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The Crucible Gauntlet Review

Total questions: 103

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who said:
"More weight."
a)
John Proctor
b)
Giles Corey
c)
Rev. John Hale
d)
Abigail Williams
2.
Who is the "he" Elizabeth Proctor is referring to?
"I came to think [he] fancied Abigail. As so one night I lost my wits, I think, and put her out on the high road."
a)
John Proctor
b)
Giles Corey
c)
Thomas Putnam
d)
Rev. Sam Parris
3.
Who is the "she" that Ezekiel Cheever is referring to?
"[She] sat to dinner in Reverend Parris's house tonight, and without a word nor warnin' [she] falls to the floor. Like a struck beast, he says, and screamed a scream that a bull would weep to hear."
a)
Ruth Putnam
b)
Betty Parris
c)
Abigail Williams
d)
Mary Warren
4.
Why does John Proctor say this:
"I like it not that he should lay his hand upon my baby. I see no light of God in that man. I'll not conceal it."
a)
He does not like Rev. Hale and thinks witchcraft is not real.
b)
He does not trust Rev. Parris to baptize his child.
c)
He thinks Thomas Putnam is trying to curse his child.
d)
He thinks Giles Corey is trying to sue him for slander.
5.
Who said this:
"What anarchy is this? That tract is in my bounds, it's in my bounds, Mr. Proctor!"
a)
Giles Corey
b)
Rev. Hale
c)
Rev. Parris
d)
Thomas Putnam
6.
Who says this?
"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!"
a)
Abigail Williams
b)
Betty Parris
c)
Elizabeth Proctor
d)
Mary Warren
7.
What is the purpose of the quote:
"He plow on Sunday, sir."
a)
To make Rev. Parris look like a terrible minister
b)
To make Rev. Hale seem unknowledgeable
c)
To make John Proctor look unchristian
d)
To make Thomas Putnam look greedy
8.
Who said this?
"I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'd admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them."
a)
Thomas Putnam
b)
John Proctor
c)
Rev. Parris
d)
Giles Corey
9.
"Abby'll charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor!"
What does lechery mean?
a)
Witchcraft
b)
Adultery
c)
Murder
d)
Lying
10.
Who is Elizabeth Proctor talking about in this quote?
"It is a mouse no more. I forbid her to go, and she raises up her chin like the daughter of a prince and says to me, 'I must go to Salem, goody Proctor; I am an official of the court!"
a)
Abigail Williams
b)
Mercy Lewis
c)
Mary Warren
d)
Ruth Putnam
11.
Who said this quote?
"I think she'll wake in time. Pray calm yourselves."
a)
Elizabeth Proctor
b)
Ann Putnam
c)
Martha Corey
d)
Rebecca Nurse
12.
Who said this quote, and who is it about?
"That girl is murder! She must be ripped from this world!"
a)
John Proctor about Abigail
b)
Abigail about Mary Warren
c)
Elizabeth Proctor about Abigail
d)
Abigail about Elizabeth Proctor
13.
Why is this quote important?
"I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again."
a)
It shows that John Proctor regrets sleeping with Abigail.
b)
It shows that John Proctor regrets not leaving his wife.
c)
It shows that Abigail regrets asking Tituba for help.
d)
It shows that Abigail is in love with John Proctor.
14.
Who said this quote, and who is it about?
"In her life, sir, she have never lied. There are them that cannot sing, and them that cannot weep - my wife cannot lie."
a)
Giley Corey about Martha Corey
b)
John Proctor about Elizabeth Proctor
c)
Thomas Putnam about Ann Putnam
d)
Francis Nurse about Rebecca Nurse
15.
Who said this?
"[The books] must be heavy, they are weighted with authority."
a)
Rev. Sam Parris
b)
John Proctor
c)
Thomas Putnam
d)
Rev. John Hale
16.
Why is this important?
Mary Warren: "I made a gift for you today, Goody Proctor."
Elizabeth Proctor: "Why, thank you, it's a fair poppet."
a)
It turns into a set-up, as Abigail stabs herself with a needle found in the poppet.
b)
