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The Crucible: Act 1 Pop Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as a response to...

a)

McCarthyism

b)

The Vietnam War

c)

The Black Plague

d)

Covid

2.
Where and when does the play take place?
a)
Salem, 1792
b)
Salem, 1692
c)
Boston, 1692
d)
Boston, 1695
3.

Who discovered Abigail and the girls dancing in the woods?

a)

Rev Hale

b)

Rev Parris

c)

John Proctor

d)

Mr. Putnam

4.

Who is from Barbados?

a)

Elizabeth

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Rev. Hale

d)

Tituba

5.

Who found a witch in Beverly last year and is now the expert witch catcher?

a)

Ezekiel Cheever

b)

Rev. Hale

c)

Rev Parris

d)

Thomas Putnam

6.

Who lost 7 babies and only had one survive?

a)

Ann Putnam

b)

Elizabeth Proctor

c)

Rebecca Nurse

d)

Mary Warren

7.

Heathen

a)

a person who does not acknowledge your god.

b)

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

c)

a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue

d)

summon into action or bring into existence

8.

Vindictive

a)

To show great sadness

b)

To want to show kindness toward someone who has wronged you

c)

To speak with anger

d)

Having or showing a strong or unreasonable desire for revenge

9.
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
10.

At the beginning of the play, Betty is...

a)

crying

b)

inert

c)

praying

d)

sick

11.
Parris was more concerned about his reputation with the people of the village than he was about his daughter being sick.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
12.
Betty Parris was
a)
an ill daughter of a Salem minister  
b)
a slave from Barbados
c)
a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season” 
d)
a farmer who had an affair 
13.
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
14.
Tituba 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
15.
Parris is reluctant to tell anyone that Betty may be bewitched because he…
a)
truly does not believe witchcraft exists
b)
fears that his reputation will be destroyed
c)
doesn't want his daughter hanged
d)
loves Halloween too much
16.

What do you call a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one?

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

allocution

d)

allegory

17.

Abominations are done in the forest –

Abominations in this context likely means...

a)

a thing that causes disgust of hatred

b)

fictional character appearing in Marvel comics

c)

something that causes extreme joy

d)

strong feeling of wanting or needing to do something

18.

This predilection for minding other people’s business was time-honored among the people of Salem, and it undoubtedly created many of the suspicions which were to feed the coming madness.

What does predilection mean?

a)

a preference or special liking for something

b)

a reluctant or lack of enthusiasm

c)

being supersititous and believing in witchcraft

d)

dancing in the woods

19.

Wealthy man, angry that his brother-in-law was not chosen to the minister

a)

Giles Corey

b)

Rev. Hale

c)

Thomas Putnam

d)

John Proctor

20.

Abigail is a master of...

a)

dissembling

b)

assembling

c)

knitting

d)

not sleeping with your boss's husband.