WorksheetsThe Crucible Act I Quiz Review
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 37mins
What does Parris see in the woods?
Betty drinking blood.
Abigail drinking blood.
Mercy Lewis dancing naked.
None of these choices
Abigail Williams is
a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season”
an ill daughter of a Salem minister
a slave from Barbados
an orphan who lives with her uncle
According to Act I, what are the names of the two young girls currently under the influence of witchcraft?
Abby and Ruth
Mercy and Abby
Ruth and Betty
Betty and Mary Warren
Who has lost seven babies?
Goody Proctor
Rebecca Nurse
Goody Putnam
Tituba
Who is the lady with lots of children and grandchildren?
Ann Putnam
Rebecca Nurse
Elizabeth Proctor
Mary Warren
What kind of government have they created in Salem?
theocracy
bureaucracy
democracy
monarchy
Why does John Proctor dislike Reverend Parris?
Proctor is a strict Puritan who believes everyone is predestined for eternal damnation.
He associates Rev. Parris with Abigail.
He does not like Rev. Parris's preaching style.
He feels that Rev. Parris should be more concerned with money than faith.
Who gives Tituba the idea to blame Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn?
Rev. Parris
Rev. Hale
Abigail
The Putnams
"The Salem tragedy, which is about to begin in these pages, developed from a paradox. It is a paradox in whose grip we still live."
As used in this context, paradox most nearly means
a false or unsupportable quality
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
a statement that contradicts itself
an event that occurs at a critical time
PARRIS, pressed, turns on her: And what shall I say to them? That my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest?
As used in this context, heathen most nearly means
a deeply religious person
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
a person who is a member of an ethnic group
orphans
"So it is not surprising to find that so many accusations against people are in the handwriting of Thomas Putnam, or that his name is so often found as a witness corroborating the supernatural testimony, or that his daughter led the crying-out at the most opportune junctures of the trials, especially when—But we’ll speak of that when we come to it.
As used in this context, juncture most nearly means
a false or unsupportable quality
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
a statement that contradicts itself
an event that occurs at a critical time
"ABIGAIL, in tears: I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!
As used in this context, pretense most nearly means
a false or unsupportable quality
a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
a statement that contradicts itself
an event that occurs at a critical time
He is bending to kneel again when his niece, Abigail Williams, seventeen, enters—a strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling.
As used in this context, dissembling most nearly means
the quality or state of being simple and sincere
being unusually proficient in more than one use or skill
providing useful information or knowledge
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
"He is bending to kneel again when his niece, Abigail Williams, seventeen, enters—a strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling. Now she is all worry and apprehension and propriety."
As used in this context, propriety most nearly means
socially acceptable behavior
a socially improper or unsuitable remark
a wrong judgment
a failure to understand correctly
PARRIS: Now look you, child, your punishment will come in its time. But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must know it now, for surely my enemies will, and they will ruin me with it.
As used in this context, trafficked most nearly means
joked
had trade or dealings with
cheated, tricked, duped
concealed under a false appearance
REBECCA, horrified.- Goody Ann! You sent a child to conjure up the dead?
As used in this context, conjure most nearly means
to make a request in an earnest or urgent manner
to lessen the anger or agitation of
to summon by or as if by invocation or incantation
to treat wrongfully or betray
ABIGAIL: She hates me, uncle, she must, for I would not be her slave. It’s a bitter woman, a lying, cold, sniveling woman, and I will not work for such a woman!
As used in this context, sniveling most nearly means
insane
whining in a weakly emotional manner
supporting with evidence or authority
possessed or influenced by a demon
PARRIS, as soon as the door begins to open: No-no, I cannot have anyone. He sees her, and a certain deference springs into him, although his worry remains. Why, Goody Putnam, come in.
As used in this context, deference most nearly means
respect and esteem due a superior or an elder
a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture
event guided by God or divine leadership
dreadful; fearful; extremely serious
"Thomas Putnam felt that his own name and the honor of his family had been smirched by the village, and he meant to right matters however he could."
As used in this context, smirched most nearly means
respect and ruined; destroyed the worldly means, reputation, or hopes due a superior or an elder
summoned a devil or spirit by invocation or incantation
denied, ignored
discredited or disgraced
"In Proctor’s presence a fool felt his foolishness instantly-and a Proctor is always marked for calumny therefore."
As used in this context, calumny most nearly means
the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation
a formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed
an often public or formal expression of disapproval
someone or something unusually desirable
"As the curtain rises, Reverend Parris is discovered kneeling beside the bed, evidently in prayer. His daughter, Betty Parris, aged ten, is lying on the bed, inert."
As used in this context, inert most nearly means
lacking legal or moral restraints
motionless; inactive
clever, shrewd, crafty
ashen or pale
"Giles Corey, eighty-three, enters. He is knotted with muscle, canny, inquisitive, and still powerful."
As used in this context, canny most nearly means
clever, shrewd, crafty
wretched
trembling, shuddering, quivering with fear
affected by witchcraft
"In addition, certain families allied to the Nurses by blood or friendship, and whose farms were contiguous with the Nurse farm or close to it, combined to break away from the Salem town authority and set up Topsfield, a new and independent entity whose existence was resented by old Salemites."
As used in this context, contiguous most nearly means
submitting to another’s wishes, opinion, or governance
widely and unfavorably known
touching along a boundary or at a point
lacking legal or moral restraints
PARRIS: Mr. Corey, you will look far for a man of my kind at sixty pound a year! I am not used to this poverty; I left a thrifty business in the Barbados to serve the Lord. I do not fathom it, why am I persecuted here?
As used in this context, fathom most nearly means
understand
affect
agree with
suffer
PROCTOR, familiarly, with warmth, although he knows he is approaching the edge of Giles’ tolerance with this: Is it the Devil’s fault that a man cannot say you good morning without you clap him for defamation? You’re old, Giles, and you’re not hearin’ so well as you did.
As used in this context, defamation most nearly means
respect and esteem due a superior or an elder
teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions or admonitions
a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation before an authorized magistrate or officer
slander; the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to damage another’s reputation
PARRIS, in fright: How can it be the Devil? Why would he choose my house to strike? We have all manner of licentious people in the village!
As used in this context, licentious most nearly means
lacking legal or moral restraints
restricted to a small area or scope
notable
careless in appearance, habits, work
...when we see the steady and methodical inculcation into humanity of the idea of man’s worthlessness—until redeemed—the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon...
As used in this context, inculcation most nearly means
timorous uncertain agitation; apprehension
slander; the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to damage another’s reputation
teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions or admonitions
sources of utter disgust or intense dislike; hateful, disgusting actions
"He was called upon to arbitrate disputes as though he were an unofficial judge, and Rebecca also enjoyed the high opinion most people had for him."
As used in this context, arbitrate most nearly means
to determine the outcome of a dispute
to avoid answering directly
to make better or more tolerable
to summon the devil
