WorksheetsThe Crucible Act IV
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What lesson did Elizabeth Proctor learn during her three-month imprisonment?
One should not judge human frailty too harshly.
All people carry the seeds of evil within themselves.
There are no meaningful standards of right and wrong.
Human beings cannot be held responsible for their actions.
Personal honor determines one’s self-worth is reflected when...
When John yells, "I want my life."
When John is asked if he knows anyone else who has compacted with the devil.
When John Proctor’s tear up the confession.
Convincing the judge that he was being honest.
When John said, "I want my life!" what does he mean?
He is afraid to die.
He wants to go home.
He wants his unborn baby to be healthy so he wants to take the place of his wife Elizabeth.
He is going to confess so he can go home and be with his family.
A gibbet is defined as a(n)...
debate or Argument.
remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
gallows
Unwilling or unable to believe something.
What word is defined as: (of a person) with the mouth wide open, especially showing surprise or shock.
Beguile
Agape
Prodigious
Sibilance
Unwilling or unable to believe something defines
Incredulous
Prodigious
Disputation
Beguile
Realism is a story that can be interpreted on both a literal and a symbolic level.
True
False
Act I, line 273: “There is either
obedience or the church will burn
like Hell is burning.” is an example of
Realism
Allegory
Literary Meaning
Biblical Allusions
A symbolic meaning
Takes the story at its face value.
Invented for the purposes of fiction.
Uses the same characters and story events as stand-ins to tell a second, usually more abstract and elemental story.
References to people, situations, and text from the Bible
Sibilance is defined as
Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
The action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge.
Unwilling or unable to believe something.
A hissing quality of sound, or the hissing sound itself.
