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The Crucible - Act 1 Quiz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 9hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After a night of dancing in the forest, two characters become sick, which sets the Salem witch hunt in motion. Who are these characters?

a)

Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam

b)

Abigail Williams and Betty Parris

c)

Tituba and Abigail Williams

d)

Mercy Lewis and Mary Warren

2.
Why did Elizabeth (Goody) Proctor fire Abigail?
a)
Abigail had an affair with Elizabeth Proctor's husband, John Proctor.
b)
Elizabeth suspected that Abigail was a witch.
c)
Abigail was sick and couldn't do her work.
d)
She didn't fire her--Abigail quit.
3.
Who sent her daughter to Tituba so that she could conjure the spirits of her seven dead children?
a)
Ann Putnam
b)
Elizabeth Proctor
c)
Sarah Good
d)
Abigail Williams
4.
Why doesn't John Proctor like Reverend Parris?
a)
Proctor thinks Parris is greedy and preaches too much about "hellfire and damnation."
b)
Proctor thinks Parris is involved with witchcraft.
c)
Parris has accused Proctor of witchcraft.
d)
Proctor thinks Parris is cruel to Abigail.
5.

Who says 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 sharp knife that will make you shake. And you know I can do it; and I can make you wish you had never saw the sun go down!"

a)

Mary Warren

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Betty Parris

d)

Mercy Lewis

6.

Which character is mostly concerned with his reputation and is worried that his enemies want to kick him out of his job?

a)

Parris

b)

Proctor

c)

Putnam

d)

Hale

7.
Which character is brought to Salem because of his expertise in identifying witchcraft and witches?
a)
Hale
b)
Putnam
c)
Parris
d)
Nurse
8.
What does Reverend Parris see in the forest? 
a)
He sees John and Abigail kissing.
b)
He sees Ruth Putnam and Tituba conjuring up the dead.
c)
He sees his daughter, niece, and several girls dancing around a fire, and one of the girls is naked.
d)
He sees Giles Corey taking wood from the Putnams' land.
9.

Rebecca Nurse is...

a)

a slave from Barbados.

b)

a well-known woman who thinks the girls are just playing a game

c)

a mother who sent her daughter to conjure dead babies.

d)

an orphan who lives with her uncle.

10.
What conclusion can you draw about John Proctor?
a)
He fears and respects Rev. Parris.
b)
He speaks his mind, even if it is against people of authority.
c)
He believes witchcraft made the girls ill.
d)
He will do anything to destroy Thomas Putnam.
11.
When dancing, what does Abigail Williams ask Tituba to do?
a)
Make her (Abigail) more beautiful
b)
Make John Proctor love her
c)
Make a spell to kill Goody Proctor
d)
Make the other girls obey her
12.
Mrs. Putnam believes witches put spells on her babies and killed them.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
13.

Parris is liked by everyone in his church.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

These two people have an argument about who owns property. Both claim the land belongs to him.

a)

John Proctor and Thomas Putnam

b)

Thomas Putnam and Francis Nurse

c)

Rev. Hale and Rev. Parris

d)

Rev. Parris and John Proctor

15.
Which of the following does NOT happen in Act 1?
a)
Several of the girls claim to have seen women in town with the devil.
b)
Abigail claims a frog jumped into the kettle while the girls were in the forest.
c)
Thomas Putnam claims that he saw John Proctor with the devil.
d)
Giles Corey asks why he can’t pray when his wife reads.
16.

Why does Reverend Parris think that Abigail's reputation is ruined?

a)

Nobody has hired her in the 7 months since she left the Proctor household.

b)

Tituba has admitted to him that Abigail is involved in witchcraft.

c)

He has seen her in the forest with John Proctor.

d)

She doesn't attend church regularly.

17.

Tituba is....

a)

untrustworthy, in love with former employer.

b)

greedy, motivated by desire for power and land.

c)

weak, terrified of becoming scapegoat for trouble.

d)

self-pitying, fearful of losing position in the community.

18.

Rebecca Nurse is...

a)

self-pitying, fearful of losing position in the community.

b)

uneasy about talk of witchcraft, angry about former love interest.

c)

calm, steady, sensible, a voice for reason.

d)

expert in witchcraft, eager to prove his intellectual expertise.