It shows that Mary Warren is really on Elizabeth's side and wants to protect her.
c)
Elizabeth's acceptance of the gift proves that she is a witch.
d)
It's the first time we can tell that Mary Warren is bewitched by a witch.
17.
Who said this and why?
"Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and i will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a point reckoning that will shudder you. And you know I can do it.. and I can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!"
a)
Abigail said it to stand up for herself after John Proctor confronted her about accusing witches.
b)
Abigail said it to Betty Parris to wake her up.
c)
Tituba said it to the girls to keep them quiet about what happened in the woods.
d)
Abigail said it to threaten the other girls to listen to her.
18.
Who said this?
"It's not a trick! I - I used to faint because I - I thought I saw spirits."
a)
Rebecca Nurse
b)
Mary Warren
c)
Abigail Williams
d)
Betty Parris
19.
Who did Judge Danforth say this to?
"The pure in heart need no lawyers."
a)
John Proctor
b)
Rev. Hale
c)
Giles Corey
d)
Judge Hathorne
20.
Why is this quote significant?
Elizabeth: You were alone with her?
John: For a moment alone, aye.
Elizabeth: Why, then, it is not as you told me.
a)
It shows that John still wants to be with Abigail.
b)
It shows that John is feeling guilty.
c)
It shows that Elizabeth and John still have a cold relationship.
d)
It shows that Elizabeth fully trusts John.
21.
What happened between John Proctor and Abigail Williams prior to the opening of the play?
a)
they got divorced
b)
they had an affair
c)
they ran away together
d)
they wrote letters to each other
22.
All of these girls were dancing in the woods together, EXCEPT:
a)
Abigail Williams
b)
Betty Parris
c)
Ruth Putnam
d)
Rebecca Nurse
23.
Who does Reverend Parris send for to investigate the possibility of witches in Salem?
a)
John Proctor
b)
Francis Nurse
c)
Rebecca Nurse
d)
Reverend Hale
24.
All of these women are accused of witchcraft by the end of Act 1, EXCEPT:
a)
Tituba
b)
Elizabeth Proctor
c)
Sarah Goode
d)
Sarah Osborne
25.
What is the setting of Act 2?
a)
The courtroom
b)
Reverend Parris' house
c)
John & Elizabeth Proctor's house
d)
The jail
26.
In Act 2, what gift does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor?
a)
a cookie
b)
a yellow bird
c)
a poppet
d)
a letter
27.
Why does Reverend Hale go to the Proctors' house in Act 2?
a)
to accuse Elizabeth of being a witch
b)
to tell them he knows that Abigail is lying
c)
to see if they're both good Christians
d)
to read Bible verses to them
28.
Why does Ezekiel Cheever go to the Proctors' house in Act 2?
a)
to arrest Elizabeth
b)
to arrest Mary
c)
to arrest John
d)
to invite them all to dinner
29.
On what charge was Rebecca Nurse arrested?
a)
she couldn't remember the commandments
b)
she tried to kill Abigail
c)
she murdered Mrs. Putnam's babies
d)
she put a spell on Tituba
30.
In Act 3, Giles, Francis, and John try all of these things to free their wives from jail EXCEPT:
a)
present a letter signed by 91 people
b)
bring Mary Warren to testify
c)
recite the Lord's Prayer
d)
provide evidence that Putnam was accusing people for their land
31.
What happens to John Proctor at the end of Act 3?
a)
he is hanged
b)
he forgets one of the commandments
c)
he runs away
d)
he gets arrested 
32.
What happens to Giles after he is arrested (between Act 3 and Act 4)?
a)
he is hanged
b)
he is pardoned
c)
he leaves Salem
d)
he is pressed to death
33.
In Act 4, what does Reverend Hale want Elizabeth to do?
a)
get John to confess
b)
confess that she is a witch
c)
help him find Abigail
d)
escape from jail
34.
What does John Proctor do after he signs his confession at the end of Act 4?
a)
he runs away with Abigail
b)
he goes home with Elizabeth
c)
he rips it up
d)
he smacks Reverend Parris with it
35.

