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1
What does the court do with John Proctor?
It frees him and sends him home.
It arrests and tries him for witchcraft.
It orders him stoned to death.
It exiles him to Maine.
2
What does Mrs. Putnam blame on witchcraft?
raids by natives
the death of seven of her children in infancy
bad weather
her husband's cancer
3
When Mary Warren testifies against them, what do Abigail and her troop of girls do?
They claim that Mary is bewitching them.
They attack her.
They claim that John Proctor has bewitched Mary.
They all confess.
4
Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty?
because she is a woman
because John Proctor is well respected
because the Puritans do not allow capital punishment
because she is pregnant
5
Whom do Ezekiel Cheever and Herrick, the marshal, come to the Proctor home to arrest?
Mary Warren
Reverend Hale
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
6
What ultimately happens to John Proctor?
He is freed.
He kills himself.
He escapes from prison and flees to Virginia.
He is hanged.
7
As the play opens, whom has Parris asked to come to Salem?
Tituba
Reverend Hale
Judge Danforth
John Proctor
8
Why did Elizabeth Proctor fire Abigail?
Abigail was having an affair with John Proctor.
Abigail dressed like a prostitute.
Abigail didn’t work hard enough.
Abigail was too proud.
9
Which commandment does John Proctor forget when Reverend Hale quizzes him?
Thou shalt not covet.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Honour thy mother and father.
Thou shalt not kill.
10
Who is brought in to corroborate John Proctor’s claims about Abigail?
Reverend Parris
Rebecca Nurse
Mary Warren
Elizabeth Proctor
11
What does Elizabeth do when called upon to testify?
kills herself
tells a lie
tells the truth
keeps silent
12
Why does Proctor take back his confession?
because the officials demand that he sign his name to it
because new evidence has come to light
because Abigail confesses
because Hale asks him to
13
What kind of government does Salem have in "The Crucible"?
Kleptocracy
Theocracy
Democracy
Monarchy
14
To what does John Proctor convince Mary Warren to testify?
That he and Abigail slept together
That the girls are only pretending to be possessed
That Abigail is a witch
That Reverend Hale is a warlock
15
What is John Proctor’s chief complaint against Parris’s sermons?
They are heretical
They are too short.
They focus too much on fire and brimstone.
They are too long.
16
In Act II, what does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor when she returns home from the trials?
a little doll
a cake
a kiss
a bonnet
17
Before the play begins, what did Parris catch his daughter and other girls doing?
trying to run away from home
reading Catholic tracts
conducting a black mass in the church
dancing in the forest
18
What does Abigail do at the end of the play?
She flees Salem, after robbing her uncle.
She is revealed as a witch.
She kills herself.
She is hanged.
19
Who is in charge of the court?
Danforth
Reverend Parris
Reverend Hale
Giles Corey
20
What news does Mary Warren bring from Salem?
That the witch trials have ended
That someone accused John Proctor of witchcraft
That someone accused Elizabeth of witchcraft
That Reverend Hale is ill
21
Who is the first person that Abigail claims practiced witchcraft?
Reverend Hale
Mary Warren
John Proctor
Tituba
22
What is Parris's position in Salem?
judge
minister
governor
bailiff
23
When John Proctor is facing death, what does Hale urge him to do?
refuse to confess
blame someone else
kill himself
confess, even though he is innocent
24
On what charge is Giles Corey arrested?
murder
slander
contempt of court
witchcraft
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What does John Proctor do, in a desperate attempt to stop Abigail?
He tells the court about his affair with her.
He tries to kill her.
He tells the court that Abigail is a man dressed as a woman.
He accuses her of witchcraft.
