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The Crucible Acts 3 and 4 Quiz Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What will delay Elizabeth's hanging?

a)

Her claim of innocence

b)

Her supernatural powers

c)

Her pregnancy

d)

Her ties to the community

2.

Why does Giles accuse Putnam of tampering with the accusations?

a)

Because Putnam has much to gain when others lose

b)

Because Putnam has offended Giles's honor

c)

Because Giles is jealous of Putnam's family

d)

Because Giles has much to gain when others lose

3.

What does Mary Warren testify?

a)

That Abigail is to blame for all of the supernatural events in Salem

b)

That all of the girls are pretending to be bewitched

c)

That Elizabeth is the one responsible for the doll

d)

That John Proctor and Abigail had an affair

4.

What prompts John Proctor to confess his affair with Abigail?

a)

Abigail accusing Mary of witchcraft

b)

Mary threatening to reveal the affair

c)

Abigail calling Elizabeth a whore

d)

Reverend Hale asking him to testify

5.

What does Elizabeth lie about?

a)

How often John goes to church

b)

Being a victim of witchcraft

c)

How she received the doll

d)

Why she fired Abigail

6.

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."?

a)

Giles Corey

b)

Reverend Parris

c)

Reverend Hale

7.

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?"

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Abigail Williams

8.

What is a tragic hero?

a)

generally one with a common upbringing who has a minor shortcoming in their morals

b)

generally one from a poor background who dies unexpectedly due to an unforeseen accident

c)

a character who learns a lesson and changes their thinking/actions over the course of a story

d)

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.

9.

Why won't Judge Danforth honor Reverend Hale's request to pardon the prisoners who won't confess?

a)

Because he does not respect Reverend Hale's opinion

b)

Because the integrity (honor) of the court is at stake

c)

Because he likes to see them hanged

d)

Because he believes they are guilty

10.

What is meant by the term witch hunt?

a)

a hunt for witches

b)

a hunt for communists

c)

an attempt to find and punish people whose opinions are unpopular and who are said to be a danger to society

11.

Why doesn't Giles enter a plea in response to the charges against him?

a)

Because he won't give Judge Danforth the satisfaction

b)

Because he is actually guilty of the crimes

c)

Because he wants his land to go to his sons

d)

Because he doesn't understand the charges

12.

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."?

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

Judge Danforth

c)

Reverend Parris

13.

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."?

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

Mercy Lewis

c)

Martha Corey

d)

Abigail Williams

14.

What is John Proctor's reason for holding out and not confessing right away?

a)

He wants his persecutors to feel guilty because he knows that they know he is innocent

b)

He actually did practice witchcraft, but he doesn’t want to admit it

c)

He wants to die with Elizabeth

15.

What does John Proctor do with his own confession?

a)

He signs it and allows it to be posted on the church door.

b)

He gives it to Elizabeth to burn.

c)

He tries to blackmail Judge Danforth with it.

d)

He tears it up and renounces it.

16.

Who said, "I have sins of my own to count. It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery." ?

a)

Giles Corey

b)

Reverend Parris

c)

Abigail Williams

d)

Elizabeth Proctor

17.

Why doesn't Elizabeth try to convince John Proctor to save himself?

a)

Because she thinks he deserves to be hanged

b)

Because she no longer feels anything for him

c)

Because she admires his desire to do what is right

d)

Because she still blames him for his extramarital affair

18.

The Salem witch trials, since mostly women, the poor, and social outcasts were accused, can be understood as one society's

a)

intolerance

b)

intelligence

c)

ignorance

19.

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)

a dictatorship

b)

hypocrisy

c)

a flawed system

20.

In The Crucible and during the late 1940s-early 50s in America during the second Red Scare, people accused of witchcraft/communism

a)

had their reputations affected and their lives made difficult

b)

went crazy

c)

used supernatural powers