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Act I & Key Facts - The Crucible

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name

Class

Date

Where does the play take place?

Portsmouth, NH

Boston, MA

Salem, MA

Cleveland, OH

Worries more about his reputation than his daughter's affliction:

John Proctor

Thomas Putnam

Parris

Hale

Abigail Williams was

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

an ill daughter of a Salem minister

a slave from Barbados

an orphan who lives with her uncle

Which character is brought in from the nearby town of Beverly to assess the possibility of supernatural forces (witches) afflicting the community?

John Hale

William Griggs

Francis Nurse

Giles Corey

Being under such strict laws and commandments, the Puritans had to repress a lot of their anger towards their neighbors. When the witch hunts started, it was an excellent chance for them to get revenge on their neighbors.

TRUE

FALSE

Tituba was Proctor’s slave woman from Barbados. She went with the girls into the forest and was accused of conjuring spirits and being a witch.

TRUE

FALSE

Mrs. Putnam believed witches put spells on her babies and killed them.

TRUE

FALSE

Parris was well-liked by the people of his church.

TRUE

FALSE

One sign that Betty was bewitched was that she shrieked and flew around the room praising Satan.

TRUE

FALSE

10.

What conclusion can you draw about John Proctor?

He fears and respects Rev. Parris

He speaks his mind, even if it is against people of authority.

He believes witchcraft made the girls ill

He will do anything to destroy Thomas Putnam

11.

The girls most likely lied and pretended to be possessed because:

They truly believed that witches had taken control of them

They did not want to get in trouble for engaging in questionable behavior in the forest

Tituba threatened to harm them if they told the truth

They were under Tituba's spell

12.

What is Reverend Hale's educational background?

Supernatural (religious)

Judge

Agriculture

None

13.

How can you describe the people of Salem in Act 1?

happy; trusting

reasonable; levelheaded

forgiving; open-minded

scared; judgemental

14.

What playwright wrote The Crucible?

Henrik Ibsen

Arthur Miller

Stephen Sondheim

Tennessee Williams

15.

The Crucible was written in response to events happening...

...in America in the 1940s-1950s

...in America in the early 1900s

...in Russia in the 1920s

...in China in 1980

16.

Similar to the innocent people who were hung in Salem in the late 1600's, many innocent people were named as Communists in the 1950's and suffered because of it. Which Senator "whipped the nation into a terror of Communists" in the 50's?

Strom Thurmond

Robert Byrd

Edward Kennedy

John McCarthy

17.

Sarah Good and Mrs. Osburn were identified as witches by Tituba in Act I.

True

False

18.

Who wrote The Crucible?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Arthur Miller

Joseph McCarthy

Linda Ross

19.

Nathaniel Hawthorne is a decedent of Judge Hathorne from the Salem Witch Trials.

True

False

20.

The genre of the play, The Crucible, is

Tragic Drama

Historic Drama

Fictional Drama

Drama Mama

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Act I & Key Facts - The Crucible

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

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