WorksheetsThe Crucible Acts 3 and 4 Quiz Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
1. What will delay Elizabeth's hanging?
Her claim of innocence
Her supernatural powers
Her pregnancy
Her ties to the community
Why does Giles accuse Putnam of tampering with the accusations?
Because Putnam has much to gain when others lose
Because Putnam has offended Giles's honor
Because Giles is jealous of Putnam's family
Because Giles has much to gain when others lose
What does Mary Warren testify?
That Abigail is to blame for all of the supernatural events in Salem
That all of the girls are pretending to be bewitched
That Elizabeth is the one responsible for the doll
That John Proctor and Abigail had an affair
What prompts John Proctor to confess his affair with Abigail?
Abigail accusing Mary of witchcraft
Mary threatening to reveal the affair
Abigail calling Elizabeth a whore
Reverend Hale asking him to testify
What does Elizabeth lie about?
How often John goes to church
Being a victim of witchcraft
How she received the doll
Why she fired Abigail
Who said to Elizabeth Proctor, "Quail not before God’s judgment in this, for it may well be God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride."?
Giles Corey
Reverend Parris
Reverend Hale
Who said to Judge Danforth, "Excellency, there are orphans wandering from house to house; abandoned cattle bellow on the highroads, the stink of rotting crops hangs everywhere, and no man knows when the harlots’ cry will end his life—and you wonder yet if rebellion’s spoke?"
Reverend Hale
Mary Warren
Abigail Williams
What is a tragic hero?
generally one with a common upbringing who has a minor shortcoming in their morals
generally one from a poor background who dies unexpectedly due to an unforeseen accident
a character who learns a lesson and changes their thinking/actions over the course of a story
generally one of noble (honorable, honest) birth who has a tragic flaw, is doomed to make a serious error in judgement, and one who accepts death with honor.
Why won't Judge Danforth honor Reverend Hale's request to pardon the prisoners who won't confess?
Because he does not respect Reverend Hale's opinion
Because the integrity (honor) of the court is at stake
Because he likes to see them hanged
Because he believes they are guilty
What is meant by the term witch hunt?
a hunt for witches
a hunt for communists
an attempt to find and punish people whose opinions are unpopular and who are said to be a danger to society
Why doesn't Giles enter a plea in response to the charges against him?
Because he won't give Judge Danforth the satisfaction
Because he is actually guilty of the crimes
Because he wants his land to go to his sons
Because he doesn't understand the charges
Who says, "Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now."?
Reverend Hale
Judge Danforth
Reverend Parris
Who says to Judge Danforth, "Excellency, if you postpone a week and publish to the town that you are striving for their confessions, that speak mercy on your part, not faltering."?
Reverend Hale
Mercy Lewis
Martha Corey
Abigail Williams
What is John Proctor's reason for holding out and not confessing right away?
He wants his persecutors to feel guilty because he knows that they know he is innocent
He actually did practice witchcraft, but he doesn’t want to admit it
He wants to die with Elizabeth
What does John Proctor do with his own confession?
He signs it and allows it to be posted on the church door.
He gives it to Elizabeth to burn.
He tries to blackmail Judge Danforth with it.
He tears it up and renounces it.
Who said, "I have sins of my own to count. It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery." ?
Giles Corey
Reverend Parris
Abigail Williams
Elizabeth Proctor
Why doesn't Elizabeth try to convince John Proctor to save himself?
Because she thinks he deserves to be hanged
Because she no longer feels anything for him
Because she admires his desire to do what is right
Because she still blames him for his extramarital affair
The Salem witch trials, since mostly women, the poor, and social outcasts were accused, can be understood as one society's
intolerance
intelligence
ignorance
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY: The theocracy in Puritan Salem and the intent of some of the characters in the play to ensure justice and do "God's work" by assuming the guilt of the accused before they are proven innocent are examples of
a dictatorship
hypocrisy
a flawed system
In The Crucible and during the late 1940s-early 50s in America during the second Red Scare, people accused of witchcraft/communism
had their reputations affected and their lives made difficult
went crazy
used supernatural powers
