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WorksheetsCrucible Vocab (Toughest 15)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Puritans would consider John and Abigail's affair as ___
licentious
scapegoat
solemn
pretense
Rev. Parris was always worried accusations of witch craft in his town would be a __________ to his reputation as a town leader.
allegory
ritualistic
defamation
scapegoat
The witch trials brought ______ fear to the town of Salem especially when over a 100 people were accused.
abomination
contrition
conjure
prodigious
John Proctor felt deep _____ for having committed adultery; he was desperate for a way to make it up to Elizabeth.
contrition
licentious
pretense
defamation
The word crucible means...
Arthur Miller's greatest play
a severe mix-up
a severe test
a stew prepared by witches
When would someone seem solemn? (Choose best choice)
at a funeral
at an exciting basketball game
at the Covered Bridge
at a wedding
Giles Corey was crushed by rocks because he was ______ of the court's unjust proceedings.
pretense
contemptuous
lewd
licentious
John Proctor wanted Mary Warren to tell the court that Abigail and the girls' accusations of witch-craft were only a(n) ______.
ritualistic
affidavit
conjuring
pretense
Impenetrable means....
easily passed through
impossible to pass through
ha ha, can't fool me. That's not a vocab word!
Puritans believed in divine ________, that God would guide them to a pure, Christian society in the New World.
heathen
allegory
providence
magistrate
Puritans were really no fun. They were against any sort of dancing, singing (non-religious tunes), and flirting. To them it was a(n) __________.
pseudo
compact
conjuring
abomination
Arthur Miller considered the story of The Crucible a(n) __________ for the communist scare of the 1950s because there were so many parallels.
allegory
affidavit
magistrate
hypocrite
Rev. Parris might consider John Proctor a ________ because he rarely attended church and he proclaimed "God is dead."
scapegoat
magistrate
lewd
heathen
John Proctor would consider Rev. Parris a _______ because he seems to care more about wealth and status than the teachings of the church.
heathen
scapegoat
hypocrite
magistrate
What is your opinion of John Proctor by the end of the play? (OPINION QUESTION: No right or wrong answers here.)
Lewd, licentious, dirt ball
Meh.
Honorable, but flawed dude.
Da Man
