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WorksheetsCrucible Test Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The author of The Crucible is:
Mark Twain
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Arthur Miller
This piece of literature can be considered a:
novel
drama
short story
epic poem
The Crucible is set during...
1592 England
the Spanish Inquisition
1400’s realm of King Arthur
1692 Salem, Massachusetts
From Paris and Proctor’s arguments about Paris’s ministry, we can infer that Paris is:
a hard worker
greedy
a pious man
intelligent
What does Abigail threaten to do if the girls do not support her version of what happened in the woods?
tell Parris the truth
condemn them as witches
harm them with a pointy reckoning
drink a charm against them
Abigail says Tituba made her:
drink blood
murder babies
try to kill Parris
miss church
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?
Elizabeth needs to put the winter quilts in the trunk and get out spring blankets.
Elizabeth forgot to put the Christmas decorations away this year.
Elizabeth is still treating John coldly after his affair with Abigail.
Elizabeth needs to stop letting Mary Warren go to court
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?
They are still having an affair and he does not want to make her mad.
He is afraid that if
he tells on her for lying in court, she will tell on him for lechery.
When she told him that
information, they were in a room alone; there are no witnesses to help him
prove it.
It is a dark night,
and he does not want to walk through the woods until sunrise.
Which commandment does Proctor forget?
thou shalt not kill
thou shalt not steal
thou shalt not commit adultery
remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy
According to Proctor, why would people like Tituba and Sarah Good confess to witchcraft?
. to keep from hanging
because it’s true
they have just been released from the mental institution
if they confess, it will force their enemies to confess
Who is charged with “the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam’s babies”?
Martha Corey
Tituba
Elizabeth Proctor
Rebecca Nurse
Giles says he never accused his wife of being a witch. What did he say about her?
that she killed Walcott’s pigs
that she read strange books
that she liked to dance
that she liked to cook frogs
How can the accused defend themselves?
hire a lawyer from Boston
prove that they don’t
know any magic spells
show that they can’t walk on a bed of hot coals without getting burned
they can’t really defend themselves
Elizabeth lies in order to:
prove to John once and for all that he has no power over her
to get John killed so she can marry someone else
to save John’s name
allow John and Abigail to be together because she knows Abigail is pregnant
The characters most alike in temperament are:
Thomas Putnam and Rebecca Nurse
Sarah Good and Elizabeth Proctor
Giles Cory and John Proctor
The theme of social and moral responsibility is underscored in the scene in which Proctor refuses to:
allow Parris to baptize his son
stay in the room with Abigai
go to Salem
allow his confession to be displayed
We can infer that the Massachusetts communities are rebelling against the witch trials because
of Indian raids
most people have left town
respectable people are now being accused
Hale has left the court
At one point Proctor struggles in deciding whether to keep his good name or admit his affair with Abigail. This is known as _____.
internal conflict
external conflict
man vs. man
man vs. society
Which figure of speech is used in, “This farm’s a continent when you go foot by foot droppin’ seeds in it”?
irony
simile
personification
metaphor
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!’”
metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
