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The Crucible Midterm Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John Proctor's wife

a)

Mary

b)

Rebecca

c)

Abigail

d)

Elizabeth

2.

He didn't like Proctor and Proctor didn't like him

a)

Corey

b)

Parris

c)

Putnam

d)

Hale

3.

The Judge

a)

Danforth

b)

Hale

c)

Proctor

d)

Cheever

4.

He was pressed to death

a)

Rev. Parris

b)

John. Proctor

c)

Giles Corey

d)

Thomas Putnam

5.

He arrested Elizabeth

a)

Corey

b)

Cheever

c)

Danforth

d)

Parris

6.

Parris' slave from Barbados

a)

Mary Warren

b)

Tituba

c)

Betty

d)

Rebecca

7.

Parris' daughter

a)

Abigail

b)

Betty

c)

Mercy

d)

Mary

8.

Had an affair with Abigail

a)

Hale

b)

Corey

c)

Parris

d)

Proctor

9.

Their babies died

a)

Putnams

b)

Proctors

c)

Parris

d)

Coreys

10.

The Author

a)

Hathorne

b)

Miller

c)

Hemmingway

d)

Fitzgerald

11.

Expert spirit remover

a)

Tituba

b)

Abigail

c)

Hale

d)

Parris

12.

Gave a poppet to Elizabeth

a)

Mercy Lewis

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Martha Corey

d)

Abigail Williams

13.

What happened to Abigail and Proctor prior to the beginning of the play?

a)

Proctor adopted Abigail

b)

They had an affair

c)

Abigail tried to kill Proctor

d)

They had a baby

14.

The Putnam and Nurse families got along.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Why does Proctor not attend church?

a)

He is an atheist

b)

He lives too far away

c)

He does not like Parris

d)

He does not want to see Abigail there

16.

What is the significance of the needle in the poppet?

a)

Abigail had a needle in her stomach just as the poppet did

b)

Mary Warren was making it in church

c)

The needle belonged to Elizabeth

d)

Elizabeth put all her sewing needles in the poppet

17.

What does Giles accuse Putnam of?

a)

Being greedy

b)

Killing his neighbors for land

c)

Speaking with the devil

d)

Having an affair on his wife

18.

What did Abigail do in Act 4?

a)

Married John Proctor

b)

Killed Mary Warren

c)

Ran away with Parris' money

d)

Confessed to witchery

19.

Why did Danforth not agree to postpone the hangings?

a)

He didn't think a pardon would be just because 12 had already been hung for the same crime

b)

He wanted to watch them die then

c)

He didn't have any other time to do the hangings

d)

He didn't believe the guilty should receive extra time

20.

What confession did Elizabeth make to John?

a)

She had an affair as well

b)

She spoke with the devil

c)

She killed Abigail

d)

She felt responsible for Proctor's affair

21.

What did Proctor do after he signed the confession?

a)

He walked home

b)

He wouldn't give up the confession and ripped it

c)

He handed it to Danforth and ran

d)

He killed himself

22.

Why did Elizabeth think Abigail wanted to kill her?

a)

She told on her for drinking blood in the woods

b)

She thought Abigail wanted to take her place as John's wife

c)

She thought Parris told her to

d)

She thought she was a psychopath

23.

Hale asks Elizabeth if she believes in witches. What is her reply?

a)

If she is accused of being a witch, she cannot believe in witches.

b)

If the Bible says that witches exist, she cannot dispute the Bible.

c)

She does not believe the girls are telling the truth.

d)

Both a & b

24.

On what charge was Rebecca Nurse arrested?

a)

The murder of Goody Putnam's babies

b)

Impious conduct

c)

Conduct unbefitting a Puritan Woman

d)

Inability to say the ten commandments from memory

25.

What is the deciding factor in Elizabeth's arrest?

a)

Her inability to recite the ten commandments

b)

Her possession of the doll with a needle in it

c)

The fact that she has not had her son baptized

d)

Abby's testimony

26.

Why do Giles and Francis want to see Danforth?

a)

They intend to beat him to his senses

b)

They want to explain their roles in the witchcraft scheme

c)

They want to persuade the judge that their wives are good women

d)

They want to explain how Parris is at fault

27.

What is Parris' argument against Proctor?

a)

Parris says that Proctor is trying to overthrow the court

b)

Parris says that Proctor is biased of his position between Abigail and Elizabeth

c)

Parris says that Proctor is just getting even with him

d)

b & c

28.

Why did Danforth grand Elizabeth extra time?

a)

He didn't blame her for being jealous of Abigail

b)

She was trying to convince John to confess

c)

She said she was pregnant

d)

He almost believed Mary's story

29.

What is Hale's problem as Proctor and his friends present evidence to Danforth?

a)

He worries about his own safety from the girls' accusations

b)

He sees that he has been a failure at removing witchcraft from Salem

c)

He thinks his reputation will be hurt

d)

He begins to realize that the people who had been accused and sentenced so far could very well have been innocent

30.

What happens to Proctor?

a)

He is jailed for being a lecher

b)

He is jailed for lying to the court

c)

He is jailed for adultery

d)

He is jailed for his contempt of the court and his suspicious activities

31.

Why has Hale come back to Salem?

a)

To free the unjustly jailed

b)

To encourage the accused to confess and save their lives

c)

To discredit the girls

d)

All of the above

32.

Who said the quote, "It were pretense, sir"?

a)

Abigail

b)

Proctor

c)

Mary

d)

Hale

33.

Who said the quote, "Do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee"?

a)

Proctor

b)

Hale

c)

Mary

d)

Abigail

34.

Who says the quote, "She thinks to take my place, John"?

a)

Abigail

b)

Elizabeth

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Proctor

35.

Inert

a)

Enthusiastically

b)

Unable to move or act

c)

Summoned by oath or spell

d)

Disaster

36.

Fraud

a)

Confused

b)

Disaster

c)

Deliberate deception for unfair or unlawful gain

d)

Promiscuity

37.

Avidly

a)

Summoned by oath or spell

b)

Enthusiastically

c)

Unable to move or act

d)

Disaster

38.

Bemused

a)

Disaster

b)

Confused

c)

Promiscuity

d)

Lechery

39.

Lechery

a)

Promiscuity

b)

Summoned by oath or spell

c)

Disaster

d)

Calamity

40.

Did you enjoy reading "The Crucible"?

a)

YES

b)

Not really