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WorksheetsThe Crucible Act One Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who is the reverend of Salem?
Hale
Putnam
Proctor
Parris
Who is the Caribbean slave blamed for conjuring spirits?
Rebecca Nurse
Abigail Parris
Tituba
Pocahantas
Who is the man who is trying to take everyone's land?
John Proctor
Reverend Parris
Thomas Putnam
tGiles Corey
Who is the man who often takes his fellow community members to court?
Giles Corey
Thomas Putnam
John Proctor
Reverend Parris
What kind of government have they created in Salem?
theocracy
bureaucracy
democracy
monarchy
Why is Reverend Parris angry at Abigail at the beginning of the play?
She will not cook for the family.
She tried to poison Betty.
She is planning to move out.
She was dancing in the woods.
What is happening to Betty Parris at the beginning of the play?
She is in bed not waking up.
She is very hungry.
She is dancing around the house.
She is fighting with her father.
Who is Reverend Hale?
The man who investigates witchcraft
The new minister of Salem
The Parris' new neighbor
The new school teacher
Why does Abigail accuse Tituba of witchcraft?
She does not like her.
She knows that no one would believe Tituba could be a witch.
She is trying to save herself from getting in trouble.
She has been bewritched to say this.
Why does Tituba confess to witchcraft?
She is a witch.
She will not get in as much trouble if she does this.
She wants to scare people so they listen to her.
She lies all the time.
A manipulative girl with a habit of lying.
Tituba
Abigail Williams
Ann Putnam
Betty Parris
Act One ending with the outcry of the girls naming names of witches suggests that:
They have gone mad.
They have finally turned away from the Devil and toward God.
No one is safe from accusations of witchcraft.
All of the above.
Thomas Putnam harbors grudges against the Nurses for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
The Nurses owned land he maintained belonged to his family.
The Nurses refused to help tend to his sick children.
The Nurses improved their status by acquiring more land.
The Nurses worked to keep Putnam's relative from becoming Salem's minister.
Rebecca's purpose in the play is mainly:
to highlight the conflict between her husband and Thomas Putnam.
to testify that Tituba is a good midwife.
to serve as a voice of reason and avoid hysteria.
to accuse other townspeople of witchcraft.
Considering Tituba's state of mind when she began naming names, what can you infer about her motivation?
She was afraid of Hale, Parris, and Putnam and hoped naming names would save her from punishment.
She actually saw Goody Good and Goody Osborn in the forest and wanted to tell the truth.
She was confused and talking about a dream she once had.
She didn't like the women she named and hoped they'd be punished.
In the scene where the girls are alone, what can be inferred as the basis of Abigail's influence over the girls?
her beauty and cleverly-crafted purity
her social position as the Reverend's niece
her charm and magnetic persuasiveness
her use of an early experience to terrorize them
