WorksheetsThe Crucible/Act One
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Reverend John Hale was
a farmer who had an affair
a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season”
an intellectual academic who is an expert on witchcraft
a cranky, old man
an orphan who lives with her uncle; known for being deceitful
What conclusion can you draw about John Proctor?
He fears and respects Reverend Parris.
He speaks his mind, even if it is against people of authority.
He believes witchcraft made the girls ill.
He wants to take over as minister of Salem.
Parris sends for Reverend John Hale of Beverly because...
they are good friends.
Hale went to Harvard.
Hale is an authority on witches.
He hopes Hale will talk some sense into Betty.
Identify the speaker: "And mark this--let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you."
Abigail Williams
Mercy Lewis
Betty Parris
Tituba
Parris is reluctant to tell anyone that Betty may be bewitched because he…
truly does not believe witchcraft exists.
fears that his reputation will be destroyed.
doesn't want his daughter to be hanged.
loves Halloween too much.
Which family lost seven babies shortly after their birth?
The Putnams
The Proctors
The Parrises
The Coreys
Which of the following did NOT occur before the start of the play?
Abigail and John have an affair.
Betty faints and "falls ill."
Abigail drinks blood.
Reverend Hale arrives in Salem.
Which character struggles with feelings of guilt?
Thomas Putnam
John Proctor
Giles Corey
Reverend Parris
What does Abigail do to avoid getting in trouble for drinking blood?
She reveals her affair with John Proctor.
She says Elizabeth Proctor works for the devil.
She accuses Tituba of witchcraft.
She leaves town and disappears.
Tituba most likely names Goody Good and Goody Osburn as witches because .
she has been paid by Abigail to accuse them
she saw these two women compacting with the devil
she has a longstanding hatred for them
they are the two people that Mr. Putnam suggested while Tituba was being accused
Which of the following inferences about Tituba is best supported by the events in Act 1?
She hates Betty.
She enjoys tremendous power in Salem society.
Abigail fears her.
She is frightened so she claims to have seen the Devil.
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as a response to...
McCarthyism
The Vietnam War
The Black Plague
Covid
Giles Corey asks Rev. Hale about his wife's habit of ___.
dancing in the forest.
reading books.
not being able to say her prayers.
drinking at the tavern.
Who says the following: "Mr. Parris no godly man, Mr. Parris mean man and no gentle man . . ."
John Proctor
Abigail
Tituba
Rev. Hale
