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The Crucible (QT3)

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

BONUS!! Why has Hale returned? How has he changed? Why has he changed?

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2.

John Proctor has not gone to church in (a)   months

3.

Why was Abigail Williams fired from being the Proctors' servant? (This question has more than one answer!)

a)

Elizabeth Proctor is a cold and evil woman.

b)

She wasn't fired. She quit on her own.

c)

She wasn't good at her job.

d)

She had an affair with John Proctor.

4.

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.

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5.

What does John Proctor do with his own confession?

a)

He signs it and allows it to be posted on the church door.

b)

He tears it up and renounces it.

c)

He gives it to Elizabeth to burn.

d)

He tries to blackmail Judge Danforth with it.

6.

Why does Reverend Hale try to get the prisoners to confess?

a)

He wants to make sure they go to heaven

b)

Because he wants to trick them and keep them in jail

c)

He knows that if they confess, they will be released from jail

d)

He gets paid when people confess

7.

Very old, extremely respected woman. Thinks the sick children are only in their "silly season."

a)

Elizabeth Proctor

b)

Abigail

c)

Mercy

d)

Rebecca Nurse

8.

Minister from Beverly who found a witch last year

a)

John Proctor

b)

Rev. Hale

c)

Rev. Parris

d)

Giles Corey

9.

What does Reverend Parris say has happened to his niece Abigail?

a)

She was killed by a witch

b)

She has stolen his money and run away

c)

She and John Proctor ran off and got married

d)

Elizabeth beat her up

10.

The Putnam's only living child

a)

Abigail

b)

Ruth

c)

Betty

d)

Mercy

11.

83-year old, hard worker, takes people to court often

a)

Rev. Hale

b)

Giles Corey

c)

Rev. Parris

d)

Thomas Putnam

12.

Which character does Abigail Williams think still in love with her?

a)

John Hale

b)

Giles Corey

c)

John Proctor

d)

Thomas Putnam

13.

In Act I, which character is afflicted (sick with) by a mysterious illness that some suspect to be witchcraft?

a)

Betty Parris

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Reverend John Hale

d)

Mrs. Ann Putnam

14.

Discovered the group of young girls dancing in the forest

a)

Rev. Parris

b)

Thomas Putnam

c)

John Proctor

d)

Rev. Hale

15.

Saw her parents killed by Native Americans

a)

Mary

b)

Abigail

c)

Betty

d)

Mercy

16.

Why is Abigail's reputation in Salem questionable?

a)

because she was fired by Goody Proctor

b)

because she was in the forest dancing

c)

because she is assumed to have had an affair with John Proctor

d)

because she is abusive and slaps her cousin Betty

17.

This picture best represents:

a)

Daft

b)

Bewilder

c)

Lofty

d)

Civil

18.

Sent her daughter to contact her dead siblings spirit

a)

Mercy Lewis

b)

Elizabeth Proctor

c)

Rebecca Nurse

d)

Mrs. Putnam

19.

Took Abigail's place as the Proctor's servant

a)

Mercy

b)

Mary

c)

Ruth

d)

Betty

20.

This picture best represents:

a)

Ingratiate

b)

Begrudge

c)

Paradox

d)

Pretense

21.

What gift does Mary Warren give Elizabeth? What is the role of this gift in this play?

a)

A Needle; an proof for Proctor's Witchcraft at his house

b)

A Napkin: to prove Abigail's innocence

c)

A poppet: an evidence for Elizabeth's involvement in Witchcraft at home

d)

A poppet: an evidence for Marry Warren's witchcraft at the court

22.

In Act IV of The Crucible, why does Parris hope that Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor will confess?

a)

He expects that their confessions will result in the execution of all his enemies.

b)

He thinks that Proctor’s followers will come after him if they do not confess.

c)

He feels that their guilt will confirm the justice of the trials and executions.

d)

He believes that admitting their guilt will save their souls from damnation.

23.

