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WorksheetsThe Crucible (Literary Analysis)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
What can you learn about John from this quote:
"John put his hair under a baseball cap for the day. He threw on yesterdays jeans and decided that was good enough to head out."
John puts a lot of effort into his appearance
John is athletic
John doesn't prioritize his outfits and how he looks
John wants to become a doctor
Read the following passage and decide if it is a better example of direct or indirect characterization.
Because Joe is an honest guy, he decided to return the chocolate bar he did not pay for.
Direct
Indirect
the main events of a play or story in sequence
conflict
plot
metaphor
irony
a struggle between two opposing forces
foil
irony
plot
conflict
a serious drama marked by conflict and a disastrous ending
comedy
tragedy
soliloquy
dialogue
a hero's shortcoming which usually leads to his destruction
tragic hero
tragic flaw
tragedy
conflict
a main character who demonstrates heroic qualities, but is doomed
monologue
antagonist
hero
tragic hero
Type of irony where someone says the opposite of what they mean.
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
The type of irony where the audience knows something the characters in the story do not know.
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
What type of allusion is this?
Mythological
Biblical
Literary
Historical
John Proctor forgot to name the one commandment he broke. What type of irony is this?
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
How does Mary Warren’s character change in this passage?
She goes from being quiet to being loud.
She goes from being loud to being quiet.
She goes from being dishonest to being honest.
She goes from being honest to being dishonest.
Elizabeth says, “Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.” What type of literary device is this?
metaphor
personification
archetype
allusion
irony
What event begins the rising action in Act I of The Crucible?
Reverend Hale questions Tituba and the girls about their activities in the woods.
John Proctor appears at the Parris home and rebuffs Abigail's efforts to resume their affair.
Betty has fallen mysteriously ill after she and some other girls were found engaging in apparent rituals in the woods.
Abigail is dismissed from the Proctor household, and Mary Warren takes her place there.
What is Proctor's main purpose in bringing Mary Warren to court in Act III of The Crucible?
to discredit Reverend Parris
to demonstrate the illegality of the court's proceedings
to save his wife from condemnation
to strengthen her character
At the end of The Crucible, what happens to John Proctor?
He kills himself.
He escapes.
He is hanged.
He is freed.
