WorksheetsThe Crucible: ACT 2 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is the setting of Act II?
The Salem meeting house after Betty speaks
The Proctor's house a day after the the play opens
The Proctor's house 8 days after the girls' accusations
Reverend Parris's home a week after the witchcraft accusations
Based on John and Elizabeth's remarks, what will happen to the two of them as the hysteria deepens?
They will turn on each other
They will turn on their friends
They will support each other
They will lose faith in God
Which statement best describes the Proctor's relationship at the beginning of Act II?
They are deeply in love and share their feelings easily
They seem not to care about each other
They seem to care about each other but are ill at ease and not fully reconciled
They are hostile and bitter toward each other
When Elizabeth tells John "The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you," she means that Proctor...
carries the knowledge of his own guilt
is too quick to judge himself
should speak more openly about his thoughts
knows that she loves him and forgives him
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...
irrational
hypocritical
cowardly
rash
What is Mary's motive in giving the "poppet" to Elizabeth?
She wants to make friends with Elizabeth
She wants Elizabeth to see her as an innocent girl
She wants to plant evidence of witchcraft in Elizabeth's house
She wants to make peace with Elizabeth after disobeying her
Why does John Proctor forget to mention the commandment forbidding adultery when Hale questions his knowledge of the Ten Commandments?
He has a guilty conscience
He never learned his commandments properly
He believes that it is an unjust commandment
He is afraid of revealing his own sin
Proctor believes that Abigail accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft because...
Elizabeth treated Abigail harshly
Abigail wants to punish Proctor for rejecting her
Abigail fears that Elizabeth will denounce her for seducing Proctor
Abigail wants to distract attention from the episode in the woods
How does Mary Warren show power?
She is better than a slave.
She acts as a witness to the witch trials in court.
She sews a doll for Elizabeth Proctor.
She screams and shouts when she doesn't get her way.
John Proctor does not like Reverend Parris because he feels that he cares more about money than God.
True
False
What does Elizabeth ask John to do?
She wants John to go and tell Cheever that Abigail told him that witchcraft has nothing to do with the chaos in Salem.
She wants John to go and tell Cheever that Abigail is innocent of any wrongdoing.
She wants John to go and tell Cheever that Abigail is the cause of the chaos in Salem.
She wants John to go and tell Cheever that Abigail is a witch and must be punished.
What can you infer about Hale's advise to Proctor to baptize his child and go to church regularly because
He doesn't want him to be accused of witchcraft
He wants him to give money to the church
He fears that the child will be tormented by witches
He wants him to get along with Reverend Parris
What strange gift does Mary Warren give Elizabeth?
a needle
a pie
a poppet
a new dress
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.
True
False
What does Elizabeth realize when she finds out that she has been accused?
Abigail wants her dead so she can have John all to herself
Elizabeth realizes that she is innocent and must prove it.
Elizabeth realizes that Abigail is jealous of her relationship with John.
Elizabeth realizes that she must flee the town to avoid punishment.
