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WorksheetsThe Crucible Exam Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which family opposed the Putnams in voting for the minister prior to Parris?
The Proctors
The Nurses
The Hales
The Williamses
In what year does the play take place?
1692
1672
1950
Why did Ann Putnam send her daughter Ruth to Tituba?
To learn how to make soup
To make a charm on Goody Proctor
To curse the Nurses's pig
To conjure the spirits of her dead siblings to see who killed them
Two girls will not wake after their night in the forest. Ruth Putnam is one; who is the other?
Betty Parris
Abigail Williams
Tituba
Mary Warren
Tituba accuses two people of witchcraft. Sarah Good is one; who is the other?
Martha Corey
Rebecca Nurse
Elizabeth Proctor
Sarah Osbourne
I am the sweet old lady in the village who is very religious, has a bunch of children and grandchildren, and thinks it's dangerous to go seeking spirits.
Sarah Good
Elizabeth Proctor
Ann Putnam
Rebecca Nurse
I am the orphaned girl who lives with her uncle.
Betty Parris
Abigail Williams
Mary Warren
Susanna Walcott
I take a lot of people to court. I said to Danforth, "I have been in court six time this year."
John Proctor
Thomas Putnam
Rev. Hale
Giles Corey
I try to control the minister because I am one of the richest men in the village.
Thomas Putnam
Rev. Hale
Judge Danforth
John Proctor
I said, "I am not some preaching farmer with a book under my arm; I am a graduate of Harvard College."
Rev. Hale
Judge Danforth
Rev. Parris
Judge Hathorne
I said, "She sends her spirit into me in church; she make me laugh at prayer...She comes to me when I sleep. She makes me dream corruptions."
Tituba
Abigail Williams
Susanna Walcott
Betty Parris
I said, "I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation. Take it to heart, Mr. Parris. There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly mention God anymore."
Rebecca Nurse
Tituba
Rev. Hale
John Proctor
Who is the last person to speak in the play before the curtain falls in Act 4 (this is not the same as the last person to speak in the movie).
Elizabeth Proctor
John Proctor
Abigail Williams
Judge Danforth
Where does Act 3 take place (in the play only)?
The woods
The Proctor's house
The jailhouse
The courtroom
What event in history prompted Arthur Miller to write the play?
The Cold War
WWII
The Civil War
The Red Scare/Communist Trials
I said, "And mark this—let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you."
Abigail
John
Tituba
Rev. Hale
I said, "They must be, they are weighted with authority...We shall need hard study when it comes to tracking down the Old Boy."
John Proctor
Rev. Hale
Rev. Parris
Judge Danforth
I took Abigail's job when she was fired from the Proctor home.
Susanna Walcott
Tituba
Mercy Lewis
Mary Warren
I said, "You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor" and then Abigail slapped my face.
Mary Warren
John Proctor
Tituba
Betty Parris
Where does Act 1 take place (in the play only)?
Rev. Parris's house
The Proctors' house
The jail house
The courtroom
Where does Act 2 take place (in the play only)?
Rev. Parris's house
The jail house
The courtroom
The Proctors' house
Who is accused of killing his neighbors in order to buy up their forfeited land?
John Proctor
Giles Corey
Francis Nurse
Thomas Putnam
John goes to court to save his wife; why does he end up getting arrested?
Mary Warren accuses him of being "the devil's man" and making her sign his book
Abigail Williams accuse him of using a doll (poppet) to injure her
Thomas Putnam accuses him of witchcraft to steal his land
Rebecca Nurse names him as a fellow witch
What surprising thing does John find out about his wife in Act 3 that will keep her safe temporarily?
She has confessed to witchcraft
She made a poppet to hurt Abigail
She is pregnant
She accused Mary Warren instead
Who quits the court at the end of Act 3?
Judge Danforth
Judge Sewell
Judge Hathorne
Rev. Hale
What animal does Abigail pretend to see in the courtroom?
Yellow bird
Frog
Newt
Blue bird
For Mary to prove the girls are faking, what do the judges want her to do that she has done many times before in court?
Scream and carry on
Turn cold
Speak Latin
Faint
In what nearby town are they overthrowing the court?
Andover
Boston
New York
London
Who leaves town with Abigail in Act 4?
Mercy Lewis
John Proctor
Tituba
Betty Parris
What gift did Mary make for Elizabeth?
A dress
A cap
A bracelet
A poppet (a doll)
Which commandment does John forget when Rev. Hale is quizzing him?
The one about lying
The one about adultery
The one about respecting your parents
The one about going to church
Who comes to the Proctor household to question them about their beliefs and behavior?
Rev. Parris
Marshall Harris
Cheever
Rev. Hale
What thing do the townspeople do to threaten Rev. Parris because the trials have gone too far?
Throw a dagger in his door
Steal his money
Walk out of the church in a big group
Pull a gun on him at church
What is Elizabeth arrested for (be specific)?
Drinking a charm to kill Abigail
Being a bad boss
Cheating on her husband
Stabbing Abigail with a needle via poppet
What is Rebecca Nurse arrested for?
Killing pigs
Making poppets
Hurting Abigail
Murdering Goody Putnam's babies
What is Martha Corey arrested for?
Killing pigs/stopping Giles's prayer
Trying to kill Elizabeth
Murdering Goody Putnam's babies
Being a bad wife
Who was the Senator responsible for some of the Red Scare via hearings to find out suspected Communists in the 1950s?
McCarthy
Kennedy
Raegan
Miller
How did Giles Corey die?
Hanged
Burnt
Shot
Pressed
Which character's last words were "more weight"?
John Proctor
Abigail Williams
Giles Corey
Martha Corey
Where did the original witch trials take place that inspired The Crucible?
Salem
Boston
Andover
New York
The term "crucible" means
A test or trial
A witch
A witch hunt
Mass hysteria
The climax of the play (the turning point in the plot triangle) is when....?
Elizabeth lies on John's behalf
Abigail skips town
Rebecca Nurse falls over
John tears up his signed confession
I said, "The girl is murder. She must be ripped out of this world." And sealed my fate.
Elizabeth
Mary
Goody Putnam
Abigail
Why was Giles Corey arrested in the play?
Refusing to name the man who accused Putnam of killing his neighbors to get their land
Being a wizard
Cursing the town with his wife
Being a grumpy old man that no one liked
I sarcastically said, " Why, it is all simple. I come to do the Devil‘s work. I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves. There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head!!"
Rev. Parris
Rev. Hale
John Proctor
Judge Danforth
I said, " Do you sport with me? You will sign your name or it is no confession, Mister."
Judge Danforth
Elizabeth
Rev. Hale
Rev. Parris
I said, " Because I cannot have another in my life. Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul, leave me my name!"
Abigail
Rebecca
Tituba
John
I said, "Hang them high over the town...whoever weeps for these, weeps for corruption."
Danforth
Hale
Parris
Proctor
I said, "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him."
John
Abigail
Hale
Elizabeth
I change throughout the play from meek servant girl to outspoken trickster.
Abigail
Betty
Tituba
Mary
