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The Crucible

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who said:
"More weight."
a)
John Proctor
b)
Giles Corey
c)
Rev. John Hale
d)
Abigail Williams
2.
Who is the "he" Elizabeth Proctor is referring to?
"I came to think [he] fancied Abigail. As so one night I lost my wits, I think, and put her out on the high road."
a)
John Proctor
b)
Giles Corey
c)
Thomas Putnam
d)
Rev. Sam Parris
3.
Who is the "she" that Ezekiel Cheever is referring to?
"[She] sat to dinner in Reverend Parris's house tonight, and without a word nor warnin' [she] falls to the floor. Like a struck beast, he says, and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear."
a)
Ruth Putnam
b)
Betty Parris
c)
Abigail Williams
d)
Mary Warren
4.
Why does John Proctor say this:
"I like it not that he should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I'll not conceal it."
a)
He does not like Rev. Hale and thinks witchcraft is not real.
b)
He does not trust Rev. Parris to baptize his child.
c)
He thinks Thomas Putnam is trying to curse his child.
d)
He thinks Giles Corey is trying to sue him for slander.
5.
Who said this:
"What anarchy is this? That tract is in my bounds, it's in my bounds, Mr. Proctor!"
a)
Giles Corey
b)
Rev. Hale
c)
Rev. Parris
d)
Thomas Putnam
6.
Who says this?
"I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!"
a)
Abigail Williams
b)
Betty Parris
c)
Elizabeth Proctor
d)
Mary Warren
7.
What is the purpose of the quote:
"He plow on Sunday, sir."
a)
To make Rev. Parris look like a terrible minister
b)
To make Rev. Hale seem unknowledgeable
c)
To make John Proctor look unchristian
d)
To make Thomas Putnam look greedy
8.
Who said this?
"I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'd admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them."
a)
Thomas Putnam
b)
John Proctor
c)
Rev. Parris
d)
Giles Corey
9.
"Abby'll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor!"
What does lechery mean?
a)
Witchcraft
b)
Adultery
c)
Murder
d)
Lying
10.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor talking about in this quote?
"It is a mouse no more. I forbid her to go, and she raises up her chin like the daughter of a prince and says to me, 'I must go to Salem, goody Proctor; I am an official of the court!"
a)
Abigail Williams
b)
Mercy Lewis
c)
Mary Warren
d)
Ruth Putnam
11.
Who said this quote?
"I think she'll wake in time. Pray calm yourselves."
a)
Elizabeth Proctor
b)
Ann Putnam
c)
Martha Corey
d)
Rebecca Nurse
12.
Who said this quote, and who is it about?
"That girl is murder! She must be ripped from this world!"
a)
John Proctor about Abigail
b)
Abigail about Mary Warren
c)
Elizabeth Proctor about Abigail
d)
Abigail about Elizabeth Proctor
13.
Why is this quote important?
"I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again."
a)
It shows that John Proctor regrets sleeping with Abigail.
b)
It shows that John Proctor regrets not leaving his wife.
c)
It shows that Abigail regrets asking Tituba for help.
d)
It shows that Abigail is in love with John Proctor.
14.
Who said this quote, and who is it about?
"In her life, sir, she have never lied. There are them that cannot sing, and them that cannot weep - my wife cannot lie."
a)
Giley Corey about Martha Corey
b)
John Proctor about Elizabeth Proctor
c)
Thomas Putnam about Ann Putnam
d)
Francis Nurse about Rebecca Nurse
15.
Who said this?
"[The books] must be heavy, they are weighted with authority."
a)
Rev. Sam Parris
b)
John Proctor
c)
Thomas Putnam
d)
Rev. John Hale
16.
Why is this important?
Mary Warren: "I made a gift for you today, Goody Proctor."
Elizabeth Proctor: "Why, thank you, it's a fair poppet."
a)
It turns into a set-up, as Abigail stabs herself with a needle found in the poppet.
b)
It shows that Mary Warren is really on Elizabeth's side and wants to protect her.
c)
Elizabeth's acceptance of the gift proves that she is a witch.
d)
It's the first time we can tell that Mary Warren is bewitched by a witch.
17.
Who said this and why?
"Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and i will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a point reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it.. and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!"
a)
Abigail said it to stand up for herself after John Proctor confronted her about accusing witches.
b)
Abigail said it to Betty Parris to wake her up.
c)
Tituba said it to the girls to keep them quiet about what happened in the woods.
d)
Abigail said it to threaten the other girls to listen to her.
18.
Who said this?
"It's not a trick! I - I used to faint because I - I thought I saw spirits."
a)
Rebecca Nurse
b)
Mary Warren
c)
Abigail Williams
d)
Betty Parris
19.
Who did Judge Danforth say this to?
"The pure in heart need no lawyers."
a)
John Proctor
b)
Rev. Hale
c)
Giles Corey
d)
Judge Hathorne
20.
Why is this quote significant?
Elizabeth: You were alone with her?
John: For a moment alone, aye.
Elizabeth: Why, then, it is not as you told me.
a)
It shows that John still wants to be with Abigail.
b)
It shows that John is feeling guilty.
c)
It shows that Elizabeth and John still have a cold relationship.
d)
It shows that Elizabeth fully trusts John.