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The Crucible (My Perspectives)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You cannot simply assert a position; you must support it with convincing evidence. In this context, what does assert mean?

a)

negate

b)

declare

c)

agree on

d)

affirm

2.

Inflexible, immovable, obstinate

a)

placid

b)

formidible

c)

incredulous

d)

adamant

3.

characterized by a state of violent mental agitation

a)

corrupted

b)

affliction

c)

hysterical

d)

warrant

4.

shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity:

a)

Deferentially

b)

Incredulous

c)

Effrontery

d)

Adamant

5.
slander; attack of someone's character
a)
defamation 
b)
enthrall
c)
condemnation 
d)
hypocrite
6.

The vocabulary word Vindictive means

a)

to seek forgiveness for a wrong-doing

b)

having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge

c)

to express love through song

d)

call upon (a spirit or ghost) to appear, by means of a magic ritual

7.

Substitute the underlined word: One juror had the audacity to challenge the coroner’s decision.

a)

Effrontery

b)

Incredulously

c)

Contentious

d)

Imperceptible

8.

the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to damage another's reputation

a)

intimations

b)

naught

c)

trepidation

d)

calumny

9.

Sexually immoral; lacking moral or ethical restraint

a)

contention

b)

paradox

c)

licentious

d)

deference

10.

Parris: "Why would [the devil] choose my house to strike? We have all manner of _____ people in the village!

a)

conjured

b)

innate

c)

paradox

d)

licentious

11.

Which word means to show or have an insensitive or cruel disregard for others?

a)

corroborate

b)

callous

c)

gaunt

d)

indictment

12.

Which word is synonymous with heartless, uncaring?

a)

contempt

b)

callous

c)

persecute

d)

perjury

13.

He ______ put the dog outside in the rainstorm, and went back to watching television.

a)

adamantly

b)

pallor

c)

callously

d)

perjury

14.

eager to make peace, to reconcile

a)

enrapture

b)

conciliatory

c)

corruption

d)

arbitrate

15.

The title of our class text is The Crucible. What is one possible definition for the word crucible?

a)

a severe test

b)

unresponsive to stimulus

c)

difficult to fuse, corrode, or draw out

d)

a refractory person or thing

16.

Without pity or compassion

a)

gullng

b)

denounced

c)

remorseless

d)

befouled

17.

Local officers having power to administer and enforce law.

a)

Providence

b)

Thoecracy

c)

Magistrates

d)

Heathen

18.

Pronouncement of someone's guilt and punishment

a)

condemnation

b)

deference

c)

conceding

d)

base

19.

Despite his ________ gesture, Franklin could not forgive the man who accidentally shot his dog.

a)

frantic

b)

merely

c)

purge

d)

conciliatory

20.

Conciliatory

a)

and nothing more

b)

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

c)

postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

d)

making or willing to make concessions

21.

It was difficult for the shy young woman to _________ herself in class.

a)

certify

b)

assert

c)

definitive

d)

relevant

22.

The class could pick any ________ topics to do their essays on.

a)

certify

b)

assert

c)

definitive

d)

relevant

23.

People surrendering animals must be adults and must

____________ that fact by bringing in a valid photo ID.

a)

relevant

b)

assert

c)

certify

d)

definitive

24.

Marian, it's too early for a _____________ answer.

a)

definitive

b)

assert

c)

certified

d)

relevant

25.

To declare something is true

a)

assert

b)

certify

c)

definitive

d)

fear

26.
Match the vocabulary word to the definition: 
caring too much about yourself and not about other people
a)
egocentrism
b)
edifice
c)
culprit
d)
tentative
27.

Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people.

a)

Predestination

b)

Hysteria

c)

Ethics

d)

Puritan

28.

unchangeable

a)

immutable

b)

decree

c)

vigilante

d)

suffrage

29.

Fair behavior or treatment.

a)

Penitentiary

b)

Witness

c)

Inmate

d)

Justice

30.

"My insides are all shuddery; I am in the proceedings all day, sir." What does the word proceedings mean?

a)

things from before

b)

events in a court of law

c)

earning money at court

d)

resulting from a court outcome