WorksheetsCrucible/Puritan test
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Main judge in the trials who is concerned with his reputation and the court’
Danforth
Hathorne
Parris
Hale
Minister in Salem who is more worried about his reputation than well being of others
Hale
Putnam
Proctor
Parris
He is concerned over his wife’s reading; he is eventually pressed to death
Francis Nurse
Giles Corey
Thomas Putnam
George Jacobs
Minister who is an authority on witchcraft; he quits the court
Hale
Parris
Putnam
Hathorne
Proctor’s current servant; unintentionally plants evidence against Elizabeth
Mercy Lewis
Mary Warren
Ruth Putnam
Abigail Williams
Inspiration for the play; accused many Americans of being Communists
McCarthyism
McConnerism
Cormack McCarthy
Salem Witch Trials
Respected midwife and pillar of community; is hung with Proctor at the end
Sarah Good
Sarah Osburn
Rebecca Nurse
Rebecca Corey
Convicted because she cannot say her commandments in court
Goody Good
Goody Putnam
Goody Osburn
Goody Nurse
His affair causes most of the play’s problems; doesn’t want to lose his name
Proctor
Putnam
Parris
Prater
A story that on one level is a literal story, and on another level is a symbolic story
allusion
alliteration
allegory
alignment
Parris’ slave and first accused witch
Sarah
Rebecca
Bridget
Tituba
The reason the trials worked for so long; heightened sense of chaos and panic
humans
hysteria
hamartia
hubris
Sent her only child to commune with the spirits of her 7 dead children
Ann Putnam
Ruth Putnam
Rebecca Nurse
Frances Nurse
Parris’ daughter; stricken and severely affected in the beginning of the play
Abigail
Ruth
Betty
Elizabeth
An innocent woman who has difficulty forgiving her husband for his infidelity
Rebecca
Ann
Ruth
Elizabeth
Orphan; Parris’ niece; her affair is what prompts the activities in the woods
Abigail
Mercy
Elizabeth
Mary
Identify the character who delivers each line in the play.
“Give me a soft word, John.”
Elizabeth
Ruth
Abigail
Rebecca
“Thomas, Thomas, I pray you, leap not to witchcraft. I know that you—least of all, Thomas, would ever wish so disastrous a charge laid upon me.”
Putnam
Parris
Ann
Proctor
“[The books] should be heavy. They are weighted with authority.”
Giles Corey
Francis Nurse
John Proctor
John Hale
“She closed her book and walked out of the house, and suddenly—mark this—I could pray again!”
Giles Corey
Francis Nurse
John Proctor
John Hale
“John if it were not Abigail you must go and hurt, would you falter now? I think not.”
Rebecca
Ann
Martha
Elizabeth
“Oh, Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer!”
Putnam
Proctor
Parris
Petree
“And he goes to save her, and stuck two inches in the flesh of her belly, he draw a needle out… and she testify it were your wife’s familiar spirit that pushed it in.”
Herrick
Hale
Cheever
Proctor
“Abigail will charge you with lechery!”
Mercy Lewis
Ruth Putnam
Martha Corey
Mary Warren
“He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!”
Hale
Elizabeth
Parris
Martha
Which commandment can John not remember?
Thou shalt not lie.
Thou shalt not covet.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Why is Judge Danforth determined to keep the trials going? Select all.
He's the main judge.
He will gain power from getting rid of witches.
He hates John Proctor.
He will lose power if it turns out the girls tricked him.
What specific thing leads John to decide to confess?
Elizabeth begs him to change his mind.
Elizabeth forgives him and is pregnant.
Reverend Parris says Elizabeth will hang.
Abigail begs him to change his mind.
What specific thing makes him change his mind?
His sons watch him sign the paper.
The quill pen runs out of ink.
They will hang his confession on the church door.
Elizabeth rips up the paper.
In “Half-Hanged Mary,” what does Mary do when the men cut her down?
Grins and bares her teeth.
Breathes in the smell of flowers.
Runs away.
Falls to the ground and dies.
Why was Mary accused of witchcraft? Select all that apply.
She has green eyes.
She has blue eyes.
Her husband is a drunk.
She lives alone.
She has a cure for warts.
How do the women of the town react to Mary?
They do not look at or talk to her
They cry for her.
They pray with her.
They openly mock her.
How many years after her hanging did Mary Webster live?
15
13
14
16
Who wrote "Half-Hanged Mary"?
Ann Miller
Margaret Miller
Margaret Atwood
Anne Bradstreet
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is a sermon that
Lets the Puritan Church know that God is forgiving and loving.
Warns church members that they need to stop sinning before they go to Hell.
Asks the congregation to pay for golden candlesticks.
Tells the Puritans to love each other and encourage each other.
Who wrote "Sinners in the Hands..."?
Arthur Miller
Jon Krakauer
Jonathan Edwards
Anne Bradstreet
“Upon the Burning of Our House” is a poem about
A loving marriage
The poet's children
Anger at God
A house burning down
Which line shows that Bradstreet reminds herself about what is really important?
“Under thy roof no guest shall sit,/Nor at thy table eat a bit”
“In silence ever shall thou lie,/ Adieu, Adieu, all’s vanity”
“That fearful sound of ‘Fire!’ and ‘Fire!’/ Let no man know is my desire.”
“The world no longer let me love,/ My hope and treasure lies above.”
“To My Dear and Loving Husband” is a poem about
A loving marriage
The love of God
A house burning down
The poet's children
What extended metaphor does “In Reference to her Children” use?
Puppies
Birds
Horses
Octopi
In the last section, what are Bradstreet’s future hopes for her children?
They have a home and family.
They come back to visit her.
They remember her life lessons.
They tell their children about how great a mom she was.
They get together as a family every Christmas.
What is the term for a repeated phrase in poetry, meant to emphasize?
allegory
alliteration
anaphora
allusion
What phrase is repeated in "To My Dear and Loving Husband"?
If ever... now
Whenever... then
As you are... so I am...
If ever... then
