WorksheetsIrony in The Crucible
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Danforth: Indeed! I am amazed to find you in such an uproar. I have only good report with your character
dramatic and verbal irony
situational and verbal irony
situational irony
none of the above
Danforth: The pure in heart need no lawyers. Proceed as you will.
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
none of the above
Proctor: Do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee.
dramatic and situational irony
situational irony
dramatic and verbal irony
none of the above
In what sense is Proctor’s quotation from the bible ironic?
Proctor: Do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee.
Harm has come to several characters who have done nothing but good
Harm has NOT come to the characters who have done nothing but good
Harm has not come to several characters who have done nothing but bad things
Harm is only a figure of speech in this case
ABIGAIL: I have been hurt, Mr. Danforth; I have seen my blood runnin' out! I have been near to murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devil's people - and this is my reward? This is an example of
situational irony
verbal irony
dramatic irony
verbal and dramatic irony
DANFORTH: What is it child; but Abigail, pointing with fear, is now raising up her frightened eyes, her awed face toward the ceiling-and the girls are doing the same - Danforth does not know what the audience knows, so this is an example of ___ irony.
verbal
situational
dramatic
rhetorical
What type of irony is it when Abigail says, "she she's nothin'" when speaking about Mary?
situational
dramatic
verbal
no clue
When John confesses his affair with Abigail, it is an example of ___ irony.
situational
verbal
dramatic
what is irony again?
Identify the main idea (not theme) for the following quotes:
"There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!" - Ann Putnam, Act 1
"I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!" - Abigail Williams, Act 1
"I'll plead no more! I see now your spirit twists around the single error of my life [the affair], and I will never tear it free!" - Proctor, Act 2
"The rumor of witchcraft is all about." - Abigail, Act 1
respect and reputation
lies and deceit
good vs. evil
laws and justice
Identify the main idea (not theme) for the following quotes:
"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life!" - Proctor, Act 4
"They will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house." - Parris, Act 1
"He have his goodness now." - Elizabeth, Act 4
"She is blackening my name in the village. I have no blush about my name." - Abigail, Act 1
respect and reputation
lies and deceit
good vs. evil
laws and justice
Identify the main idea (not theme) for the following quotes:
"I cannot think the Devil may own a woman's soul, Mr. Hale, when she keeps an upright way, as I have." - Elizabeth Proctor, Act 2
"Abominations are done in the forest." Parris, Act 1
"This is a sharp time, now, a precise time-we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world." - Danforth, Act 3
"We must all love each other now." - Mary Warren, Act 1
respect and reputation
lies and deceit
good vs. evil
laws and justice
Identify the main idea (not theme) for the following quotes:
"You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between. This is a sharp time, now, a precise time—we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world." -Danforth, Act 3
"I do not judge you. The magistrate that sits in your heart that judges you." -Elizabeth, Act 2
"We burn a hot fire here. It melts down all concealment." - Danforth, Act 3
"Witchery's a hangin' error, a hangin' like they done in Boston two year ago." - Mary Warren, Act 1
respect and reputation
lies and deceit
good vs. evil
laws and justice
