the face of death, she cannot forgive him
d)
she does not want to take away her husband's chance for salvation
19.
Danforth
a)
cannot admit error, or will lose authority
b)
regains honor by refusing to lie to have life spared
c)
loses faith, but values life and attempts to save lives
20.
John Proctor
a)
cannot admit error, or will lose authority
b)
regains honor by refusing to lie to have life spared
c)
loses faith, but values life and attempts to save lives
21.
Hale
a)
cannot admit error, or will lose authority
b)
regains honor by refusing to lie to have life spared
c)
loses faith, but values life and attempts to save lives
22.
What are the farmers fighting over when Parris is trying to help them?
a)
who owns the land
b)
seed prices
c)
whether it will rain or not
d)
wandering livestock
23.
What is Hale doing at the prison in Act IV?
a)
trying to convince innocent people to lie to save their lives
b)
trying to convince the girls to try to escape with him
c)
trying to get the girls to come back to the trials with him
d)
trying to get the girls to confess to save them from execution
24.
John Proctor TELLS ELIZABETH there is only one thing keeping him from confessing. What is it?
a)
He won't confess until Elizabeth confesses.
b)
He won't confess because he is innocent.
c)
He won't confess until Abigail is executed.
d)
He won't confess out of spite.
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