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The Crucible: ACT 2 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the setting of Act II?

a)

The Salem meeting house after Betty speaks

b)

The Proctor's house a day after the the play opens

c)

The Proctor's house 8 days after the girls' accusations

d)

Reverend Parris's home a week after the witchcraft accusations

2.

Based on John and Elizabeth's remarks, what will happen to the two of them as the hysteria deepens?

a)

They will turn on each other

b)

They will turn on their friends

c)

They will support each other

d)

They will lose faith in God

3.

Which statement best describes the Proctor's relationship at the beginning of Act II?

a)

They are deeply in love and share their feelings easily

b)

They seem not to care about each other

c)

They seem to care about each other but are ill at ease and not fully reconciled

d)

They are hostile and bitter toward each other

4.

When Elizabeth tells John "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

5.

When John Proctor tells Mary Warren "It's strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women," he implies that Mary's behavior is...

a)

irrational

b)

hypocritical

c)

cowardly

d)

rash

6.

What is Mary's motive in giving the "poppet" to Elizabeth?

a)

She wants to make friends with Elizabeth

b)

She wants Elizabeth to see her as an innocent girl

c)

She wants to plant evidence of witchcraft in Elizabeth's house

d)

She wants to make peace with Elizabeth after disobeying her

7.

Why does John Proctor forget to mention the commandment forbidding adultery when Hale questions his knowledge of the Ten Commandments?

a)

He has a guilty conscience

b)

He never learned his commandments properly

c)

He believes that it is an unjust commandment

d)

He is afraid of revealing his own sin

8.

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

9.

How does Mary Warren show power?

a)

She is better than a slave.

b)

She acts as a witness to the witch trials in court.

c)

She sews a doll for Elizabeth Proctor.

d)

She screams and shouts when she doesn't get her way.

10.

John Proctor does not like Reverend Parris because he feels that he cares more about money than God.

a)

True

b)

False

11.
Why does Reverend Hale go to the Proctors' house in Act 2?
a)
to accuse Elizabeth of being a witch
b)
to tell them he knows that Abigail is lying
c)
to see if they're both good Christians
d)
to read Bible verses to them
12.

What does Elizabeth ask John to do?

a)

She wants John to go and tell Cheever that Abigail told him that witchcraft has nothing to do with the chaos in Salem.

b)

She wants John to go and tell Cheever that Abigail is innocent of any wrongdoing.

c)

She wants John to go and tell Cheever that Abigail is the cause of the chaos in Salem.

d)

She wants John to go and tell Cheever that Abigail is a witch and must be punished.

13.

What can you infer about Hale's advise to Proctor to baptize his child and go to church regularly because

a)

He doesn't want him to be accused of witchcraft

b)

He wants him to give money to the church

c)

He fears that the child will be tormented by witches

d)

He wants him to get along with Reverend Parris

14.

What strange gift does Mary Warren give Elizabeth?

a)

a needle

b)

a pie

c)

a poppet

d)

a new dress

15.

True or False: Mary Warren does not want to charge Abigail because she is afraid that Abigail will turn all of the girls on her.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What does Elizabeth realize when she finds out that she has been accused?

a)

Abigail wants her dead so she can have John all to herself

b)

Elizabeth realizes that she is innocent and must prove it.

c)

Elizabeth realizes that Abigail is jealous of her relationship with John.

d)

Elizabeth realizes that she must flee the town to avoid punishment.

17.
Why does Elizabeth immediately returns to distrust of her husband after their argument? 
a)
He said he was alone with Abigail 
b)
He told her he still had feelings for Abigail 
c)
He said he may believe there are witches 
d)
He said he is in love with Mary Warren 
18.
What does Giles Corey appear in the doorway of the Proctor home and claim? 
a)
they arrested Martha as a witch 
b)
they were going to arrest John 
c)
they are after him for being a witch 
d)
he saw aliens in his field
19.
Reverend Parris went to save Abigail at dinner and found: 
a)
a needle in the flesh of her belly 
b)
her choking on her food 
c)
her list of people she wants to accuse 
d)
her diary about John Proctor 
20.
In the closing of Act 2, who is Proctor's only hope to save his wife and maintain his own reputation? 
a)
Mary Warren 
b)
Giles Corey 
c)
Reverend Hale 
d)
Judge Danforth