Why did John stop going to church?

a)

Parris talks too much

b)

Parris was practicing witchcraft

c)

Parris is too greedy

d)

John has to work on his farm

36.

What were the girls actually doing in the forest?

a)

Witchcraft

b)

Practicing spells

c)

Reading the bible

d)

Dancing

37.

Who does Goody Putnam blame for the death of her children?

a)

Tituba

b)

Goody Nurse

c)

Measles

d)

Abigail

38.

What is the climax of the play?

a)

Elizabeth lying in trial

b)

John Proctor being accused of being with the devil

c)

John refusing to confess

d)

Abigail turning on the girls

39.

What is an allegory?

a)

Symbolic representation of a larger story

b)

Repeated consonant sounds

c)

A long story

d)

This one is the wrong answer.

40.

What is the Crucible an allegory for?

a)

The Salem Witch Trials

b)

The American Revolution

c)

The Red Scare

d)

The Civil Rights Movement

41.

How are Parris and Abigail related?

a)

Husband and wife

b)

Uncle and niece

c)

Father and daughter

d)

Brother and sister

42.

What character said "[...] and still an everlasting funeral marches 'round your heart."

a)

Reverend Parris

b)

Reverend Hale

c)

Abigail

d)

John Proctor

43.

Why doesn't Giles give up the name of who accused Putnam?

a)

He wants to end the accusations and hysteria

b)

He is stubborn

c)

He is lying

d)

He was the one who accused Putnam

44.

Why do so many confess to witchery?

a)

They are actually witches

b)

They are afraid to die

c)

They know it's not a big deal

d)

They hope others will confess

45.
At the beginning of Act II, John and Elizabeth Proctor are uncomfortable with each other. By the end of the play, however, their relationship changes. How would you describe their relationship in Act IV?
a)
They seem ill at ease with each other
b)
They seem not to care about each other
c)
They are warm and affectionate (for Puritans)
d)
They are hostile and bitter towards each other
46.
Considering Tituba's state of mind when she begins naming names, what can you infer about her motivation?
a)
She is afraid of Reverend Hale and thinks naming names will save her from punishment
b)
She actually saw Goody Good and Goody Osburne in the forest and wants to tell the truth
c)
She is confused and talking about a dream she once had
d)
She doesn't like the women she names, and she hopes they will be punished
47.
The setting of The Crucible is 
a)
Salem, 1671
b)
Boston, 1692
c)
Salem, 1692
d)
Andover, 1684
48.
What was John Proctor's fate?  
a)
Death
b)
Jail
c)
exile
d)
excommunication
49.
Which one of the girls caught in the forest admits they made it all up?
a)
Mercy.
b)
Abigail.
c)
Mary.
d)
Tituba.
50.
How does Mary react under the pressure from the girls?
a)
breaks down and calls Proctor the Devil
b)
gets upset and leaves the room
c)
stands strong against them
d)
falls to the floor and huddles in the corner
51.
What is the author's name?
a)
McCarthy
b)
Miller
c)
Matthew
d)
Antoine
52.
I am a minister.
a)
 Proctor
b)
Parris
c)
Hathorne
d)
Putnam
53.
I am an expert in witchcraft.
a)
Hale
b)
Murphy
c)
Smith
d)
Hathorne
54.
Why does John refuse to let them post up his confession where the entire town may see?
a)
he will miss Elizabeth too much as she must remain in jail
b)
he wants to leave and find Abigail again
c)
it will ruin his good name in the town
d)
in the end he thinks lying is a more deadly sin than pride
55.

From Barbados, first accused of witchcraft, calls out others to try to save herself, she is also a slave

a)

Susanna Walcott

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Tituba

56.

Niece of Samuel Parris, an orphan, leads girls to accusations, seventeen years old

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Abigail Parris

d)

Mercy Lews

57.

