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The Crucible Vocabulary Act 1 Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define the word: Predilection

a)

A preference or special liking for something

b)

A strong dislike for something

c)

An act of deception

d)

A formal agreement

2.

Define the word: Ingratiating

a)

Intended to gain approval or favor

b)

Deceptive or misleading

c)

Famous for a bad quality

d)

Avoiding or escaping

3.

Define the word: Dissembling

a)

Concealing one's true motives or feelings

b)

A false statement meant to harm someone's reputation

c)

A formal agreement

d)

A preference or special liking for something

4.

Define the word: Calumny

a)

A false statement meant to harm someone's reputation

b)

Avoiding or escaping

c)

Intended to gain approval or favor

d)

A strong dislike for something

5.

Define the word: Compact

a)

A formal agreement

b)

A preference or special liking for something

c)

Concealing one's true motives or feelings

d)

Famous for a bad quality

6.

Define the word: Notorious

a)

Famous for a bad quality

b)

Avoiding or escaping

c)

A false statement meant to harm someone's reputation

d)

Intended to gain approval or favor

7.

Define the word: Evade

a)

Avoiding or escaping

b)

Concealing one's true motives or feelings

c)

A formal agreement

d)

A preference or special liking for something

8.

Define the word: Prodigious

a)

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

b)

A false statement meant to harm someone's reputation

c)

Avoiding or escaping

d)

Famous for a bad quality

9.

Define the word: Defamation

a)

A false statement meant to harm someone's reputation

b)

Avoiding or escaping

c)

Concealing one's true motives or feelings

d)

A formal agreement

10.

Complete the sentence: Reverend Hale would not allow Abigail to (a)   his questioning about what happened in the forest.

11.

Complete the sentence: Tituba, the Parris family slave, was accused of (a)   with the devil once the girls started to blame her for helping them conjure spirits in the forest.

12.

Complete the sentence: Some families in the Salem village had a stronger (a)   for believing in the existence than others before the situation with the girls’ “illness” even started.

13.

Complete the sentence: Due to the girls’ (a)   behavior after being discovered dancing the forest, their families were forced to call in an expert in the demonic arts.

14.

Complete the sentence: Abigail initially has an (a)   personality, which causes John Proctor become involved with her.

15.

Complete the sentence: Puritans are (a)   for placing too harsh of judgment on anyone who they believe to be a sinner.

16.

Complete the sentence: Abigail defended herself vehemently against the supposed (a)   being spread against her reputation in the village.

17.

Complete the sentence: Abigail has a strong ability for (a)   to the point that many of the adults in the town would believe her over what they even knew to be logically possible or true.

18.

Complete the sentence: It didn’t take very long for the girls to begin their (a)   of other villagers in order to remove the guilt from themselves.

19.

Complete the sentence: It is hard to (a)   the punishment of sin in a Puritan community.