WorksheetsThe Crucible
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is the setting of the Crucible?
Salem, Massachusetts, today
England today
England in the 1600s
Salem, Massachusetts, in the 1600s
In act 1, Rev. Parris acts concerned about his daughter. What is the real reason for his concern?
Fear that she will lose her soul
Fear for his reputation
Fear that she will die
Fear that he will become ill
In act 1, what frightening reason drives Mrs. Putnam to hunt for witches?
Anger at Rev. Parris
Curiosity about the woods
The deaths of her children
Sympathy for the ill children
In act 1, which of the young women has the most influence over the others?
Mercy
Tituba
Abigail
Mary
Which word is CLOSEST in meaning to inculcation?
Curse
Teach
Warn
Argue
What word means a preference?
Villainous
Autocratic
Predilection
Rankle
Consider Tituba’s state of mind when she begins naming names in act 1. What can you infer about her motivation?
She was afraid of Rev. Hale and thought naming names would save her from punishment.
She actually saw Goody Good and Goody Osburn in the forest and wanted to tell the truth.
She was confused and was talking about a dream she once had.
She didn’t like the women she named, and she hoped they’d be punished.
If someone had just filed a lawsuit for slander, you could reasonably assume that he had been subjected to
Calumny
Inculcation
Propitiation
Dissembling
At the beginning of act 2, what is the relationship like between the Proctors?
Difficult
Trusting
Comfortable
Affectionate
In act 2, what does John Proctor mean when he says to Elizabeth that no matter what he does, “an everlasting funeral marches around her heart?”
He fears she wishes he were dead
She is always sad, whatever he does
He wants to move and she doesn’t
She goes to too many funerals
In act 2, what does Mary mean to suggest when she says that the crowd parted for Abigail like the Red Sea parted for the people of Isreal?
She compares Abigail’s power to the power of Moses
She compares Abigail’s power to the power of witches
She compares Abigail’s power to the power of a queen
She compares Abigail’s power to the size of the Red Sea
In act 2, Hale is in shock when the beloved Rebecca Nurse is accused. What does he mean when he alludes to the Devil, saying that: “an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven”?
Beauty and goodness are not the same
God’s will is not for humans to know
Evil can masquerade as Good
God’s opinions are unimportant
Why does Proctor think Abigail accuses his wife of witchcraft in act 2?
To show Salem how much power she has
To make John pay for rejecting her
To punish Elizabeth for firing her
To distract attention from her own sins
Which word best replaces deference in this sentence: “The people showed a great deal of deference by standing for the Judge's entrance.”
Happiness
Anger
Intolerance
Respect
A magistrate, by trade, would most likely create what?
Laws
Light Bulbs
Recipes
Maps
Someone who falters does what?
Hesitates
Laughs
Cries
Whines
Why does Proctor forget the commandment forbidding adultery?
He has a guilty conscience
He has never properly learned the commandments
He believes that it is an unjust commandment
He is afraid of revealing his own sin
If one does something avidly, one does it
Enthusiastically
Shamefully
Quickly
Reluctantly
If one shows penitence, one shows
Ignorance
Sorrow
Respect
Knowledge
Which of the following would most likely want salvation?
A king who does no wrong
A child who just picked a flower
An electrician wiring a house
A person who feels like a failure
Why is Giles Corey’s refusal to name names important in act 3?
It shows him to be someone guilty of non-cooperation
It shows that he is the one who acts honorably, not the court
It shows that he does not have as much knowledge as he thought
It shows that the court has asked him a question too difficult to answer
Why is Elizabeth’s denial that John is lustful an example of dramatic irony in act 3?
She says it to protect John, but ends up condemning him
She says it to keep herself from being embarrassed in public
She says it because she does not know he has been unfaithful
She says it to prove that Abigail is unimportant to John
Which word best replaces contentious in this sentence: “The contentious witness was told to stop disagreeing with the judge”?
Respectful
Frightening
Argumentative
Pale
Which of the following words is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to cleave?
Trust
Spite
Connect
Legal
In which of the following settings would you most likely encounter a deposition?
Church
Stadium
Courtroom
Laboratory
Which word is CLOSEST in meaning to incredulously?
Intelligently
Skeptically
Seriously
Buffoonery
What is Proctor’s main purpose in bringing Mary Warren to court in act 3?
To strengthen her character
To discredit Rev. Parris
To save his wife from condemnation
To demonstrate the illegality of the court’s proceedings
What development causes Mary Warren to recant her confession and rejoin Abigail and the other girls in act 3?
John Proctor’s confession of his relationship with Abigail
Judge Danforth’s persistent questions
The confusion about Elizabeth Proctor’s “poppets”
Abigail’s pretending to be attacked by Mary’s spirit
What character in act 3 does not fit into one of these categories: accuser, accused, court official?
John Proctor
Mary Warren
Reverend Hale
Giles Corey
Which of the following would be most typical of an author who craves anonymity?
He appears frequently on television talk shows
His picture appears on the back cover of his books
He delivers numerous public lectures throughout the year
He writes under a pseudonym
In Act IV, John’s destruction of the confession conveys what key message?
Individuals are stronger than courts
Forgiveness is found even in courtrooms
One’s honor cannot be signed away
Justice can be assured with documents
How does the result of Proctor’s refusal to sign away his honor in Act IV compare to the result of people’s refusal to testify during the McCarthy era of the 1950s?
Fear of imprisonment made many people keep silent
People’s lives were destroyed when they refused to testify
The Salem accusers were found to be communists
People who testified against others in the 1950s were heroes
Which word best replaces beguile in this sentence: “The slick, lavish advertisement seeks to beguile the reader into believing that he or she simply must have a new car”?
Deter
Charm
Pressure
Force
Someone who is dissembling is
Condemning
Regretful
Numb
Lying
Someone who is conciliatory is a(an)
Advisor
Opponent
Peacemaker
Scholar
Which of the following would most likely be thinking about retaliation?
The leader of a country that had just been attacked by its neighbor
Someone who had just received an invitation to a party
An employee who had just been given a raise
The student committee that is planning this year’s final assembly
