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WorksheetsThe Crucible Quiz Act 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
At the beginning of act 2, Elizabeth Proctor wants her husband to go to Salem because she wants him to
charge Abigail as a fraud.
buy George Jacob's heifer.
find out about the trial proceedings.
bring Mary Warren back from court.
The real reason John Proctor avoids going to Salem is that he
thinks the proceedings are absurd.
is afraid of leaving his wife, who is not well.
is busy sowing the fields and working the farm.
fears that Abigail will reveal their adulterous affair.
Which of the following is NOT used as evidence against Elizabeth Proctor?
She mumbles the Ten Commandments.
She possesses a poppet with a needle in its belly.
She says that Abigail "must be ripped out of the world."
Abigail discovers a needle in her own belly.
According to Elizabeth Proctor, the motivation behind Abigail's accusation against her is Abigail's
desire for honesty and truth.
hysteria that has gripped much of the village.
desire for Elizabeth to hang so that she can marry John Proctor.
desire for revenge for being dismissed from the Proctor household.
In addition to telling that she stuck the needle in the poppet, Mary Warren confesses that she
knows that Elizabeth Proctor is not a witch.
saw Abigail stick the needle in her stomach.
knows the proceedings are a sham and willingly returns to Salem.
knows about the relationship between Abigail and John Proctor.
When Reverend Hale says, "... if Rebecca Nurse be tainted, then nothing's left to stop the whole green world from burning," he means that...
Rebecca Nurse has infected them all with her witchery.
if Rebecca Nurse is a witch, then they are all witches.
if someone who is truly moral and good can be tainted by these proceedings, then they all will be tainted.
if Rebecca Nurse is found guilty, Salem and the surrounding villages will burn to the ground.
What does the interaction between Proctor and Elizabeth at the beginning of Act 2 reveal about their relationship?
Proctor: It’s winter in here yet. On Sunday let you come with me, and we’ll walk the farm together; I never see such a load of flowers on the earth. Lilacs have a purple smell. Lilac is the smell of nightfall, I think. Massachusetts is a beauty in the spring!
Elizabeth: Aye, it is.
Proctor: I think you’re sad again. Are you?
Proctor is indifferent to Elizabeth's feelings.
There is a sense of separation between them that they are trying to overcome.
Both Proctor and Elizabeth are thoughtful and caring towards each other.
Proctor is uninterested in maintaining a positive relationship with Elizabeth
Which of the statements best explains what Proctor means in the passage?
Proctor: (grasping Mary by the throat as though he would strangle her) Make your peace with it!
Now Hell and Heaven grapple on our backs, and all our old pretense is ripped away - make your peace!
(He throws her to the ground, where she sobs, "I cannot, I cannot...” And now, half to himself, staring, and
turning to the open door)
Peace! It is a providence, and no great change; we are only what we always were, but naked now.
(He walks as though toward a great horror, facing the open sky)
Aye, naked! And the wind, God’s icy wind, will blow!
Proctor is threatening Mary with physical harm.
Proctor is expressing his fear of facing judgment.
Proctor is acknowledging the truth and shedding pretense.
Proctor is describing a literal nakedness and exposure to the elements.
What is the primary conflict between Elizabeth and Proctor in this passage from "The Crucible"?
Elizabeth: Then why do you anger with me when I bid you break it?
Proctor: Because it speaks deceit, and I am honest! But I’ll plead no more! I see now your spirit twists around the single error of my life, and I will never tear it free!
Elizabeth is angry that Proctor refuses to confess his sins.
Proctor resents Elizabeth for reminding him of his past mistakes.
Elizabeth wants Proctor to admit to his wrongdoing, but he refuses.
Proctor feels that Elizabeth is unfairly judging him for his past actions.
What is Proctor expressing in this passage from "The Crucible"?
Hale: Proctor, if she is innocent, the court -
Proctor: If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem - vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes the law! This warrant’s vengeance! I’ll not give my wife to vengeance!
His disbelief in the innocence of others accused in the court.
His frustration with the court's bias towards the accusers.
His fear of the consequences of defying the court's authority.
His determination to protect his wife from unjust accusations.
