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The Crucible Act 1 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gravely ill and in a sort of trance as the play opens; tries to fly out of the window.

a)

Betty Parris

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Mercy Lewis

d)

Tituba

2.

Was fired from her job seven months ago

a)

Betty Parris

b)

Rebecca Nurse

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Abigail Williams

3.

Rumor has it that this person no longer goes to church very often because she doesn't want to sit close to the "soiled" Abigail.

a)

Ann Putnam

b)

Elizabeth Proctor

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Betty Parris

4.

A wise old woman who tells the others to stop worrying about the child who is "inert" on the bed.

a)

Elizabeth Proctor

b)

Rebecca Nurse

c)

Ann Putnam

d)

Tituba

5.

Lost 7 babies and sent her only living daughter to conjure their spirits.

a)

Elizabeth Proctor

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Ann Putnam

d)

Rebecca Nurse

6.

The richest man in town; argues with John Proctor over land.

a)

Giles Corey

b)

Thomas Putnam

c)

Rev. Hale

d)

Arthur Miller

7.

A minister from a nearby town who is called in as an expert in Demonic Arts.

a)

Rev. Hale

b)

Rev. Parris

8.

A "fat, sly, merciless girl of 18"

a)

Mercy Lewis

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Martha Corey

d)

Abigail Williams

9.

A minister whom Proctor describes as preaching only "hellfire and bloody damnation"

a)

Rev. Hale

b)

Rev. Parris

10.

Had an affair with his 17 year old housekeeper

a)

Thomas Putnam

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Arthur Miller

d)

John Proctor

11.

Drank a charm to kill someone

a)

Abigail Williams

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Betty Parris

d)

Mercy Lewis

12.

From Barbados and accused of witchcraft

a)

Betty Parris

b)

Tituba

c)

Martha Corey

d)

Rebecca Nurse

13.

Wrote the play

a)

Arthur Miller

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Thomas Putnam

d)

Rex Walls

14.

The Proctor's current housekeeper

a)

Mary Warren

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Mercy Lewis

d)

Rebecca Nurse

15.

The setting of the play is

a)

Boston, Mass

b)

Jamestown, VA

c)

Plymouth, Mass

d)

Salem, Mass

16.

From the comments of Parris in Act 1, his concern for his daughter seems primarily based on his

a)

great love for his only child

b)

fear for the fate of her soul

c)

anxiety about his reputation

d)

terror of the Devil

17.

Mrs. Putnam's comments suggest that her primary motivation in hunting for witches is

a)

resentment of Rev. Parris

b)

compassion for the two sick girls

c)

curiosity about the mysterious events in the woods

d)

anger at having lost her children

18.

When Parris surprises Abigail and the other girls in the forest, he saw ALL of the following EXCEPT

a)

dancing

b)

a dress in the grass

c)

a kettle

d)

Tituba's drinking blood

19.

When she is questioned by Hale, Tituba

a)

confesses to witchcraft

b)

accuses Abigail of witchcraft

c)

refuses to talk

d)

threatens to kill Rev. Parris

20.

What makes John Proctor a target of ridicule?

a)

He has a hunchback.

b)

He does not attend or agree with the principles of the church.

c)

He own the most land in town.

d)

He never makes it to work on time.