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WorksheetsCrucible-Act 2 Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Proctor says “If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent or Abigail?” Who is the “she” referenced in this statement?
TItuba
Goody Osburn
Elizabeth
Mary Warren
What Commandment does Proctor forget?
Thou shall not steal.
Thou shall not take the name of the Lord in vain.
Thou shall not commit adultery.
Thou shalt honor thy father and mother.
Why is Rebecca Nurse arrested?
For stealing money from the church.
For attempting to poison the Deputy Governor's food.
For threatening to kill Rev. Parris.
For murdering the Putnam babies.
In Proctor’s mind, why is it good if Abby charges lechery (adultery) on him?
It will finally be a secret burden lifted from his shoulders.
It will make Abby look bad in front of everyone.
It will probably make Mary Warren look bad, which he is fine with.
All of the options
What is the reason that Proctor gives as to why he thinks Rev. Parris is greedy?
He says that Parris wanted to knock down the church and rebuild a bigger and better one.
He says that Parris wanted golden candlesticks for the altar.
He says that Parris wanted golden trimmed pages for his bible.
He says that Parris wanted new and more fashionable robes for Sunday mass.
Aside from not confessing, why will Goody Osburn hang for the crime of witchcraft?
She was charged with poisoning George Walcott’s milk supply.
She was charged with the murder of several babies in town.
She was charged with not being able to recite her commandments.
She was charged with lying to the court regarding her whereabouts the night the girls went dancing in the woods.
Why might John Proctor be hesitating about going to Salem to tell the truth about Abigail?
He mentions to Elizabeth that he still has feelings for Abigail and he doesn’t know what to do
He says that no one will believe him because he is a farmer
He says that they were alone and she is like a saint now, no one would believe him
He says that he doesn’t want to risk any wrath (anger) from Abigail because she could retaliate and come after Elizabeth
Aside from the fact that she will confess to the crime of witchcraft, what else do we learn about Sarah Good?
She is going to leave Salem and move to Boston once the trials are over.
She is pregnant.
She accuses Rev. Parris of witchcraft.
She had an affair with John Proctor as well.
When John Proctor calls Hale "Pontius Pilate" or Hale’s Biblical story that the Devil was once an angel is an example of what literary device?
Simile
Foreshadowing
Satire
Allusion
Why is Mary Warren suspicious of Goody Osburn?
She came to the Proctor household and mumbled something as she walked away and Mary got sick right after that mumble.
She screamed at Mary Warren one morning when she was walking home from church.
Mary suspects that Goody Osburn has stolen food from the Proctor household when no one was home.
Goody Osburn is best friends with Titbua, who is another suspected witch in town.
What is Mary's motive in giving the "poppet" to Elizabeth in Act II of The Crucible?
She wants to make friends with Elizabeth.
She wants Elizabeth to see her as an innocent girl.
She wants to plant evidence of witchcraft in Elizabeth's house.
She wants to make peace with Elizabeth after disobeying her.
What did Mary Warren do that upset her employers, the Proctors?
She accused Tituba of being a witch.
She disobeyed them and went to Salem.
She cast a spell on Betty.
She had Martha Corey arrested.
Read the following stage directions: ELIZABETH: (quietly–Suddenly, she has lost all faith in him.) Why has she lost faith in John during this particular moment?
She found out that John was alone with Abigail and did not reveal that to Elizabeth.
She found out that John has had an affair with Abigail and was unaware of that until this moment.
She realizes that he has decided to side with Rev. Parris, and she wants the court proceedings to continue.
She understands that because she has been so quiet in the past, John has lost interest in her.
What do the following stage directions imply? (He gets up, goes to her, kisses her. She receives it. With a certain disappointment, he returns to the table.)
They are in a healthy and loving relationship.
John is disappointed because he feels she should have gotten up to kiss him.
Elizabeth is still having a difficult time accepting John’s affections.
They both seem to be filled with anger.
Which statement best describes the relationship of John and Elizabeth Proctor in the opening scene of Act II?
They are deeply in love and share their feelings easily.
They seem not to care about each other.
They seem to care about each other but to be ill at ease and not fully healed.
They are hostile and bitter toward each other.
What is the setting of Act II of The Crucible?
the day after the play opens, at the home of John and Elizabeth Proctor.
