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Crucible Vocab (Toughest 15)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Puritans would consider John and Abigail's affair as ___

a)

licentious

b)

scapegoat

c)

solemn

d)

pretense

2.

Rev. Parris was always worried accusations of witch craft in his town would be a __________ to his reputation as a town leader.

a)

allegory

b)

ritualistic

c)

defamation

d)

scapegoat

3.

The witch trials brought ______ fear to the town of Salem especially when over a 100 people were accused.

a)

abomination

b)

contrition

c)

conjure

d)

prodigious

4.

John Proctor felt deep _____ for having committed adultery; he was desperate for a way to make it up to Elizabeth.

a)

contrition

b)

licentious

c)

pretense

d)

defamation

5.

The word crucible means...

a)

Arthur Miller's greatest play

b)

a severe mix-up

c)

a severe test

d)

a stew prepared by witches

6.

When would someone seem solemn? (Choose best choice)

a)

at a funeral

b)

at an exciting basketball game

c)

at the Covered Bridge

d)

at a wedding

7.

Giles Corey was crushed by rocks because he was ______ of the court's unjust proceedings.

a)

pretense

b)

contemptuous

c)

lewd

d)

licentious

8.

John Proctor wanted Mary Warren to tell the court that Abigail and the girls' accusations of witch-craft were only a(n) ______.

a)

ritualistic

b)

affidavit

c)

conjuring

d)

pretense

9.

Impenetrable means....

a)

easily passed through

b)

impossible to pass through

c)

ha ha, can't fool me. That's not a vocab word!

10.

Puritans believed in divine ________, that God would guide them to a pure, Christian society in the New World.

a)

heathen

b)

allegory

c)

providence

d)

magistrate

11.

Puritans were really no fun. They were against any sort of dancing, singing (non-religious tunes), and flirting. To them it was a(n) __________.

a)

pseudo

b)

compact

c)

conjuring

d)

abomination

12.

Arthur Miller considered the story of The Crucible a(n) __________ for the communist scare of the 1950s because there were so many parallels.

a)

allegory

b)

affidavit

c)

magistrate

d)

hypocrite

13.

Rev. Parris might consider John Proctor a ________ because he rarely attended church and he proclaimed "God is dead."

a)

scapegoat

b)

magistrate

c)

lewd

d)

heathen

14.

John Proctor would consider Rev. Parris a _______ because he seems to care more about wealth and status than the teachings of the church.

a)

heathen

b)

scapegoat

c)

hypocrite

d)

magistrate

15.

What is your opinion of John Proctor by the end of the play? (OPINION QUESTION: No right or wrong answers here.)

a)

Lewd, licentious, dirt ball

b)

Meh.

c)

Honorable, but flawed dude.

d)

Da Man