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"The Crucible" - Acts 1-2 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"With a worried look, Faith approached her parents. She showed them her usual deference, for she always respected her elders."
a)
wickedness
b)
courtesy
c)
inclined to disagree
d)
slavishly submissive
2.
"With a more noticeable smile, he said, "I knew it - it's our contentious neighbors stirring up trouble again.
a)
faultless
b)
inclined to disagree
c)
lawlessness
d)
courtesy
3.
"We know that you are a good girl, Faith, not one to commit iniquity."
a)
courtesy
b)
resolute
c)
wickedness
d)
barely noticible
4.
"Her parents questioned her firmly, adamant to learn the truth."
a)
resolute
b)
confirm
c)
courtesy
d)
lawlessness
5.

What type of government does Salem have?

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Democracy

6.
At the beginning of Act I, Parris is angry with Abigail because
a)
the Proctors fired her 
b)
 she has stolen money from his strongbox 
c)
her behavior has compromised his character in Salem 
d)
she has committed adultery with John Proctor.
7.
Why did Mrs. Putnam send her daughter to Tituba?
a)
To put a charm on John Proctor
b)
To put a charm on Rev. Parris
c)
To have Ruth make a deal with the devil
d)
To have her conjure the spirits of the seven dead Putnam babies
8.
Who drank a blood charm in hopes of killing Elizabeth Proctor?
a)
Betty Parris
b)
John Proctor
c)
Abigail Williams
d)
Ann Putnam
9.

Who said this: "Now look, you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this--let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you."

a)

Abigail Williams

b)

Mercy Lewis

c)

Betty Parris

d)

Tituba

10.

Rebecca Nurse was

a)

a slave from Barbados.

b)

a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season."

c)

a mother who sent her daughter to conjure dead babies.

d)

an orphan who lives with her uncle.

11.
Why did Rebecca Nurse advise to send Hale back immediately?
a)
She felt Parris was capable of handling the situation by himself
b)
She knew Hale's presence would frighten the people and cause upheaval.
c)
She believed Hale was an imposter and a fraud
d)
She is a witch and afraid of being discovered
12.

What conclusion can you draw about Abby's discharge from the Proctor's?

a)

Abby was a lazy servant.

b)

Goody Proctor was too demanding.

c)

Abby left the Proctor's on good terms.

d)

Goody Proctor suspected the relationship between her husband and Abby.

13.

Abigail claims Betty collapsed from:

a)

shock when Reverend Parris leapt from the bushes.

b)

a spell cast by Tituba.

c)

exhaustion from dancing too much.

d)

embarrassment when she saw a boy she liked.

14.

Reverend John Hale was

a)

a farmer who had an affair.

b)

a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season."

c)

an intellectual academic who is an expert on witchcraft.

d)

a cranky, old man.

15.

Proctor calls the trials in Salem

a)

dark mischief

b)

evil mischief

c)

black mischief

d)

witchy business

16.

What prevents Proctor from telling the court that Abigail admitted that the girls were not telling the truth?

a)

The other girls were there and would deny it.

b)

He was lying.

c)

Abigail made him promise not to tell.

d)

He was alone with her when she told him.

17.

Who does Hale visit to investigate possible charges of witchcraft?

a)

Parris

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Giles

d)

Elizabeth

18.

John Proctor hasn't been attending church because

a)

he thinks Parris values worldly goods and he doesn't see God in him.

b)

he was sick.

c)

he didn't have a way to get there.

d)

he has converted to Judaism.

19.

Cheever considers the presence of a _______ evidence that Elizabeth has been practicing witchcraft.

a)

puppet

b)

poppet

c)

broomstick

d)

pointy hat

20.

Mary Warren doesn't want to testify because

a)

she doesn't believe in witches.

b)

she's afraid of Abigail.

c)

she wants to plead the fifth.

d)

she doesn't like the Proctors.