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Crucible ACT III Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What will delay Elizabeth's hanging?

a)

Her claim of innocence

b)

Her supernatural powers

c)

Her pregnancy

d)

Her ties to the community

2.

What does Mary Warren testify?

a)

That Abigail is to blame for all of the supernatural events in Salem

b)

That all of the girls are pretending to be bewitched

c)

That Elizabeth is the one responsible for the doll

d)

That John Proctor and Abigail had an affair

3.

What prompts John Proctor to confess his affair with Abigail?

a)

Abigail accusing Mary of witchcraft

b)

Mary threatening to reveal the affair

c)

Abigail calling Elizabeth a witch

d)

Reverend Hale asking him to testify

4.

What does Elizabeth lie about?

a)

How often John goes to church

b)

Why she fired Abigail

c)

Being a victim of a witch

d)

How she received the doll

5.

Which character is an allegorical reference to Joseph McCarthy and why?

a)

Abigail because she is creating hysteria with false accusations

b)

Mary Warren because she turns her back against John Proctor during the court hearing

c)

Elizabeth because she lied while testifying

d)

Danforth because he is stubborn and blinded from the truth just like McCarthy was

6.

During the trial, one character truly believes John Proctor's accusations against the girls and Abigail. Who is this person?

a)

Giles

b)

Parris

c)

Hale

d)

Herrick

7.

When John Proctor arrives in court with Mary Warren, Parris accuses him of trying to do what?

a)

Save his wife

b)

Distract the trial

c)

Overthrow the court

d)

Accuse Mary Warren

8.

What is going to happen to all of the 91 people who signed the testament that stated good opinions of Elizabeth, Martha Corey, and Rebecca Nurse?

a)

They are going to be thrown into jail

b)

They will be accused of witchcraft

c)

They will be brought into court for questioning

d)

They will hang

9.

Proctor says, "There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it"


What literary technique is this?

a)

Allusion

b)

Metaphor

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Verbal Irony

10.

After rejoining the other girls in their hysterical behavior, what accusation does Mary make about Proctor?

a)

He made her sign the Devil's book

b)

He stuck the needle in the poppet and admitted it to her

c)

She caught him reading books

d)

He was creating false accusations against the court

11.

Hale: "We cannot blink it more. There is a prodigious fear of this court in the country-"


What does this vocab word mean again?

a)

Something great in size

b)

Something hysterical

c)

Something contagious

d)

Something spreading

12.

Abigail claims she sees Mary Warren's spirit take the form of a_______ in the court room.

a)

Witch

b)

Bird

c)

Bat

d)

Ghost

13.

Parris: "I think not, or you should surely know that Cain were an upright man, and yet he did kill Abel"


What literary device is used in this sentence?

a)

Allegory

b)

Personification

c)

Allusion

d)

Imagery

14.

Danforth: I pray you, Mr. Parris. Do you know, Mr. Proctor that the entire contention of the state in these trials is that the voice of Heaven is speaking through the children"


What is the literary device in this quote?

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Irony

d)

Metaphor

15.

Hathorne thinks of a test for Mary during the trial. What is this test?

a)

He asks her to recite the 10 Commandments

b)

He asks her to recite a Bible scripture

c)

He asks her to faint

d)

He asks her to fly around the room

16.

Think back to why Proctor and Mary Warren are in this trial to begin with. Now ask yourself which line BEST expresses the real truth behind this specific trial.

a)

"Is every defense an attack upon the court?"

b)

"I have evidence for the court!"

c)

"...private vengeance is working through this testimony!"

d)

"But it does not follow that everyone accused is part of it."

17.

Danforth believes Mary Warren has come to the trial because...

a)

She always wants to be involved in the town's gossip

b)

She wants to protect Abigail and her friends

c)

The Devil sent her to distract the trial

d)

She has truth to bring to the courtroom

18.

Giles Corey and John Proctor were both arrested in ACT III.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Danforth: "I have been thirty-two year at the bar, sir, and I should be confounded were I called upon to defend these people.


Pick a word that is similar to the vocab word that is underlined.

a)

Honored

b)

Confused

c)

Angered

d)

Anxious

20.

Danforth: "But if he hide in anonymity I must know why sir"


What is a word that is similar to this vocab word?

a)

Secret

b)

Popularity

c)

Fame

d)

Guilt