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The Crucible Test Review

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 4hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What commandment does John Proctor forget?
a)
Blasphemy
b)
Murder
c)
Adultery
d)
Theft
2.
What is Rebecca Nurse’s explanation for the children’s behavior in Act I?
a)
They are being silly.
b)
They are bewitched.
c)
They are acting hysterical.
d)
They are just scared.
3.
Why is Mary Warren terrified of testifying against Abigail?
a)
She believes Abigail is innocent.
b)

She’s afraid Abigail will not be her friend.

c)

She’s afraid of Abigail and her threats.

d)
Abigail is her best friend.
4.
What is the significance of the needle in the poppet?
a)
It’s evidence of John’s witchcraft.
b)
It proves the existence of witches.
c)
It proves Mary Warren’s innocence.
d)
It’s evidence of Elizabeth’s witchcraft.
5.
Why has Reverend Hale returned to Salem in Act IV?
a)
To accuse Parris of witchcraft.
b)
To investigate accusations of witchcraft.
c)
To convince the condemned to confess.
d)
To overturn the judges’ verdicts.
6.
Why did Abigail drink blood?
a)
To stop the witchcraft.
b)
To kill Elizabeth.
c)
To win John’s affection.
d)
She never drank blood.
7.

What do the girls do to Mary Warren in Act III?

a)

They attack her.

b)

They claim her spirit is attacking them.

c)

They drink her blood.

d)

All of these

8.
Why doesn’t Danforth think a pardon would be just?
a)
People will riot in the streets.
b)
He feels they are truly guilty.
c)
He thinks they are lying.
d)

People are expecting the hangings and twelve have already been killed.

9.
Why doesn’t Giles confess nor deny his charges in Act IV?
a)
Because he is deaf.
b)
So his children will inherit his land.
c)
To make sure he gets into Heaven.
d)
Because he is actually being witched.
10.
What does Reverend Hale do when he sees how unfair the trials are in Act III?
a)
He offers to sign John’s death warrent.
b)
He claims God is dead.
c)
He argues with Danforth, but accepts it.
d)
He quits the court.
11.
Why does the Putnam family accuse so many people of witchcraft?
a)
They want more land.
b)
They are delusional.
c)
They are actually being witched.
d)
They want their money back.
12.
When threatened with jail, Giles Corey confesses the name of Putnam’s accuser.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
Tituba refuses to confess to witchcraft.
a)
true
b)
false
14.
In Act IV, we find out that Abigail herself was found guilty of witchcraft.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
John Proctor confesses to having the affair in court during Act III.
a)
true
b)
false
16.

The setting of the play is

a)

Salem, Massachusetts, 1630

b)

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692

c)

Boston, Massachusetts, 1630

d)

Boston, Massachusetts, 1692

17.

The Crucible was written by

a)

Arthur Miller

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Tom Stoppard

d)

Stan Lee

18.

The Crucible was written an an allegory for

a)

The Democratic Party of the late 1940's

b)

World War II

c)

The Russian Revolution of 1917

d)

The HUAC Communist hearings of the late 1940's and 1950's

19.

One of the impacts on the author's life was that he was

a)

held in prison for six months

b)

blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios

c)

forced to surrender his passport

d)

stripped of his citizenship

20.

The girls are discovered dancing in the woods by

a)

Reverend Parris

b)

Reverend Hale

c)

John Proctor

d)

Tituba

21.

Which of the following best describes John Proctor?

a)

Intelligent and independent

b)

pious and religious

c)

meek and shy

d)

jovial and-light hearted

22.

What reason does John Proctor give Reverend Hale for his absence from church?

a)

God does not require constant church attendance

b)

His children have been frequently ill

c)

He does not respect Reverend Parris as a minister

d)

He needs the time to work on his farm

23.

Danforth does not want to find out that the girls' accusations are false because he

a)

will be blamed for the deaths of innocent people.

b)

will not be able to acquire the victim's lands.

c)

does not want his involvement with Abigail revealed.

d)

is afraid people will think him ignorant of the law.

24.

Elizabeth's motivation for lying about John's affair with Abigail is that

a)

The villagers will think she has been a bad wife.

b)

She is afraid that John will be arrested as a witch.

c)

She is embarrassed and does not want anyone to know.

d)

She loves John and wants to protect him and his reputation.

25.

This character was pressed to death; he is only one of the victims to not be hanged.

a)

Francis Nurse

b)

Ezekiel Cheever

c)

Giles Corey

d)

Marshal Herrick

26.

At the beginning of the play, Reverend Hale can best be described as

a)

A man who is intent on proving there is witchcraft in Salem.

b)

A man who thinks that people of Salem are mad in their belief in witchcraft.

c)

A broken man looking for a place in the limelight.

d)

A man under the control of Reverend Parris.

27.

At the END of the play, Reverend Hale can best be described as

a)

A man bent on proving there is witchcraft in Salem.

b)

A man who has profited greatly due to his corruption.

c)

A broken man who is convinced that the courts have been fooled by Abigail Williams.

d)

A man who no longer believes in God.

28.

This character is a young minister who is known to be an expert on witchcraft. His arrival sets the hysteria in motion, although he attempts to save the lives of the accused later in the play.

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

Reverend Parris

c)

John Proctor

d)

Giles Corey

29.

This character is smart, a good liar, and vindictive when crossed. She will do almost anything to get what she wants.

a)

Elizabeth Proctor

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Rebecca Nurse

30.

The servant in John Proctor's household and member of the group of girls. She is a timid girl who is easily influenced by others around her.

a)

Mary Warren

b)

Rebecca Nurse

c)

Betty Parris

d)

Ruth Putnam

31.