19.

Thomas Putnam is...

a)

untrustworthy, in love with former employer.

b)

greedy, motivated by desire for power and land.

c)

weak, terrified of becoming scapegoat for trouble.

d)

self-pitying, fearful of losing position in the community.

20.
What does Abigail say about Goody Proctor?
a)
"It's a bitter woman, a lying, cold, sniveling woman, and I will not work for such a woman."
b)
"Mr. Collins saw her goin’ over Ingersoll’s barn, and come down light as bird, he says!"
c)
"A secret child she has become this year, and shrivels like a sucking mouth were pullin’ on her life too."
d)
"She cannot bear to hear the Lord’s name... that’s a sure sign of witchcraft afloat."
21.

Who says this and who does she say it about?


"Pray calm yourselves. I have 11 children, and I am 26 times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly seasons... I think she’ll wake when she tires of it. A child’s spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back."

a)

Rebecca Nurse, about Betty Parris

b)

Ann Putnam, about Ruth Putnam

c)

Abigail Williams, about Mary Warren

d)

Tituba, about Betty Parris

22.

Who says this and to whom do they say it to?


"Your grandfather had a problem with giving away land to people when he didn't even own it."

a)

John Proctor, directed at Thomas Putnam

b)

Reverend Parris, directed at Giles Corey

c)

Thomas Putnam, directed at Giles Corey

d)

Reverend Hale, directed at John Proctor

23.
Why does Goody Putnam suspect that Goody Osburn is a witch?
a)
Because Goody Osburn is a midwife who delivered some of Goody Putnam's babies.
b)
Because Goody Osburn is the town beggar.
c)
Because Good Osburn admitted to dancing in the forest with the girls.
d)
Because she's heard that Good Osburn reads strange books.
24.

How does Abigail explain Betty's condition to John Proctor?

a)

She says Betty was scared when Rev. Parris jumped out at them in the forest.

b)

She says that Betty has been cursed by Elizabeth Proctor.

c)

She says that Betty was put in a trance by Tituba.

d)

She says that Betty is a witch.

25.

Which of the characters wants to blame Salem's problems on witchcraft and the devil?

a)

The Putnam family

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Rebecca Nurse

d)

The Proctor family

26.

Which of the characters believes that looking for witchcraft will hurt, rather than help, the town of Salem?

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Thomas Putnam

d)

Rev. Hale

27.
Why does Tituba confess to being involved with witchcraft?
a)
She doesn't want to be hanged and thinks confessing is her only way to survive.
b)
She actually is a witch.
c)
She wants to frame other people for her own crimes.
d)
All of the above.
28.
Abigail Williams was
a)
a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season” 
b)
an ill daughter of a Salem minister  
c)
a slave from Barbados
d)
an orphan who lives with her uncle
29.

Parris called for Reverend John Hale of Beverly because

a)

they are good friends

b)

Hale went to Harvard

c)

he hopes Hale will talk sense into Betty

d)

Hale is an authority on witches

30.

Abigail told Parris that she was fired from the Proctors' service because

a)

Goody Proctor wanted a slave, not a servant.

b)

Goody Proctor was jealous of Abigail.

c)

John Proctor broke up with her.

d)

she was pregnant with John's baby.

31.

Parris doesn't want to tell anyone that Betty may be a witch because he…

a)

truly does not believe witchcraft exists

b)

fears that his reputation will be destroyed

c)

doesn't want his daughter hanged

d)

loves Halloween too much

32.
When did Goody Proctor fire Abigail Williams?
a)
In Act 1
b)
She hasn't fired her yet
c)
Before the play
d)
When she finds out about her relationship with John Proctor
33.
What were the girls doing in the woods?
a)
Spying on Proctor
b)
Dancing
c)
Collecting firewood
d)
Meeting the Indians
34.

What is the source of conflict between John Proctor and Abigail?

a)

They slept together, and Abigail is still in love with John, but he ended the relationship.

b)

John fired her as his house girl.

c)

Abigail is in love with John, but he does not know.

d)

They slept together, and John is still in love with Abigail, but she ended the relationship.

35.
Where does the play take place?
a)
Portsmouth, NH
b)
Boston, MA
c)
Salem, MA
d)
Cleveland, OH

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