Controversial and insecure minister of Salem

a)

Reverend Run DMC

b)

Reverend Samuel Jackson

c)

Reverend Samuel Parrs

d)

Reverend Giles Corey

58.

Betty Parris

a)

10 year old daughter of Tituba

b)

10 year old daughter of Samuel Parris who is one of the first to be "afflicted"

c)

10 year old daughter of Samuel Parris who is a slave

d)

10 year old meek and insecure servant

59.

Putman's servant, Abigail's friend, afflicted

a)

Mary Warren

b)

Mercy Lewis

c)

Giles Corey

d)

Rebecca Nurse

60.

Proctor's Meek and Insecure servant, friends with Abigail and afflicted

a)

Mercy Lewis

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Abigail Williams

d)

Betty Parris

61.

The protagonist of the play, tragic hero, first to expose the girls

a)

John Deer

b)

John Proctor

c)

Rebecca Nurse

d)

Giles Corey

62.

“My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth but that goodness will not die for me!”

a)

Rev. John Hale

b)

Rev. Samuel Parris

c)

Deputy Governor Danforth

d)

John Proctor

e)

Thomas Putnam

63.

“Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character.”

a)

Rev. John Hale

b)

Rev. Samuel Parris

c)

Deputy Governor Danforth

d)

John Proctor

e)

Thomas Putnam

64.

“Why, it is simple. I come to do the Devil’s work. I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves. There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head!”

a)

Rev. John Hale

b)

Rev. Samuel Parris

c)

Deputy Governor Danforth

d)

John Proctor

e)

Thomas Putnam

65.

“I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement. Them that will not confess will hang. Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now.”

a)

Rev. John Hale

b)

Rev. Samuel Parris

c)

Deputy Governor Danforth

d)

John Proctor

e)

Thomas Putnam

66.

“I have given you my soul! Leave me my name!”

a)

Rev. John Hale

b)

Rev. Samuel Parris

c)

Deputy Governor Danforth

d)

John Proctor

e)

Thomas Putnam

67.

“If the girl’s a saint now. I think it is not easy to prove she’s fraud, and the town gone so silly. She told it to me in a room alone—I have no proof for it.”

a)

Rev. John Hale

b)

Rev. Samuel Parris

c)

Deputy Governor Danforth

d)

John Proctor

e)

Thomas Putnam

68.

“That bloody mongrel Walcott charge her: y’see, he buy a pig of my wife four or five year ago, and the pig died soon after.”

a)

John Proctor

b)

Mr. Thomas Putnum

c)

Mr. Cheever

d)

Giles Corey

e)

Thomas Putnam

69.

“I will not give you no name. I mentioned my wife’s name once and I’ll burn in hell long enough for that. I stand mute.”

a)

John Proctor

b)

Mr. Thomas Putnum

c)

Mr. Cheever

d)

Giles Corey

e)

Thomas Putnam

70.

“Oh, it be not Hell in Barbados. Devil, him be pleasureman in Barbados, him be singin’ and dancin’ in Barbados. It’s you folks—you riles him up round here; it be too cold ‘round here for that Old Boy.”

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Mary Warren

e)

Tituba

71.

“So many times, Mr. Proctor, she come to this very door, beggin’ bread and a cup of cider—and mark this: whenever I turned her away empty, she mumbled.”

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Mary Warren

e)

Tituba

72.

“I have been near to murdered every day because I done my duty pointing out the Devil’s people—and this is my reward? To be mistrusted, denied, questioned, like a—“

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Mary Warren

e)

Tituba

73.

“I have sins of my own to count. It needs a cold wife to prompt lechery.”

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Mary Warren

e)

Tituba

74.

“He have his goodness now, God forbid I take it from him!"