A slave from Barbados who helped conjure spirits in the beginning of the play

a)

Tituba

b)

Sarah Osborne

c)

Ruth Putnam

d)

Abigail Williams

32.

What is Proctor's main purpose in bringing Mary Warren to court?

a)

To reveal that Mary is working with the devil

b)

To force Mary Warren to go in order to save her soul

c)

To get back at Abigail

d)

To save his wife and friends from being wrongly accused.

33.

Elizabeth blames herself for John's affair with Abigail...

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Obsessed with her seven dead babies.

a)

Ann Putnam

b)

Rebecca Nurse

c)

Martha Corey

d)

Elizabeth Proctor

35.

Rips the warrant for his wife's arrest.

a)

Elizabeth Proctor

b)

Danforth

c)

Giles Corey

d)

John Proctor

36.

Pressed to death

a)

Elizabeth Proctor

b)

Goody Osburne

c)

John Proctor

d)

Giles Corey

37.

Who made the poppet for Elizabeth?

a)

Martha Corey

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Betty Parris

d)

Abigail Williams

38.

Accused of bewitching pigs

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Martha Corey

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Giles Corey

39.

Parris's daughter who is "afflicted" in the beginning of the play.

a)

Abigail Williams

b)

Betty Parris

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Mercy Lewis

40.

First woman accused of witchcraft because she was caught in the woods with the girls.

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Elizabeth Proctor

c)

Martha Corey

d)

Tituba

41.

In Act One, Rebecca Nurse said, "There is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits. I fear it, I fear it. Let us rather blame ourselves..." This is an example of:

a)

Pun

b)

Metaphor

c)

Allusion

d)

Foreshadowing

42.
“Suspicion kissed you when I did.”
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
symbolism
d)
simile
43.
 “I should hang ten thousand that should dare to rise against the law.”
a)
pun
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
parallel structure
44.
 “I should hang ten thousand that should dare to rise against the law.”
a)
pun
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
parallel structure
45.
“I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement.”
a)
allusion
b)
personification
c)
hyperbole
d)
alliteration
46.
  “… she come down light as a bird.”
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
onomatopoeia
47.
“She is a lump of vanity.”
a)
personification
b)
allusion
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
metaphor
48.
Who is the "she" that Ezekiel Cheever is referring to?
"[She] sat to dinner in Reverend Parris's house tonight, and without a word nor warnin' [she] falls to the floor. Like a struck beast, he says, and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear."
a)
Ruth Putnam
b)
Betty Parris
c)
Abigail Williams
d)
Mary Warren
49.
Why does John Proctor say this:
"I like it not that he should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I'll not conceal it."
a)
He does not like Rev. Hale and thinks witchcraft is not real.
b)
He does not trust Rev. Parris to baptize his child.
c)
He thinks Thomas Putnam is trying to curse his child.
d)
He thinks Giles Corey is trying to sue him for slander.
50.
Who says this?
"I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!"
a)
Abigail Williams
b)
Betty Parris
c)
Elizabeth Proctor
d)
Mary Warren
51.
Who said this?
"I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'd admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them."
a)
Thomas Putnam
b)
John Proctor
c)
Rev. Parris
d)
Giles Corey
52.
"Abby'll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor!"
What does lechery mean?
a)
Witchcraft
b)
Adultery
c)
Murder
d)
Lying
53.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor talking about in this quote?
"It is a mouse no more. I forbid her to go, and she raises up her chin like the daughter of a prince and says to me, 'I must go to Salem, goody Proctor; I am an official of the court!"
a)
Abigail Williams
b)
Mercy Lewis
c)
Mary Warren
d)
Ruth Putnam
54.
Who said this quote, and who is it about?
"That girl is murder! She must be ripped from this world!"
a)
John Proctor about Abigail
b)
Abigail about Mary Warren
c)
Elizabeth Proctor about Abigail
d)
Abigail about Elizabeth Proctor
55.
Why is this quote important?
"I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again."
a)

It shows that John Proctor regrets the affair with Abigail.

b)
It shows that John Proctor regrets not leaving his wife.
c)
It shows that Abigail regrets asking Tituba for help.
d)
It shows that Abigail is in love with John Proctor.
56.
Who said this quote, and who is it about?
"In her life, sir, she have never lied. There are them that cannot sing, and them that cannot weep - my wife cannot lie."
a)
Giley Corey about Martha Corey
b)
John Proctor about Elizabeth Proctor
c)
Thomas Putnam about Ann Putnam
d)
Francis Nurse about Rebecca Nurse
57.
Who said this?
"[The books] must be heavy, they are weighted with authority."
a)
Rev. Sam Parris
b)
John Proctor
c)
Thomas Putnam
d)
Rev. John Hale
58.
Who said this and why?
"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 point reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it.. and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!"
a)
Abigail said it to stand up for herself after John Proctor confronted her about accusing witches.
b)
Abigail said it to Betty Parris to wake her up.
c)
Tituba said it to the girls to keep them quiet about what happened in the woods.
d)
Abigail said it to threaten the other girls to listen to her.
59.
Who said this?
"It's not a trick! I - I used to faint because I - I thought I saw spirits."
a)
Rebecca Nurse
b)
Mary Warren
c)
Abigail Williams
d)
Betty Parris
60.

Who said, "But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must know it now, for surely my enemies will, and they will ruin me for it."

a)

Reverend Parris

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Betty Parris.

d)

Thomas Putnam.

61.

Who said, " I like it now that Mr. Parris should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I will not conceal it."

a)

John Proctor

b)

Elizabeth Proctor

c)

Giles Corey

d)

Rebecca Nurse.

62.

Who exclaimed, "I’ll tell you what’s walking in Salem-vengeance is walking in Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant’s vengeance! "

a)

John Proctor

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Francis Nurse

d)

Milton Good

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