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Crucible - Act One Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Crucible is...

a)

a short story

b)

a novel

c)

a drama

2.

The author of The Crucible is...

a)

Arthur Mueller

b)

Author Milner

c)

Arthur Miller

3.

On the surface, the play is about the Salem Witch Trials, but it is also a metaphor for...

a)

Senator McCarthy's witch burnings

b)

Senator McCarthy's Communist Hearings

c)

Senator McCarthy's conspiracy

4.

McCarthyism is... (pick 2)

a)

an intense investigation of supposed communists in the US government

b)

making unfair allegations to persecute political opponents

c)

the practice of using magic to communicate with the dead

5.

. . . is a story about ONE thing, but that is also a metaphor for ANOTHER thing that the author wants to talk about indirectly.

a)

innuendo

b)

allegory

c)

archetype

6.

The play takes place in the year _____.

a)

1492

b)

1595

c)

1692

7.

The play takes place in the village of _____.

a)

Boston

b)

Salem

c)

Beverly

8.

The people of the village are _____.

a)

Amish

b)

Quakers

c)

Puritans

9.

At the beginning of Act One, Parris is concerned that Betty _____.

a)

is unconscious

b)

ran away

c)

is flying around the room

10.

Parris is the _____ of the village.

a)

mayor

b)

minister

c)

blacksmith

11.

What is Abigail’s relationship with Rev. Parris? She is his _____.

a)

niece

b)

daughter

c)

servant

12.

Why is Parris upset with Abigail at the very beginning?

a)

She sacrificed a goat

b)

She quit her job

c)

She was dancing in the woods with Betty

13.

What most upsets Parris about Abigail’s recent activities and Betty’s condition?

a)

That people will run the girls out of town, and he will never see them again

b)

That townspeople will become suspicious of him, and his reputation will be ruined

c)

That he will have to call a doctor to cure Betty, and he can’t afford one on his salary

14.

Describe Abigail’s relationship to John Proctor and his wife.

a)

She used to be their servant

b)

She is their slave

c)

She is Goody Proctor’s sister

15.

Something that upsets Abigail is when Betty says that she saw Abigail _____.

a)

naked

b)

dance with the devil

c)

drink blood

16.

Abigail drank a charm to kill _____.

a)

John Proctor

b)

Goody Proctor, John’s wife

c)

Rebecca Nurse

17.

Who has Parris called in from Beverly to see if there is evidence of witchcraft in the village?

a)

Matthew Hopkins

b)

Reverend Hale

c)

Judge Hathorne

18.

What do Parris, Proctor, Putnam, and Giles all argue over in the middle of Act One?

a)

the affair

b)

dancing

c)

firewood / lumber

19.

She is one of the oldest and most respected women is Salem, and argues that the girls will wake up when they tire of games.

a)

Abigail

b)

Rebecca Nurse

c)

Mrs. Putnam

20.

At the end of Act One, Abigail and Betty begin to ecstatically cry out that they saw _____.

a)

various villagers, including Goody Good and Goody Osburn, with the Devil

b)

John Proctor sweating like a stallion with a girl behind his house

c)

Giles Corey burn the roof off Proctor’s barn