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Crucible Assessment

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which characters are on trial in Act 3? (2 answers)

a)

John Proctor

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Giles Corey

d)

Abigail

2.

Who are John and Giles trying to defend? (2 answers)

a)

Their daughters

b)

Abigail

c)

Their Wives

d)

Themselves

3.

Where does the Act primarily take place?

a)

Thomas Putnam's Farm

b)

The Court Room

c)

The Town Square

d)

John Proctor's Farm

4.

Which character pretends like they are being assaulted by unseen witchcraft?

(a)  

5.

How does John Proctor try to accuse Abigail?

a)

He tells them that she's faking it.

b)

He tells the court of their affair.

c)

He says that she is the head witch.

d)

He uses his crazy witch-powers to brainwash the judge.

6.

Who is brought in to corroborate John's testimony?

(a)  

7.

What happens to Giles and John by the end of the act?

a)

They are taken to the jail.

b)

They go free.

c)

They are killed on the spot.

d)

They are banished from the town.

8.

What does John Proctor say about God at the end of this act?

a)

He says that he believes God will decide his fate.

b)

He says that God is dead.

c)

He says God doesn't exist.

d)

He says that God will deliver the true justice.

9.

Who is Tituba?

a)

Reverend Parris's daughter

b)

Mrs. Putnam's nurse

c)

Reverend Parris's slave

d)

John Proctor's Wife

10.

Abigail is accused, along with several other girls and Betty, of doing what in the forest?

a)

Singing

b)

Jumping Rope

c)

Playing Hop Scotch

d)

Dancing

11.

What makes John Proctor a target of ridicule?

a)

He has a hunchback.

b)

He does not attend or agree with the principles of the church.

c)

He own the most land in town.

d)

He never makes it to work on time.

12.

What does Mercy Lewis suggest they do to wake up Betty?

a)

Make her some soup.

b)

Giver her her favorite teddy bear.

c)

Beat her.

d)

Sing her a song.

13.

When the girls are alone, what else do we learn they did in the forest?

a)

Conjure spirits

b)

Drink Blood

c)

Throw a party

d)

Read books

14.

Which two families have gone to war with each other?

a)

Putnam & Nurse

b)

Putnam & Parris

c)

Putnam & Proctor

d)

Putnam & Corey

15.

Why does Mr. Hale come to Salem?

a)

To perform a one-man play.

b)

To make money selling bibles.

c)

To use his expertise in demonology to cure the sick children.

d)

To take the job of Reverend Parris.

16.

Who first gets accused of practicing witchcraft?

a)

Tituba

b)

Betty

c)

Abigail

d)

John Proctor

17.
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory for what historical event?  
a)
September 11th, 2001
b)
McCarthyism
c)
World War II
d)
The Civil War 
18.

We see the greatest character change from the play’s beginning to the play’s end in which of the following characters?

a)

John Proctor

b)

Judge Danforth

c)

Rebecca Nurse

d)

Elizabeth Proctor

19.
In Act 2, what gift does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor?
a)
a cookie
b)
a yellow bird
c)
a poppet
d)
a letter
20.
What happened between John Proctor and Abigail Williams prior to the opening of the play?
a)
they got divorced
b)
they had an affair
c)
they ran away together
d)
they wrote letters to each other
21.

Was Rebecca Nurse among the girls who were caught dancing in the woods?

a)

True

b)

False

22.

What motives could have influenced the girls' accusations of witchcraft?

a)

fear

b)

peer pressure

c)

revenge

d)

all of the above

23.

What can you infer from the scene involving Tituba, Sarah Good, and a drunken Herrick in the prison cell at the start of Act IV?

a)

Herrick believes strongly in the accusations

b)

Tituba really is a witch

c)

Herrick no longer supports the trials

d)

the devil really was in Salem

24.

Where does The Crucible take place?

(a)  

25.

What did McCarthyism and the Witch trials create

a)

Unity between citizens

b)

mass hysteria

c)

religious fanaticism

d)

voting rights