Reverend Parris's home, about a week after the accusations of witchcraft have begun.
the Proctors' home, eight days after the girls have begun to accuse people.
the Salem meeting house, just before Abigail's trial.
When Elizabeth tells John "The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you," she means that Proctor
believes everyone judges him.
is too quick to judge himself.
should speak more openly about his thoughts.
knows that she loves him and forgives him.
What do the following stage directions imply? JOHN: “Cider?” ELIZABETH: (with a sense of reprimanding herself for having forgot: “Aye!”
John is a demanding and overbearing husband that requires perfection from his wife.
John is a stereotypical husband that expects his wife to take care of everything for him.
Elizabeth is forgetful and makes many mistakes, even with the smallest tasks.
Elizabeth punishes herself because she fears any mistake she makes could lead to John leaving her.
Read the following passage: PROCTOR: “I have gone tiptoe in this house all seven month since she is gone. I have not moved from there to there without I think to please you and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart.” What is revealed about John’s feelings here?
John feels that he still hasn’t done enough to make Elizabeth happy and forgive him for what he did.
John feels that he physically cannot move anymore because of the guilt that he carries with him.
John feels that his ultimate goal is to live the rest of his life with Elizabeth until they die.
John feels that no matter what he does it will never matter to Elizabeth who remains depressed.
The Proctors initially believe that 14 people have been arrested for witchcraft. When Mary Warren returns home, she tells them that the number is actually -
19
29
39
49
What biblical allusion is referenced when Abigail walks into the courtroom?
Moses walking across the desert.
Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden.
Noah and the Great Flood.
Moses parting the Red Sea.
What things are “suspicious” about Proctor and his family in terms of their “Christian character?
Proctor does not go to church regularly.
Their youngest son has not been baptized.
He could not remember all of the commandments.
All of the above
Proctor believes that Abigail accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft because
Elizabeth treated Abigail harshly.
Abigail wants to punish Proctor for rejecting her.
Abigail fears that Elizabeth will dislike her for seducing Proctor.
Abigail wants to distract attention from the episode in the woods.
Elizabeth tries to make John understand that his affair with Abigail has caused
Abigail to believe that John made a “promise” to be with her forever.
the townspeople to look at John as a deceitful and cruel man.
Mary Warren to feel uncomfortable working in the Proctor household.
John to lose sight of how important his family is to him.
How has Mary Warren progressed from Act I to now in the play?
She is much more timid and scared.
She is much more confident.
She is much weaker than she was.
She is much more violent than she was.
Rev. Hale stops by the Proctor household during Act II. Why?
He has a warrant for the arrest of Elizabeth Proctor.
He has come to see what about any toys or dolls she kept in the house that might be used for witchcraft.
He has come to discuss the level of the Proctors’ faith and religious devotion.
He has come to tell them that Rebecca Nurse is going to jail.
Why is Giles Corey’s wife Martha being charged with witchcraft?
She is suspected of poisoning the milk of a neighbor’s cow.
She is suspected of murdering Goody Putnam’s babies.
She is suspected of cursing a neighbor’s pigs so they all died.
She is suspected of flying over a barn.
What motivates John’s behavior based on this stage direction?
ELIZABETH: “John – I think I might go with them.” (He cannot bear to look at her.)
He knows she has been performing witchcraft and is disgusted by her.
He know that her being arrested is his fault.
He is embarrassed by her behavior.
None of the above
Who said it? “Why that girl is murder! She must be ripped out of the world!”
Abigail
Proctor
Elizabeth
Rev. Hale
“I spy a poppet, Goody Proctor.”
Herrick
Rev. Hale
Rev. Parris
Cheever
“Theology, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small.”
Proctor
Mary Warren
Rev. Hale
Rev. Parris
“There are some that will swear to anything before they’ll hang; have you never thought of that?”
Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
Mary Warren
Rev. Parris
“I cannot charge murder on Abigail…She’ll kill me for saying that!”
Elizabeth Proctor
Rev. Hale
Giles Corey
Mary Warren
“My wife is the very brick and mortar of the church, Mr. Hale.”
Francis Nurse
John Proctor
Thomas Putnam
Giles Corey
“And the wind, God’s icy wind will blow!”
Mary Warren
John Proctor
Rev. Hale
Cheever
