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Crucible Act One

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is Tituba originally from?
a)
Trinidad
b)
Jamaica
c)
Barbados
d)
Haiti
2.
Which child will not wake?
a)
Bonnie
b)
Betty
c)
Bertha
d)
Brenda
3.
Whom did Reverend send for from the town of Beverly?
a)
John Proctor
b)
Reverend Dale
c)
Mr. Putnam
d)
Reverend Hale
4.
Who's reputation did Reverend Parris question?
a)
Betty
b)
Abigail
c)
Elizabeth Proctor
d)
Mrs. Putnam
5.
Who fired Abigail from her services?
a)
Elizabeth Proctor
b)
Mrs. Putnam
c)
Rebecca
d)
John Proctor
6.
Why is John Proctor uneasy about himself?
a)
He has not been to church in two months.
b)
He is worried about his land and crops.
c)
He had an extramarital affair with Abigail.
d)
He is wishing to leave his family.
7.
What college did Reverend Parris attend?
a)
Columbia
b)
Yale
c)
Harvard
d)
Princeton
8.
Why does Mrs. Putnam believe that there is witchcraft in the town?
a)
Because she saw a coven chanting in the woods.
b)
Because a lot of her children have died.
c)
Because she saw it in a former town where she lived.
d)
Because she has the ability to speak with spirits.
9.
Where does this story take place?
a)
Salem
b)
Beverly
c)
New Haven
d)
Plymouth
10.
What happened to Abigail's parents?
a)
They were killed by witches.
b)
They were convicted and hung for witchcraft.
c)
They died on their voyage to the new land.
d)
They were killed by Indians.
11.
After they fired Abigail, whom did the Proctors hire to work in their home?
a)
Betty Parris
b)
Mary Warren
c)
Mercy Lewis
d)
Rebecca Nurse
12.

Who is the reverend of Salem?

a)

Hale

b)

Putnam

c)

Proctor

d)

Parris

13.

Who is the other girl who is also"sick"?

a)

Abigail Parris

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Mercy Lewis

d)

Ruth Putnam

14.

Who is the man who often takes his fellow community members to court?

a)

Giles Corey

b)

Thomas Putnam

c)

John Proctor

d)

Reverend Parris

15.

What does Thomas Putnam claim that John Proctor has done to him?

a)

had an affair with his wife

b)

not paid back a debt

c)

claimed land that is not his

d)

taken him to court without reason

16.

Who is the lady with lots of children and grandchildren?

a)

Ann Putnam

b)

Rebecca Nurse

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Mary Warren

17.

What type of evidence is accepted in Salem (ie saying that one has seen a witch fly over the barn)

a)

concrete evidence

b)

spectral evidence

c)

circumstantial evidence

d)

trace evidence

18.

What kind of government have they created in Salem?

a)

theocracy

b)

bureaucracy

c)

democracy

d)

monarchy

19.
What is Reverend Parris upset about at the opening of Act I?
a)
Rumors of witchcraft circulating in the community.
b)
Abigail's dismissal from the Proctor household.
c)
His daughter's condition and the possible connection to her activities in the woods.
d)
Tituba's influence over the children. 
20.
This passage is from the stage directions at the opening of Act I. What can readers conclude about Tituba's state of mind and motivation when she begins naming names?
"She enters as one does who can no longer bear to be barred from the sight of her beloved, but she is also very frightened because her slave sense has warned her that, as always, trouble in this house eventually lands on her back."
a)
Tituba is afraid of Reverend Hale and thinks that naming names will protect her from punishment.
b)
Ttituba is so fond of Betty that she'll try anything to help her.
c)
Tituba is actually in love with Reverend Parris and confesses to keep him out of trouble.
d)
Tituba doesn't like the women she names, and she hopes they'll be punished.

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