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The Crucible Final Assessment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory for what historical event?  
a)
September 11th, 2001
b)
McCarthyism
c)
World War II
d)
The Civil War 
2.

We see the greatest character change from the play’s beginning to the play’s end in which of the following characters?

a)

John Proctor

b)

Judge Danforth

c)

Rebecca Nurse

d)

Elizabeth Proctor

3.
In Act 2, what gift does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor?
a)
a cookie
b)
a yellow bird
c)
a poppet
d)
a letter
4.
What happened between John Proctor and Abigail Williams prior to the opening of the play?
a)
they got divorced
b)
they had an affair
c)
they ran away together
d)
they wrote letters to each other
5.
All of these girls were dancing in the woods together, EXCEPT:
a)
Abigail Williams
b)
Betty Parris
c)
Ruth Putnam
d)
Rebecca Nurse
6.
Which character is being described here?  
"He believed he was being persecuted wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people." (3)
a)
Reverand Parris
b)
Reverand Hale
c)
John Proctor
d)
Thomas Putnam
7.

Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty?

a)

Because she is a woman

b)

Because the Puritans do not believe in capital punishment

c)

Because she is pregnant

d)

Because John Proctor is well respected

8.

What motives could have influenced the girls' accusations of witchcraft?

a)

fear

b)

peer pressure

c)

revenge

d)

all of the above

9.

What can you infer from the scene involving Tituba, Sarah Good, and a drunken Herrick in the prison cell at the start of Act IV?

a)

Herrick believes strongly in the accusations

b)

Tituba really is a witch

c)

Herrick no longer supports the trials

d)

the devil really was in Salem

10.

Where does The Crucible take place?

a)

Salem, Massachusetts

b)

Salem, Oregon

c)

Washington, D.C.

d)

Jamestown, Virginia

11.

The author of The Crucible is :

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Arthur Miller

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

John Steinbeck

12.

What did the events of the 1600s and the 1950's as portrayed in The Crucible prove?

a)

Life is only for survival of the fittest

b)

Evil will always overpower good

c)

Democracy rules!

d)

History will always repeat itself

13.

The Crucible can be considered

a)

An allegory

b)

a short story

c)

a fable

d)

a folktale

14.

What did McCarthyism and the Witch trials create

a)

Unity between citizens

b)

mass hysteria

c)

religious fanaticism

d)

voting rights

15.
What was John Proctor in The Crucible?
a)
the antagonist
b)
the protagonist
c)
background character