WorksheetsThe Crucible Final Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 25mins
Why did Arthur Miller write The Crucible?
He wanted to know more about the Salem Witch Trials.
It is a response to the panic of the "Red Scare".
Eliz Kazan asked him to write it.
The HUAC charged him for Communism.
Where did The Crucible take place?
Rhode Island
Maine
New York
Massachusetts
Which of the following is not a conflict in The Crucible?
Reverend Hale vs. Judge Danforth
Giles Corey vs. Rebecca Nurse
Thomas Putnam vs. Giles Corey
John Proctor vs. Himself
During which era did the "Red Scare" occur?
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
In The Crucible, an accused witch can escape execution by:
Confessing to the charge.
Denying the charge.
Hiring a lawyer.
Collecting signatures from friends.
Which of the following was not a Puritan belief?
People were predestined to get into heaven.
Dancing was immoral.
All individuals were born with original sin.
Non-believers were tolerated.
Which of the following is NOT a major theme or subject of The Crucible?
Fear often leads to a loss of reason.
Society feels safer when it can clearly identify an enemy on which to assign blame.
Revenge is a motive for human actions.
Daring to follow one's dreams will lead to happiness.
Elizabeth Proctor condemns herself by:
Collecting poppets.
Cursing Abigail Williams.
Denying her husband's affair.
Confessing to witchcraft.
Giles Corey could not be condemned a wizard and hanged because he:
Confesses.
Shoots himself.
Refuses to answer the charge.
Condemns another.
Besides John Proctor, another dynamic character in The Crucible is:
Abigail
Reverend Hale
Mary Warren
Reverend Parris
True or False: Hale pleads with Proctor to sign his confession.
True
False
True or False: The girls are able to get Mary to change her testimony by pretending that they are bewitched by her.
True
False
True or False: The two children who suffer from a mysterious illness in Act One are Betty Parris and Mercy Lewis.
True
False
True or False: John Proctor tears up his signed confession because it will save Elizabeth from death.
True
False
True or False: Reverend Parris lost his position as a minister soon after Proctor dies.
True
False
True or False: Elizabeth Proctor refuses to influence John one way or the other about signing the confession.
True
False
True or False: Four years after John's death, Elizabeth Proctor remarried Reverend Hale.
True
False
The families of the victims who were executed were given money and land.
True
False
True or False: The witchcraft trials succeeded in breaking the power of theocracy in Massachusetts.
True
False
True or False: The Crucible is historically accurate.
True
False
"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!"
Giles Corey
John Proctor
Judge Danforth
Mercy Lewis
"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."
Goody Putnam
Rebecca Nurse
Elizabeth Proctor
Susana Walcott
"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."
Abigail Williams
Mercy Lewis
Mary Warren
Ruth Putnam
"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.'"
Martha Corey
Rebecca Nurse
Mary Easy
Tituba
"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."
Abigail Williams
Mary Warren
Mercy Lewis
Susana Walcott
When the reader or audience knows more about something in the story than a character does
paradox
dramatic irony
allegory
logical fallacy
a layer of meaning that is suggested,not stated, in a text
Ingratiate
Dissemble
subtext
Bewilder
The proper term for addressing a married woman in The Crucible would be:
Bridegroom
Mrs.
Goody
Poppet
a recognizable pattern or repeating idea
archetype
rhythm
symbol
motif
a character who is shown to be very different from another in order to highlight the others' qualities
dynamic
foil
static
round
speaking out about issues in society
subtext
deposition
tweet
social commentary
This character gives Goody Proctor a poppet with a needle in it.
(a)
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)
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)
This character is a scholarly preacher from out of town who is called to Salem to rid the town of demonic forces.
(a)
This character is a respected, pious old woman who has often acted as a midwife and has been a grandmother many times.
(a)
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)
This character is a man who does not like Reverend Parris because he is materialistic; this man also has had "contact" with Abigail.
(a)
This character is the town preacher who is very concerned with his reputation and what he has.
(a)
This character is the elderly, fiery man who is tortured for trying to protect a friend.
(a)
