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The Crucible Final Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Arthur Miller write The Crucible?

a)

He wanted to know more about the Salem Witch Trials.

b)

It is a response to the panic of the "Red Scare".

c)

Eliz Kazan asked him to write it.

d)

The HUAC charged him for Communism.

2.

Where did The Crucible take place?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Maine

c)

New York

d)

Massachusetts

3.

Which of the following is not a conflict in The Crucible?

a)

Reverend Hale vs. Judge Danforth

b)

Giles Corey vs. Rebecca Nurse

c)

Thomas Putnam vs. Giles Corey

d)

John Proctor vs. Himself

4.

During which era did the "Red Scare" occur?

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1980s

5.

In The Crucible, an accused witch can escape execution by:

a)

Confessing to the charge.

b)

Denying the charge.

c)

Hiring a lawyer.

d)

Collecting signatures from friends.

6.

Which of the following was not a Puritan belief?

a)

People were predestined to get into heaven.

b)

Dancing was immoral.

c)

All individuals were born with original sin.

d)

Non-believers were tolerated.

7.

Which of the following is NOT a major theme or subject of The Crucible?

a)

Fear often leads to a loss of reason.

b)

Society feels safer when it can clearly identify an enemy on which to assign blame.

c)

Revenge is a motive for human actions.

d)

Daring to follow one's dreams will lead to happiness.

8.

Elizabeth Proctor condemns herself by:

a)

Collecting poppets.

b)

Cursing Abigail Williams.

c)

Denying her husband's affair.

d)

Confessing to witchcraft.

9.

Giles Corey could not be condemned a wizard and hanged because he:

a)

Confesses.

b)

Shoots himself.

c)

Refuses to answer the charge.

d)

Condemns another.

10.

Besides John Proctor, another dynamic character in The Crucible is:

a)

Abigail

b)

Reverend Hale

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Reverend Parris

11.

True or False: Hale pleads with Proctor to sign his confession.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: The girls are able to get Mary to change her testimony by pretending that they are bewitched by her.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: The two children who suffer from a mysterious illness in Act One are Betty Parris and Mercy Lewis.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or False: John Proctor tears up his signed confession because it will save Elizabeth from death.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or False: Reverend Parris lost his position as a minister soon after Proctor dies.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

True or False: Elizabeth Proctor refuses to influence John one way or the other about signing the confession.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or False: Four years after John's death, Elizabeth Proctor remarried Reverend Hale.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The families of the victims who were executed were given money and land.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False: The witchcraft trials succeeded in breaking the power of theocracy in Massachusetts.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False: The Crucible is historically accurate.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in this life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang!"

a)

Giles Corey

b)

John Proctor

c)

Judge Danforth

d)

Mercy Lewis

22.

"I think she'll wake in time. Pray calm yourselves. I have eleven children and I am twenty-six times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly seasons, and when it come on them they will run the devil bow-legged keeping up with their mischief."

a)

Goody Putnam

b)

Rebecca Nurse

c)

Elizabeth Proctor

d)

Susana Walcott

23.

"I- I cannot tell you how, but I did. I - I heard the other girls screaming, and you, Your Honor, you seemed to believe them, and I - it were only sport in the beginning, sir, but then the whole world cried spirits, spirits, and I - I promise you, Mr. Danforth, I only thought I saw them but I did not."

a)

Abigail Williams

b)

Mercy Lewis

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Ruth Putnam

24.

"He say Parris must be kill! Mr. Parris no goodly man, Mr. Parris mean mean and no gentle man, and he bid me rise out of my bed and cut your throat! But I tell him, 'No! I don't hate that man. I don't want to kill that man.'"

a)

Martha Corey

b)

Rebecca Nurse

c)

Mary Easy

d)

Tituba

25.

"Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you."

a)

Abigail Williams

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Mercy Lewis

d)

Susana Walcott

26.

When the reader or audience knows more about something in the story than a character does

a)

paradox

b)

dramatic irony

c)

allegory

d)

logical fallacy

27.

a layer of meaning that is suggested,not stated, in a text

a)

Ingratiate

b)

Dissemble

c)

subtext

d)

Bewilder

28.

The proper term for addressing a married woman in The Crucible would be:

a)

Bridegroom

b)

Mrs.

c)

Goody

d)

Poppet

29.

a recognizable pattern or repeating idea

a)

archetype

b)

rhythm

c)

symbol

d)

motif

30.

a character who is shown to be very different from another in order to highlight the others' qualities

a)

dynamic

b)

foil

c)

static

d)

round

31.

speaking out about issues in society

a)

subtext

b)

deposition

c)

tweet

d)

social commentary

32.

This character gives Goody Proctor a poppet with a needle in it.

(a)  

33.

This character is a powerful man in the village, but not very well-liked. He supports Parris and seems willing to do anything to acquire more land.

(a)  

34.

This character is the ringleader of the girls and is jealous of Elizabeth Proctor. She tries to use her power in the town to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor and any others who have insulted her in the past.

(a)  

35.

This character is a scholarly preacher from out of town who is called to Salem to rid the town of demonic forces.

(a)  

36.

This character is a respected, pious old woman who has often acted as a midwife and has been a grandmother many times.

(a)  

37.

This character is a very superstitious woman who has lost seven children in childbirth and sends her daughter Ruth to Tituba to conjure the dead.

(a)  

38.

This character is a man who does not like Reverend Parris because he is materialistic; this man also has had "contact" with Abigail.

(a)  

39.

This character is the town preacher who is very concerned with his reputation and what he has.

(a)  

40.

This character is the elderly, fiery man who is tortured for trying to protect a friend.

(a)