In Act IV of The Crucible, why does Parris urge Elizabeth to go to her husband, who is being taken off to execution?

a)

so that she can show that she believes the death sentence is just

b)

so that she can make a last appeal to the mercy of the judges

c)

so that she can try once more to persuade him to confess

d)

so that she can comfort him in his final moments

24.

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!

a)

The townspeople feel guilty and ashamed for believing the girls’ lies.

b)

The judges and leaders have decided that Parris is an incompetent preacher

c)

The townspeople are outraged that genuinely good people are being executed.

d)

The judges and leaders have received an accusation of witchcraft against Parris.

25.

Part A According to Act IV of The Crucible, which of the following best describes what Hale hopes to accomplish by returning to Salem?

a)

Hale hopes to persuade the court to pardon the condemned prisoners.

b)

Hale hopes to persuade people to confess so that they will not be hanged.

c)

Hale hopes to persuade people to come to God so that their souls will be saved.

d)

Hale hopes to persuade the government to pardon the condemned prisoners.

26.

Niece of Samuel Parris, an orphan, leads girls to accusations, seventeen years old

a)

Abigail Adams

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Abigail Parris

d)

Mercy Lews

27.

From Barbados, first accused of witchcraft, calls out others to try to save herself, she is also a slave

a)

Susanna Walcott

b)

Abigail Williams

c)

Mary Warren

d)

Tituba

28.

Controversial and insecure minister of Salem

a)

Reverend Run DMC

b)

Reverend Samuel Jackson

c)

Reverend Samuel Parrs

d)

Reverend Giles Corey

29.

Betty Parris

a)

10 year old daughter of Tituba

b)

10 year old daughter of Samuel Parris who is one of the first to be "afflicted"

c)

10 year old daughter of Samuel Parris who is a slave

d)

10 year old meek and insecure servant

30.

Proctor's Meek and Insecure servant, friends with Abigail and afflicted

a)

Mercy Lewis

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Abigail Williams

d)

Betty Parris

31.

The protagonist of the play, tragic hero, first to expose the girls

a)

John Deer

b)

John Proctor

c)

Rebecca Nurse

d)

Giles Corey

32.

The Stage directions is the part of the text that is

a)

italicized (slanted)

b)

in bold

c)

was numbers above it

33.

A __________ is a story written to be performed by actors.

a)

drama

b)

character

c)

plot

d)

theme

34.

What event begins the rising action in Act I of The Crucible?

a)

Reverend Hale questions Tituba and the girls about their activities in the woods.

b)

John Proctor appears at the Parris home and rebuffs Abigail's efforts to resume their affair.

c)

Betty has fallen mysteriously ill after she and some other girls were found engaging in apparent rituals in the woods.

d)

Abigail is dismissed from the Proctor household, and Mary Warren takes her place there.

35.

In Act II of The Crucible, when Elizabeth says that the crowd parted for Abigail like the sea for Israel, she makes

a)

a bigoted joke.

b)

an allusion to the Bible.

c)

a comparison to politics.

d)

eventual trouble for Abigail.

36.

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?

a)

He believes that it is an unjust commandment.

b)

He has a guilty conscience.

c)

He is afraid of revealing his own sin.

d)

He has never properly learned the commandments.

37.

What is Proctor's main purpose in bringing Mary Warren to court in Act III of The Crucible?

a)

to discredit Reverend Parris

b)

to demonstrate the illegality of the court's proceedings

c)

to save his wife from condemnation

d)

to strengthen her character

38.

The climax in Act IV of The Crucible occurs when

a)

Parris reveals that Abigail Williams has disappeared.

b)

Proctor decides to confess to witchcraft.

c)

Elizabeth Proctor is brought into the cell.

d)

Proctor refuses to sign the confession.

39.

At the end of The Crucible, what happens to John Proctor?

a)

He kills himself.

b)

He escapes.

c)

He is hanged.

d)

He is freed.

40.

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?

a)

vengeance

b)

the Devil

c)

irrationality

d)

Reverend Parris