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WorksheetsThe Crucible Act II
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the setting of Act II?
The Proctors’ home, eight days after the girls have begun to accuse people
The following day at the home of John and Elizabeth Proctor
The Salem meeting house, just before Abigail’s trial
Rev. Parris’s home, about a week after the accusations of witchcraft have begun
When Elizabeth says to Proctor, “The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you,” she means that Proctor
Carries the knowledge of his own guilt
Is too quick to judge himself
Should speak more openly about his thoughts
Knows that she loves him and forgives him
What literary device is this an example of: “...where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.”
allusion
external conflict
historical context
illusion
Which statement best describes the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor in the opening scene of Act II of The Crucible?
They care about each other but seem ill at ease and not fully reconciled.
They are deeply in love and share their feelings freely and easily.
They are hostile and bitter toward each other.
They seem not to care about each other.
In Act II of The Crucible, what is most clearly Reverend Hale’s reason for visiting the Proctors?
He wants to gather information about the Proctors to make his personal evaluation of them.
He wants to find evidence in order to exonerate Elizabeth from witchcraft charges.
He comes to warn Elizabeth that she has been officially charged by the court.
He is required to visit as an authority of the court.
What is the most likely connection between the needle found in the poppet and the needle discovered in Abigail’s belly?
Elizabeth has stuck the needle into the poppet in hopes of causing Abigail to suffer.
Mary Warren has stuck the needle into the poppet in the hopes of causing Elizabeth to be arrested.
Abigail, observing Mary Warren sewing the poppet next to her in court, puts a needle in her own belly in order to cast suspicion on either Proctor and his wife, or both.
In Act II of The Crucible, John Proctor claims to know the source of all the problems in Salem. Whom or what does he blame?
vengeance
the Devil
irrationality
Reverend Parris
When Hale appears at the Proctors’ door in Act II of The Crucible, he is described as “different now—drawn a little, and there is a quality of deference, even of guilt, about his manner now.” What internal conflict accounts for this change?
He feels guilty for allowing events in Salem to spiral out of control.
He feels guilty for the desire he has for Abigail.
He no longer believes in witchcraft but must proceed anyway.
He fears that he himself may be at risk of an accusation of witchcraft.
