WorksheetsThe Crucible Act One Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Act One takes place in whose house?
a)
Rev. Hale
b)
Rev. Smith
c)
Rev. Parris
d)
Rev. Putnam
2.
2. An ordeal or trial that can cause someone to change is called a...
a)
Paradox
b)
Reckoning
c)
Crucible
d)
Pretense
3.
3. Tituba is from the Caribbean island of ________________.
a)
Barbados
b)
Bahamas
c)
Bermuda
d)
Bimini
4.
4. If someone has their wits about them, they are....
a)
Clueless and troubled
b)
Cleaver and witty
c)
Knowledgable and alert
d)
Brave and confident
5.
5. The two that had an affair were?
a)
Betty and Giles Corey
b)
Abigail and Thomas Putnam
c)
Abigail and John Proctor
d)
Betty and Rev. Hale
6.
6. A paradox occurs when...
a)
Two things self-contradict and create nonsense
b)
Two things seemingly self-contradict, but actually don't
c)
Two characters come together to create panic
d)
Two characters come together to create harmony
7.
7. Who are the two oldest members of the village?
a)
Rev. Parris and Rev. Hale
b)
John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor
c)
Thomas Putnam and Mary Warren
d)
Rebecca Nurse and Giles Corey
8.
8. If Betty is pretending to being controlled by witchcraft, she is putting up a ________________
a)
Crucible
b)
Pretense
c)
Reckoning
d)
Sport
9.
9. The girls were seen as practicing witchcraft and/or being "witched" because they were caught....
a)
flying across the village
b)
stealing from their neighbors
c)
reading when they were not supposed to
d)
dancing and making "charms" in the woods
10.
10. If you enter into a room with trepidation, you enter a room feeling....
a)
Excited to see what is in there
b)
Bravely to overcome whatever might come after you
c)
Fearfully and on high alert
d)
Calm as you quietly enter
11.
11. Why did Tituba quickly confess to witchcraft?
a)
She was threatened to be whipped and wanted to save her life.
b)
She was evil. She never did like the Parris family or anyone in Salem village.
c)
She didn't understand what the people around her were saying.
d)
She really believed herself to be a witch and was proud of it.
12.
12. Abagail threatens Betty that there will be a score to settle or a ________________ if anyone rats her out for casting spells.
a)
Reckoning
b)
Pretense
c)
Partisan
d)
Crucible
13.
13. How many girls pretended to be witched in Act One?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
every girl in the village
14.
14. John Proctor laughs at Abagail who thinks he is making fun or making ________________ of her.
a)
yeomanry
b)
wits
c)
pretense
d)
sport
15.
15. Where is Rev. Hale from?
a)
Boston
b)
Salem
c)
Providence
d)
Beverly
16.
16. Betty couldn't leave the bed because she felt so sluggish or ________________
a)
inert
b)
licentious
c)
formidable
d)
titllated
17.
17. How old is Giles Corey?
a)
10
b)
35
c)
45
d)
83
18.
18. Since Rev. Hale has so much knowledge about demons and witches, witchcraft should not be a ________________ obstacle for him.
a)
licentious
b)
inert
c)
formidable
d)
partisan
19.
19. Since the Putnam's are so wealthy, perhaps many in the village will be blindly loyal or ________________ for them instead of the Nurses.
a)
partisan
b)
formidable
c)
licentious
d)
ingratiate
20.
20. How does Act One end?
a)
the girls crying out and accusing many others of being "of the devil."
b)
John Proctor and Abigail Williams breaking off their relationship
c)
Rev. Parris losing his job and being banned from Salem
d)
Giles Corey being executed by being "pressed to death" by boulders
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