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The Crucible

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who said: "I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud...I am not that man."

a)

Danforth

b)

Abigail

c)

Reverend Hale

d)

John Proctor

e)

Reverend Parris

2.

How many had people had already been hanged when Danforth refused to postpone the hangings of John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, etc.?

a)

25

b)

12

c)

100

d)

4

3.

Who considered life to be God's most precious gift?

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

Rebecca Nurse

c)

Martha Corey

d)

Reverend Parris

4.

Who had 3 children and wished to do the right thing, by not "selling his friends" in order to teach them to "walk like men in the world"

a)

Jon Proctor

b)

Reverend Hale

c)

Thomas Putnam

d)

Giles Corey

5.

Who said: "I have been near to murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devil’s people—& this is my reward? To be mistrusted, denied…"

a)

Abigail Williams

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Betty Parris

d)

Ann Putnam

6.

What does "lecher" mean?

a)

Adulterer

b)

Liar

c)

Leech

7.

Who was being questioned for lechery?

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

John Proctor

c)

Giles Corey

d)

Thomas Putnam

8.

Who was the judge who was responsible for the hangings and questioning Elizabeth Proctor?

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

Reverend Parris

c)

Danforth

9.

Who came to pray with the prisoners?

a)

Reverend Parris

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Reverend Hale

d)

Ann Putnam

e)

Abigail

10.

Who constantly felt attacked in Salem? Specifically, by John Proctor

a)

Thomas Putnam

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Reverend Parris

11.

Who initially lied about dancing naked in the woods?

a)

Betty Parris

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Tituba

d)

Mercy Lewis

12.

Who came upon the girls dancing and drinking chicken's blood prior to the play's start?

a)

Reverend Parris

b)

Thomas Putnam

c)

Giles Corey

d)

Reverend Hale

13.

Who DIDN'T make a great change by the end of the play?

a)

John Proctor

b)

Elizabeth Proctor

c)

Reverend Parris

d)

Reverend Hale

14.

Elizabeth Proctor was arrested for witchcraft due to livestock dying.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What was Elizabeth Proctor arrested for?

a)

Having a poppet

b)

Accusing Abigail Williams of witchcraft

c)

Accusing all young girls of witchcraft

d)

Accusing her husband of cheating

16.

Who was responsible for the poppet and Abigail being stabbed in the stomach with a needle?

a)

Mary Warren

b)

Mercy Lewis

c)

Abigail Williams

d)

Betty Parris

17.

Who made the poppet (innocently)?

a)

Mercy Lewis

b)

Betty Parris

c)

Tituba

d)

Ann Putnam

e)

Mary Warren

18.

What did Abigail Williams pretend to see during the trials?

a)

A poppet

b)

A black bird

c)

A yellow bird

d)

The devil

19.

Who is "responsible," or accused, of cursing livestock?

a)

Martha Corey

b)

Ann Putnam

c)

Betty Parris

d)

Abigail Williams

20.

Who was pressed to death?

a)

Giles Corey

b)

Thomas Putnam

c)

John Proctor

d)

Andy Bernard

21.

Who is pregnant?

a)

Sarah Good

b)

Martha Corey

c)

Abigail Williams

d)

Mary Warren

e)

Sarah Good

22.

How far along in her pregnancy was Elizabeth when she and John reunited?

a)

6 months

b)

3 months

c)

8 months

d)

She was never pregnant; she lied to save her own life

23.

This person was considered an expert in determining signs of witchcraft by examination.

a)

Reverend Parris

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Thomas Putnam

d)

Reverend Hale

24.

Martha Corey's fate was determined by the livestock curse.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Giles Corey was concerned about Martha Corey:

a)

Reading books

b)

Reading books at night in the corner of their room

c)

Singing and dancing

d)

Not being able to recite the commandments, and the stoppage of prayer

26.

Rebecca Nurse lost all of her children.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Rebecca Nurse was a midwife.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Who was the first person accused of witchcraft?

a)

Tituba

b)

Betty Parris

c)

Abigail Williams

d)

Mercy Lewis

29.

Who conjures the dead before the play starts?

a)

Abigail Williams

b)

Tituba

c)

Betty Parris

d)

Mary Warren

30.

Who is technically responsible for the conjuring of the dead?

a)

Ann Putnam

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Betty Parris

d)

Reverend Parris

31.

How many children did Thomas and Ann Putnam have?

a)

14

b)

4

c)

7

d)

8

32.

Who is Thomas and Ann Putnam's daughter's name?

a)

Ruth

b)

Mary

c)

Betty

d)

Mercy

33.

Who accuses John during the trials?

a)

Reverend Parris

b)

Elizabeth Proctor

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Ruth

34.

Why is John accused?

a)

Out of fear/to save him/herself (the person who accused)

b)

Because he cheated

c)

Because he is hated

d)

Because he didn't go to church

35.

The only reason the girls blamed other for witchcraft was because they were stupid, bratty girls

a)

True

b)

False

36.

John refuses to go to court at first because of who?

a)

Elizabeth

b)

Abigail

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Reverend Parris

37.

John eventually, finally, goes to court in order to do what?

a)

Save Abigail's life

b)

Save Mary Warren's life

c)

To save his own life

d)

To save Elizabeth's, his wife's, life

38.

Reverend Parris tried to convince John Proctor to confess because:

a)

He was afraid he was going to be accused next

b)

He hated him, and didn't want him alive or around anymore

c)

He really and truly thought that John was guilty

d)

For fun; they were all bored in Salem!

39.

John Proctor didn't go to church because:

a)

He was sick

b)

Elizabeth was sick

c)

He disliked Parris

d)

He was a devil-worshiper and had compacted with him.

40.

The only way to get out of a witchcraft accusation was:

a)

To confess

b)

To accuse someone else

c)

To pretend that you are bewitched by someone else

41.

John brings Mary Warren to the trials to:

a)

Save her

b)

Save himself

c)

Save his wife, Elizabeth

d)

To accuse her