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The Crucible Act IV

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What lesson did Elizabeth Proctor learn during her three-month imprisonment?

a)

One should not judge human frailty too harshly.

b)

All people carry the seeds of evil within themselves.

c)

There are no meaningful standards of right and wrong.

d)

Human beings cannot be held responsible for their actions.

2.

Personal honor determines one’s self-worth is reflected when...

a)

When John yells, "I want my life."

b)

When John is asked if he knows anyone else who has compacted with the devil.

c)

When John Proctor’s tear up the confession.

d)

Convincing the judge that he was being honest.

3.

When John said, "I want my life!" what does he mean?

a)

He is afraid to die.

b)

He wants to go home.

c)

He wants his unborn baby to be healthy so he wants to take the place of his wife Elizabeth.

d)

He is going to confess so he can go home and be with his family.

4.

A gibbet is defined as a(n)...

a)

debate or Argument.

b)

remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

c)

gallows

d)

Unwilling or unable to believe something.

5.

What word is defined as: (of a person) with the mouth wide open, especially showing surprise or shock.

a)

Beguile

b)

Agape

c)

Prodigious

d)

Sibilance

6.

Unwilling or unable to believe something defines

a)

Incredulous

b)

Prodigious

c)

Disputation

d)

Beguile

7.

Realism is a story that can be interpreted on both a literal and a symbolic level.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Act I, line 273: “There is either

obedience or the church will burn

like Hell is burning.” is an example of

a)

Realism

b)

Allegory

c)

Literary Meaning

d)

Biblical Allusions

9.

A symbolic meaning

a)

Takes the story at its face value.

b)

Invented for the purposes of fiction.

c)

Uses the same characters and story events as stand-ins to tell a second, usually more abstract and elemental story.

d)

References to people, situations, and text from the Bible

10.

Sibilance is defined as

a)

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

b)

The action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge.

c)

Unwilling or unable to believe something.

d)

A hissing quality of sound, or the hissing sound itself.