WorksheetsThe Crucible (QT3)
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
BONUS!! Why has Hale returned? How has he changed? Why has he changed?
John Proctor has not gone to church in (a) months
Why was Abigail Williams fired from being the Proctors' servant? (This question has more than one answer!)
Elizabeth Proctor is a cold and evil woman.
She wasn't fired. She quit on her own.
She wasn't good at her job.
She had an affair with John Proctor.
BONUS!! What is one of the overall themes of the play, The Crucible? Explain why this is one of the themes with examples from the text.
What does John Proctor do with his own confession?
He signs it and allows it to be posted on the church door.
He tears it up and renounces it.
He gives it to Elizabeth to burn.
He tries to blackmail Judge Danforth with it.
Why does Reverend Hale try to get the prisoners to confess?
He wants to make sure they go to heaven
Because he wants to trick them and keep them in jail
He knows that if they confess, they will be released from jail
He gets paid when people confess
Very old, extremely respected woman. Thinks the sick children are only in their "silly season."
Elizabeth Proctor
Abigail
Mercy
Rebecca Nurse
Minister from Beverly who found a witch last year
John Proctor
Rev. Hale
Rev. Parris
Giles Corey
What does Reverend Parris say has happened to his niece Abigail?
She was killed by a witch
She has stolen his money and run away
She and John Proctor ran off and got married
Elizabeth beat her up
The Putnam's only living child
Abigail
Ruth
Betty
Mercy
83-year old, hard worker, takes people to court often
Rev. Hale
Giles Corey
Rev. Parris
Thomas Putnam
Which character does Abigail Williams think still in love with her?
John Hale
Giles Corey
John Proctor
Thomas Putnam
In Act I, which character is afflicted (sick with) by a mysterious illness that some suspect to be witchcraft?
Betty Parris
Abigail Williams
Reverend John Hale
Mrs. Ann Putnam
Discovered the group of young girls dancing in the forest
Rev. Parris
Thomas Putnam
John Proctor
Rev. Hale
Saw her parents killed by Native Americans
Mary
Abigail
Betty
Mercy
Why is Abigail's reputation in Salem questionable?
because she was fired by Goody Proctor
because she was in the forest dancing
because she is assumed to have had an affair with John Proctor
because she is abusive and slaps her cousin Betty
This picture best represents:
Daft
Bewilder
Lofty
Civil
Sent her daughter to contact her dead siblings spirit
Mercy Lewis
Elizabeth Proctor
Rebecca Nurse
Mrs. Putnam
Took Abigail's place as the Proctor's servant
Mercy
Mary
Ruth
Betty
This picture best represents:
Ingratiate
Begrudge
Paradox
Pretense
What gift does Mary Warren give Elizabeth? What is the role of this gift in this play?
A Needle; an proof for Proctor's Witchcraft at his house
A Napkin: to prove Abigail's innocence
A poppet: an evidence for Elizabeth's involvement in Witchcraft at home
A poppet: an evidence for Marry Warren's witchcraft at the court
In Act IV of The Crucible, why does Parris hope that Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor will confess?
He expects that their confessions will result in the execution of all his enemies.
He thinks that Proctor’s followers will come after him if they do not confess.
He feels that their guilt will confirm the justice of the trials and executions.
He believes that admitting their guilt will save their souls from damnation.
In Act IV of The Crucible, why does Parris urge Elizabeth to go to her husband, who is being taken off to execution?
so that she can show that she believes the death sentence is just
so that she can make a last appeal to the mercy of the judges
so that she can try once more to persuade him to confess
so that she can comfort him in his final moments
Read the following speech from Act IV of The Crucible.
Parris: Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house—a dagger clattered to the ground.… You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me. I dare not step outside at night!
The townspeople feel guilty and ashamed for believing the girls’ lies.
The judges and leaders have decided that Parris is an incompetent preacher
The townspeople are outraged that genuinely good people are being executed.
The judges and leaders have received an accusation of witchcraft against Parris.
Part A According to Act IV of The Crucible, which of the following best describes what Hale hopes to accomplish by returning to Salem?
Hale hopes to persuade the court to pardon the condemned prisoners.
Hale hopes to persuade people to confess so that they will not be hanged.
Hale hopes to persuade people to come to God so that their souls will be saved.
Hale hopes to persuade the government to pardon the condemned prisoners.
Niece of Samuel Parris, an orphan, leads girls to accusations, seventeen years old
Abigail Adams
Abigail Williams
Abigail Parris
Mercy Lews
From Barbados, first accused of witchcraft, calls out others to try to save herself, she is also a slave
Susanna Walcott
Abigail Williams
Mary Warren
Tituba
Controversial and insecure minister of Salem
Reverend Run DMC
Reverend Samuel Jackson
Reverend Samuel Parrs
Reverend Giles Corey
Betty Parris
10 year old daughter of Tituba
10 year old daughter of Samuel Parris who is one of the first to be "afflicted"
10 year old daughter of Samuel Parris who is a slave
10 year old meek and insecure servant
Proctor's Meek and Insecure servant, friends with Abigail and afflicted
Mercy Lewis
Mary Warren
Abigail Williams
Betty Parris
The protagonist of the play, tragic hero, first to expose the girls
John Deer
John Proctor
Rebecca Nurse
Giles Corey
The Stage directions is the part of the text that is
italicized (slanted)
in bold
was numbers above it
A __________ is a story written to be performed by actors.
drama
character
plot
theme
What event begins the rising action in Act I of The Crucible?
Reverend Hale questions Tituba and the girls about their activities in the woods.
John Proctor appears at the Parris home and rebuffs Abigail's efforts to resume their affair.
Betty has fallen mysteriously ill after she and some other girls were found engaging in apparent rituals in the woods.
Abigail is dismissed from the Proctor household, and Mary Warren takes her place there.
In Act II of The Crucible, when Elizabeth says that the crowd parted for Abigail like the sea for Israel, she makes
a bigoted joke.
an allusion to the Bible.
a comparison to politics.
eventual trouble for Abigail.
In Act II of The Crucible, why does John Proctor forget to mention the commandment forbidding adultery when Hale questions his knowledge of the Ten Commandments?
He believes that it is an unjust commandment.
He has a guilty conscience.
He is afraid of revealing his own sin.
He has never properly learned the commandments.
What is Proctor's main purpose in bringing Mary Warren to court in Act III of The Crucible?
to discredit Reverend Parris
to demonstrate the illegality of the court's proceedings
to save his wife from condemnation
to strengthen her character
The climax in Act IV of The Crucible occurs when
Parris reveals that Abigail Williams has disappeared.
Proctor decides to confess to witchcraft.
Elizabeth Proctor is brought into the cell.
Proctor refuses to sign the confession.
At the end of The Crucible, what happens to John Proctor?
He kills himself.
He escapes.
He is hanged.
He is freed.
In Act II of The Crucible, John Proctor claims to know the source of all the problems in Salem. Whom or what does he blame?
vengeance
the Devil
irrationality
Reverend Parris
