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The Crucible: Act One, pages 141 - 148

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the child "sick" in bed from the setting in the beginning?

a)

Ruth Putnam

b)

Betty Parris

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Mercy Lewis

2.

Who is the other girl who is also"sick"?

a)

Abigail Parris

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Mercy Lewis

d)

Ruth Putnam

3.

What type of evidence is accepted in Salem (ie saying that one has seen a witch fly over the barn)

a)

concrete evidence

b)

spectral evidence

c)

circumstantial evidence

d)

trace evidence

4.

What rumor is circulating about Reverend Parris' daughter Betty?

a)

That she is engaged to be married

b)

That she is the victim of witchery

c)

That she is no longer a member of the church

d)

That she now hates her father

5.

What does Reverend Parris fear?

a)

That his congregation will turn to witchcraft instead of religion

b)

That his opponents will use the accusations of witchcraft against him

c)

That his daughter will speak out against him to defend herself against accusations

d)

That his niece will run away from him out of fear for her own safety

6.

For what does Reverend Parris condemn his niece, Abigail?

a)

Dancing in the woods at night

b)

Being disorderly in public

c)

Throwing a party without his permission

d)

Sneaking off to visit her fiance

7.
Where does the play take place?
a)
Portsmouth, NH
b)
Boston, MA
c)
Salem, MA
d)
Cleveland, OH
8.
What year did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
a)
1893
b)
1799
c)
1692
d)
1957
9.
Who said it to whom?  
"Your name in this town--it is entirely white, is it not?" (12)
a)
Thomas Putnam to Ruth Putnam
b)
Rev. Parris to Abigail
c)
John Proctor to Abigail Williams
d)
Rev. Hale to Elizabeth Proctor
10.
Being under such strict laws and commandments, the Puritans had to repress a lot of their anger towards their neighbors.  When the witch hunts started, it was an   excellent chance for them to get revenge on their neighbors.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
11.

Tituba was John Proctor’s slave woman from Barbados.  She  went with the girls into the forest and was accused of  conjuring spirits and being a witch.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

Reverend Parris was more concerned about his reputation with the people of the village than he was about his daughter being sick.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.
Parris was well-liked by the people of his church.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
14.
Abigail Williams was
a)
a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season” 
b)
an ill daughter of a Salem minister  
c)
a slave from Barbados
d)
an orphan who lives with her uncle
15.

Which character did Reverend Parris see running though the woods naked?

a)

Betty Parris

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Mercy Lewis

d)

Ann Putnam

16.

What does Mercy Lewis suggest as a way to cure Betty Parris?

a)

A spell cast by Tituba

b)

Chicken blood

c)

Eye of newt and toe of frog

d)

A beating