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The Crucible Test Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 In what year do the Salem witch trials take place?

a)

1550

b)

1692

c)

1730

d)

1950

2.

Why does Abigail Williams live with Reverend Parris?

a)

She is an orphaned relative of his.        

b)

She is his maid.   

c)

She is his daughter.

d)

She is Betty’s best friend.

3.

What inspired Arthur Miller to write The Crucible?

a)

. Communist trials in the 1950s in America

b)

His involvement in World War II.

c)

His commitment to defending religion.        

d)

His marriage to Marilyn Monroe.

4.

Which of the following did NOT happen in the play?

a)

The Putnams and Nurses had problems with each other.

b)

 Reverend Parris left a business in Barbados to minister in Salem.

c)

Thomas Putnam later publicly apologized for his part in the hangings.

d)

Reverend Hale returned to Salem on his own with no connection to the court.

5.

In what nearby town have the people overthrown the courts because they are     tired of witchcraft proceedings?

a)

boston

b)

Beverly

c)

Andover

d)

Plymouth

6.

The Crucible is set in the state of

a)

Rhode Island         

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Vermont

d)

Maine         

7.

Which of the following people does NOT change during the play?

a)

John Proctor     

b)

Judge Danforth     

c)

Reverend Parris    

d)

Reverend Hale

8.

When Abigail is blamed for witchcraft early in the play, whom does she say is really responsible for witchcraft dealings?

a)

Betty Parris         

b)

Marry Warren         

c)

 Tituba         

d)

Reverend Hale

9.

Who does NOT get arrested for witchcraft in the play?

a)

Martha Corey

b)

Mary Warren      

c)

John Proctor        

d)

Rebecca Nurse        

10.

Which of the following sequence shows the correct setting for Acts 1 through 4?

a)

Parris’s house, courtroom, Proctor’s house, jail

b)

Parris’s house, Proctor’s house, courtroom, jail

c)

Parris’s house, forest, Proctor’s house, courtroom

d)

Forest, Proctor’s house, jail, courtroom

11.

Which character in the play does NOT lie?

 

a)

Mary Warren

b)

Reverend Parris

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Rebecca Nurse

12.

Which of the following does NOT concern Reverend Parris?

a)

his salary

b)

the townspeople’s opinion of him

c)

possibly losing his job  

d)

all of these situations in A, B, and C concern him.

13.

Who was the first person to name witches in Salem?

 

a)

Tituba

b)

Abigail   

c)

Mercy

d)

Betty

14.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

 

a)

Abigail stole money from Reverend Parris.

b)

Thomas Putnam is a very wealthy man.

c)

Reverend Hale quit the court but came back to help the accused.

d)

Danforth became mayor of Salem because of the respect he gained.

15.

 Which of the following evidence is not provided by John, Giles, and Francis in the   court?

a)

Names of people who testify that their wives are upright women.

b)

Mary Warren’s deposition that she and the girls are faking seeing spirits.

c)

Betty Parris’s testimony that Abigail threatened the girls to lie.

d)

Giles Corey’s evidence that Thomas Putnam is accusing people so that he             can buy their forfeited land.

16.

What does the word crucible mean?

a)

a test or trial

b)

cleansing or purifying

c)

a state of madness

d)

both A and C

17.

Which of the following actions is the climax of the play?

a)

John Proctor confesses his adultery to the court.

b)

ohn Proctor argues with Thomas Putnam over land.

c)

John Proctor rips his signed confession.

d)

John Proctor is arrested for bewitching Mary Warren.

18.

Which of the following is an example of irony in the play?

a)

John Proctor forgets the commandment on adultery.

b)

Abigail Williams leaves Salem on a ship bound for Boston.

c)

Mary Warren makes Elizabeth Proctor a doll.

d)

John Proctor finds out Elizabeth is pregnant after her arrest

19.

Which is NOT a conflict in the play?

a)

man verses man

b)

man verses self   

c)

man verses society

d)

man verses nature

20.

Cheever finds several dolls in Elizabeth Proctor’s house when he investigated.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

Reverend Parris asks John Proctor to recite his Ten Commandments to test John.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Judge Danforth refuses to pardon anyone. The only way he will pardon those   convicted of witchery from hanging is to confess to witchcraft.

a)

true

b)

false

23.

Giles takes people to court a lot – 33 times in his life to be exact.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Ann Putnam sent her daughter Ruth to Tituba to conjure up Ruth’s dead siblings.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

Mary Warren is not swayed by others during the play. She stands firm on her conviction.

a)

true

b)

false

26.

Judge Danforth and Reverend Parris never doubt the girls’ accusations and sincerity.

a)

true

b)

false

27.

Elizabeth Proctor does not hang for witchcraft because she confessed to bewitching the girls and was pardoned.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

Francis Nurse tries to control Reverend Parris because Francis has the most money in the town of Salem.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

Rebecca Nurse refused to confess to witchcraft

a)

true

b)

false

30.

Abigail intentionally frames Elizabeth Proctor for witchcraft by sneaking into the Proctor house and planting a voodoo doll there.

a)

true

b)

false

31.

People in town throw a knife in Reverend Parris’s door as a threatening warning to Parris.

a)

true

b)

false

32.

 In the written play, Abigail visits John Proctor in jail and tries to persuade him to leave town with her.

a)

true

b)

false

33.

Mary Warren changes from an obedient servant girl to an outspoken and defiant one.

a)

true

b)

false

34.

 Elizabeth tries to get Abigail accused of witchcraft in order to end the accusations.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

. Reverend Hale cannot be convinced that the girls are frauds.

a)

true

b)

false

36.

When Abby was fired from her job in the Proctor home, Mary Warren replaced her.

a)

true

b)

false

37.

All but one of Rebecca Nurse’s children died shortly after childbirth.

a)

true

b)

false

38.

.Elizabeth tells John to make his own decision about whether he should confess to   witchcraft or not.

a)

true

b)

false

39.

. Abigail turns on Mary in the courtroom and claims that Mary’s spirit is in the form   of a bird. The other girls claim Mary’s spirit is making them cold.

a)

true

b)

false