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Mary Warren

e)

Tituba

75.
From reading Act One, what conclusion can we draw about John Proctor?
a)
He fears and respects Reverands Parris and Hale
b)
He believes that witchcraft has made the children ill
c)
He rebels against authority of the church by speaking his mind
d)
He is still deeply in love with his mistress.
76.
Worries more about his reputation than his daughter's affliction:
a)
John Proctor
b)
Thomas Putnam
c)
Parris
d)
Hale
77.
Abigail Williams was
a)
a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season” 
b)
an ill daughter of a Salem minister  
c)
a slave from Barbados
d)
an orphan who lives with her uncle
78.
Who said it to whom?  
"Your name in this town--it is entirely white, is it not?" (12)
a)
Thomas Putnam to Ruth Putnam
b)
Rev. Parris to Abigail
c)
John Proctor to Abigail Williams
d)
Rev. Hale to Elizabeth Proctor
79.
Being under such strict laws and commandments, the Puritans had to repress a lot of their anger towards their neighbors.  When the witch hunts started, it was an   excellent chance for them to get revenge on their neighbors.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
80.
What conclusion can you draw about Abby's discharge from the Proctor's?
a)
Abby was a lazy servant
b)
Goody Proctor was too demanding
c)
Abby left the Proctor's on good terms
d)
Goody Proctor suspected the relationship between her husband and Abby
81.

Act 2 takes place in

a)

the church

b)

the Proctor household

c)

the Putnam household

d)

the Parris household

82.

John Proctor is ready to go right away and expose Abigail Williams as a fraud.

a)

True

b)

False

83.

Mary Warren tells John and Elizabeth that Sarah Osburn will be hanged and that Elizabeth has been accused.

a)

True

b)

False

84.

Which commandment does John Proctor forget?

a)

No graven images

b)

honor thy mother and father

c)

keep the Sabbath holy

d)

adultery

85.

Reverend Hale does not look for evidence before saying someone is a witch.

a)

True

b)

False

86.

John Proctor does not like Reverend Parris because he feels that he cares more about money than God.

a)

True

b)

False

87.

Martha Corey is accused of witchcraft because

a)

a pig that she had sold to their neighbor died

b)

she reads books

c)

she refuses to go to church

d)

the girls said she sent her spirit out

88.

Who is the man who begins to feel guilty about the trial because respected people are being accused?

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

Reverend Parris

c)

Ezekiel Cheever

d)

Giles Corey

89.

Denounces the proceedings and quits the court

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

Reverend Parris

c)

Judge Danforth

d)

Mary Warren

90.

Pretends to see a yellow bird

a)

Abigail Williams

b)

Mary Warren

c)

John Proctor

d)

Danforth

91.

Attempts to be fair; presides over all hearings in court; decides who receives punishment

a)

Reverend Parris

b)

Danforth

c)

Reverend Hale

d)

John Proctor

92.

Thinks everyone is trying to overthrow the court

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

Reverend Parris

c)

Danforth

d)

John Proctor

93.

Giles Corey is arrested for contempt of court

a)

True

b)

False

94.

Reverend Parris's argument against Proctor is that he is trying to overthrow the court.

a)

True

b)

False

95.

Judge Danforth spares Elizabeth Proctor from hanging because she is sick and will die soon anyway.

a)

True

b)

False

96.

At the end of Act 3, the girls all pretend that Mary is bewitching them.

a)

True

b)

False

97.

Hale denounces the proceedings (quits the court) because he believes the testimony of Mary and John.

a)

True

b)

False

98.

Elizabeth lied in court so that John would be arrested.

a)

True

b)

False

99.

John confessed to adultery so that Elizabeth would be saved.

a)

True

b)

False

100.

What has happened to Abigail?

a)

She has been arrested

b)

She has been executed

c)

She has been murdered

d)

She has run away

101.

Who suggests to Danforth that the hangings be postponed?

a)

Francis Nurse

b)

Thomas Putnam

c)

Reverend Parris

d)

Giles Corey

102.

What does Parris find on his doorstop?

a)

A poppet

b)

A threatening letter

c)

A dagger

d)

A dead cat

103.

Who makes John Proctor waver in his decision to confess?

a)

Rebecca Nurse

b)

Elizabeth Proctor

c)

Martha Corey

d)

Ann Putnam

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