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The Crucible Act I & II Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote The Crucible?

a)

John Proctor

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Arthur Miller

d)

Arthur Shakespeare

2.

Who is said to be bewitched at the very beginning of the play?

a)

Ruth

b)

Sarah Good

c)

Abygail

d)

Betty

3.

What were the girls doing in the woods, when Rev. Parris found them?

a)

eating

b)

dancing

c)

singing

d)

doing Mr. Briones' homework

4.

Who was first blamed for practicing witchcraft?

a)

Ruth

b)

Tituba

c)

Abygail

d)

Betty

5.

Rev. Parris is afraid that his __________ will be tarnished.

a)

reputation

b)

soup

c)

paintings

d)

yearbook picture

6.

Tituba is from__________.

a)

Jamaica

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Barbados

d)

McAllen

7.

Who is this?

a)

Rev. Hale

b)

Rev. Parris

c)

Rev. Putnam

d)

Rev. Briones

8.

Which character is brought in from the nearby town of Beverly to assess the possibility of supernatural forces (witches) afflicting the community?

a)

Rev. John Hale

b)

Francis Nurse

c)

Giles Corey

d)

Rev. Parris

9.

Which character replaced Abygail in the Proctor household?

a)

Mary Abygail

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Mary Jacobs

d)

Mary Ruth

10.

The girls most likely lied and pretended to be possessed because:

a)

Tituba threatened to harm them if they told the truth.

b)

They truly believed that witches had taken control of them.

c)

They did not want to get in trouble for engaging in questionable behavior in the woods

d)

They were under Tituba's spell.

11.

Why does John Proctor say that he does not like going to church anymore?

a)

The church is full of witches

b)

He doesn't want to see Abigail

c)

He is too busy working

d)

Rev. Parris only talks about fire and brimstone

12.

Who is at the bottom of the Salem social hierarchy?

a)

Abigail

b)

Tituba

c)

Mrs. Putnam

d)

Elizabeth

13.

What did John Proctor forbid Mary Warren from doing?

a)

Cooking dinner

b)

Being friends with Abigail

c)

Making a poppet

d)

Going to Salem

14.

What is the main source of tension between John and Elizabeth?

a)

Raising their children

b)

Going to church

c)

His affair with Abigail

d)

Money

15.

What is the setting of Act II?

a)

The Proctors’ home, eight days after the girls have begun to accuse people

b)

The following day at the home of John and Elizabeth Proctor

c)

The Salem meeting house, just before Abigail’s trial

d)

Rev. Parris’s home, about a week after the accusations of witchcraft have begun

16.

When Elizabeth says to Proctor, “The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you,” she means that Proctor

a)

Carries the knowledge of his own guilt

b)

Is too quick to judge himself

c)

Should speak more openly about his thoughts

d)

Knows that she loves him and forgives him

17.

In Act II of The Crucible, what is most clearly Reverend Hale’s reason for visiting the Proctors?

a)

He wants to gather information about the Proctors to make his personal evaluation of them.

b)

He wants to find evidence in order to exonerate Elizabeth from witchcraft charges.

c)

He comes to warn Elizabeth that she has been officially charged by the court.

d)

He is required to visit as an authority of the court.

18.

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

19.

When Hale appears at the Proctors’ door in Act II of The Crucible, he is described as “different now—drawn a little, and there is a quality of deference, even of guilt, about his manner now.” What internal conflict accounts for this change?

a)

He feels guilty for allowing events in Salem to spiral out of control.

b)

He feels guilty for the desire he has for Abigail.

c)

He no longer believes in witchcraft but must proceed anyway.

d)

He fears that he himself may be at risk of an accusation of witchcraft.

20.
Who accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft?
a)
Mary Warren
b)
Abigail Williams
c)
Reverend John Hale
d)
John Proctor
21.
What did Mary Warren give Elizabeth?
a)
A Poppet
b)
Spring flowers
c)
Fresh baked bread from town
d)
A new apron
22.
What is "suspicious" about Proctor and his family?
a)
Proctor doesn't get along with most of the church members
b)
They don't attend church regularly
c)
John hates Reverend Parris
d)
Proctor works too much.
23.
Why has Mary Warren been going to Salem rather than working at the Proctor farm?
a)
She is being paid to clean the meetinghouse.
b)
She is running errands for the Proctor family.
c)
She must care for her sick mother.
d)
She is an official of the court.
24.
What is significant about the commandment that Proctor forgets?
a)
It's also the rule of the witches.
b)
It's the one he has broken.
c)
It's the easiest to remember.
d)
It's the only one in which he believes.
25.
What was Rebecca Nurse charged with?
a)
Blasphemy.
b)
Denying the authority of the court.
c)
Cursing Walcott so he can't keep a pig alive.
d)
Murdering the Putnams' babies.
26.
When Mary says that the crowd parted for Abigail like the sea parted for Israel, she is making:
a)
A comparison to politics
b)
An allusion to the Bible
c)
trouble for Abigail
d)
a cruel joke
27.
In Act II, Rebecca Nurse is charged, and Hale is troubled. What does he intend to point out with the allusion to the story that the Devil was once an angel?
An hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in heaven.
a)
He means to show that people sometimes change as they get older.
b)
He means to show that even beauty is no indicator of goodness.
c)
He means to show that the Devil can even deceive God.
d)
He means means to show that no one knows God's will.
28.
Proctor believes that Abigail accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft because:
a)
Elizabeth treated Abigail harshly.
b)
Abigail wants to punish Proctor for rejecting her.
c)
Abigail fears that Elizabeth will denounce her for seducing Proctor.
d)
Abigail wants to distract attention from the episode in the woods. 
29.
If you do something avidly, you do it:
a)
eagerly
b)
shamefully
c)
quickly 
d)
reluctantly
30.
Which of the following would most likely want to ameliorate conditions of injustice?
a)
a cruel dictator
b)
a fierce warrior
c)
a greedy banker
d)
a social reformer