WorksheetsThe Crucible- Quiz Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 36mins
What does Tituba say she and her "roommate" are doing in the room in Act IV?
waiting for a visit from Abigail
waiting for the jailer to set them free
waiting for Hale to bless them
waiting for the devil to fly them to Barbados
Who is Tituba sharing a room with?
Abigail
Goody Osburn
Sarah Good
Rebecca Nurse
Danforth complains that Hale has no business in Salem after what he did (end of Act III). What did Hale do?
demanded more firewood
allowed Abigail to trick everyone
quit the trials
let his daughter conjure the devil
What conclusions about current life in Salem can be drawn from the fact that orphans beg for food and cows roam the streets?
Salem is no longer a farming community
The trials have turned people toward witchcraft
The witches in prison are casting spells on the village
The community is in a state of chaos
Who does Parris reveal that Abigail disappeared with?
Tituba
Rebecca Nurse
Mercy Lewis
Mary Warren
Why is Hawthorne suspicious of Hale?
He believes Hale is trying to help Tituba escape
He thinks Hale is under the Devil's spell
He believes Hale contributed to the uprising in Andover
He thinks Hale is a crook
Who is worried that Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor will be executed?
Corey
Parris
Cheever
Danforth
Why does Reverend Parris try to get the prisoners to confess?
He thinks that the judges will take pity on their families and leave them alone
He knows that if they confess, they will be released from jail
He knows that they will be hanged immediately instead of having to wait
He thinks it will cleanse their souls of impurity and they will be guaranteed a place in Heaven
What does Parris say he found lodged in his door?
a small daggar
the head of a fish
John Proctor's warrant
an arrow
What might the community do if Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor are killed?
leave Salem
try to kill more witches
not pay their taxes
riot and overthrow the court
Why won't Danforth pardon the accused?
He says that the townspeople wouldn't accept it
He says it wouldn't be fair, given the previous confessions
He says they are guilty and must die
He says he doesn't have the power
What happened to Giles Corey?
After confessing to witchcraft, he was released from jail
He committed suicide
He broke out of jail, with Abigail's help and left town
After not giving up the names of the people on the affadavit, he was pressed to death by stones
What were Giles Corey's final words, as he was tortured to death in an effort to force him to name his witness?
"Forgive me."
"More life."
"More weight."
"She lies."
John Proctor tells Elizabeth there is only one thing keeping him from confessing. What is it?
He won't confess out of spite.
He won't confess until Abigail is executed.
He won't confess until Elizabeth confesses.
He won't confess because he is innocent.
Through her test of character, what realization did Elizabeth have about herself?
Her cold heart was partly to blame for her husband's infidelity.
She is guilty of doing the Devil's work.
Her husband is truly a good man.
She was right to suspect her husband's loyalty.
Why are Danforth and Hathorne so intent on getting John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse to confess?
Everyone knows them to be witches anyway
Their confessions would help make other imprisoned people to confess
The judges want to be able to release them from jail
Elizabeth needs John and Francis needs Rebecca
In the final scene, Eliabeth will not plead with her husband because...
she fears that hey will hang her, too
her bossing him around is what led to his affair in the first place
she does not want to take away her husband's change for salvation
even in the face of death, she cannot forgive him
What does John Proctor refuse to do for Danforth?
as for forgiveness
pay his bail
give up his land
sign his name on the confession
Hale
cannot admit error, or will lose authority
regains honor by refusing to lie to have life spaired
loses faith, but values life and attempts to save lives
John Proctor
cannot admit error, or will lose authority
regains honor by refusing to lie to have life spaired
loses faith, but values life and attempts to save lives
Danforth
cannot admit error, or will lose authority
regains honor by refusing to lie to have life spaired
loses faith, but values life and attempts to save lives
What does Elizabeth think about John's decision?
She is devastated and vows to help change his mind
She believes that the judges will take pity on him
She is heartbroken and pleads with the judges to take pity on him
She believes that he has found his goodness and is at peace with his decision
Who says that if John Proctor is executed, he will consider himself a murderer?
Parris
Hathorne
Giles
Hale
Who is surprised that the people of Salem haven't overthrown the courts already?
Giles
Danforth
Hale
Parris
Who orders John Proctor to be executed, despite his confession?
Parris
Danforth
Hale
Cheever
Why does John Proctor decide to rip his warrant to pieces?
He would rather die for honesty than be freed for a lie.
He knows Elizabeth and their unborn child need him.
He wants the judges to know that he is not a Christian man.
He is willing to die for his friends.
"[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."
"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."
"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!"
What does lechery mean?
"That girl is murder! She must be ripped from this world!"
"In her life, sir, she have never lied. There are them that cannot sing, and them that cannot weep - my wife cannot lie."
"It's not a trick! I - I used to faint because I - I thought I saw spirits."
What does John Proctor mean by saying "I cannot mount the gibbet like a saint. It is a fraud. I am not that man."
He is better than the people who have been hanged
He knows he is a sinner and does not feel worthy of dying like a martyr
He is afraid of God's punishment after his death
He doesn't believe in God any longer, so is not a saint.
Which is the conflict in Act 4?
Character vs. society
Character vs. self
Character vs. nature
Character vs. character
Why is John Proctor reluctant to sign his name after he confesses?
His children will not inherit his property if he is a witch
He believes his failure to stand up for his beliefs is a terrible example for his children
He doesn't want everyone in the town to know he is a sinner
He doesn't want to give Danforth the satisfaction of destroying his name in the town.
Goes to court and tells the judge that the girls are pretending
John Proctor
Abigail Williams
Mary Warren
Reverend Parris
Giles Corey is arrested for contempt of court
True
False
Mary Warren first tells Judge Danforth that the girls have been lying.
True
False
