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Crucible Test Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The author of The Crucible is:

a)

Mark Twain

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

d)

Arthur Miller

2.

This piece of literature can be considered a:

a)

novel

b)

drama

c)

short story

d)

epic poem

3.

The Crucible is set during...

a)

1592 England

b)

the Spanish Inquisition

c)

1400’s realm of King Arthur

d)

1692 Salem, Massachusetts

4.

From Paris and Proctor’s arguments about Paris’s ministry, we can infer that Paris is:

a)

a hard worker

b)

greedy

c)

a pious man

d)

intelligent

5.

What does Abigail threaten to do if the girls do not support her version of what happened in the woods?

a)

tell Parris the truth

b)

condemn them as witches

c)

harm them with a pointy reckoning

d)

drink a charm against them

6.

Abigail says Tituba made her:

a)

drink blood

b)

murder babies

c)

try to kill Parris

d)

miss church

7.

Proctor says of his home, “It’s winter in here yet,” and he suggests that Elizabeth bring some flowers into the house. What is the not-so-hidden meaning behind his words?

a)

Elizabeth needs to put the winter quilts in the trunk and get out spring blankets.

b)

Elizabeth forgot to put the Christmas decorations away this year.

c)

Elizabeth is still treating John coldly after his affair with Abigail.

d)

Elizabeth needs to stop letting Mary Warren go to court

8.

Why does John hesitate to go to Salem that first night and tell the people that Abigail said the children’s sickness did not have anything to do with witchcraft?

a)

They are still having an affair and he does not want to make her mad.

b)

He is afraid that if

he tells on her for lying in court, she will tell on him for lechery.

c)

When she told him that

information, they were in a room alone; there are no witnesses to help him

prove it.

d)

It is a dark night,

and he does not want to walk through the woods until sunrise.

9.

Which commandment does Proctor forget?

a)

thou shalt not kill

b)

thou shalt not steal

c)

thou shalt not commit adultery

d)

remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy

10.

According to Proctor, why would people like Tituba and Sarah Good confess to witchcraft?

a)

. to keep from hanging

b)

because it’s true

c)

they have just been released from the mental institution

d)

if they confess, it will force their enemies to confess

11.

Who is charged with “the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam’s babies”?

a)

Martha Corey

b)

Tituba

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Rebecca Nurse

12.

Giles says he never accused his wife of being a witch. What did he say about her?

a)

that she killed Walcott’s pigs

b)

that she read strange books

c)

that she liked to dance

d)

that she liked to cook frogs

13.

How can the accused defend themselves?

a)

hire a lawyer from Boston

b)

prove that they don’t

know any magic spells

c)

show that they can’t walk on a bed of hot coals without getting burned

d)

they can’t really defend themselves

14.

Elizabeth lies in order to:

a)

prove to John once and for all that he has no power over her

b)

to get John killed so she can marry someone else

c)

to save John’s name

d)

allow John and Abigail to be together because she knows Abigail is pregnant

15.

The characters most alike in temperament are:

a)

Thomas Putnam and Rebecca Nurse

b)

Sarah Good and Elizabeth Proctor

c)

Giles Cory and John Proctor

16.

The theme of social and moral responsibility is underscored in the scene in which Proctor refuses to:

a)

allow Parris to baptize his son

b)

stay in the room with Abigai

c)

go to Salem

d)

allow his confession to be displayed

17.

We can infer that the Massachusetts communities are rebelling against the witch trials because

a)

of Indian raids

b)

most people have left town

c)

respectable people are now being accused

d)

Hale has left the court

18.

At one point Proctor struggles in deciding whether to keep his good name or admit his affair with Abigail. This is known as _____.

a)

internal conflict

b)

external conflict

c)

man vs. man

d)

man vs. society

19.

Which figure of speech is used in, “This farm’s a continent when you go foot by foot droppin’ seeds in it”?

a)

irony

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

20.

What figure of speech is contained in the following line spoken by Elizabeth? “I forbid her [Mary Warren] 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)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole