What is wrong with Reverend Parris’ daughter at the opening of The Crucible?

She seems to be comatose and will not wake

Why is Abigail really removed from the Proctor household?

Abigail and John had an affair, leading Goody Proctor to throw her out

The HUAC was short for . . .

the House Committee on Un-American Activities

Why did Mrs. Putnam send Ruth to Tituba?

So that Tituba could summon Ruth’s dead sisters

What does the audience learn about what actually happened in the woods?

The girls danced and Tituba conjured Ruth’s sister

Which characters were involved with dancing in the forest?

Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, and Tituba

What happened to 5-year-old Dorcas whenever she was accused of witchcraft?

They threw her in prison and chained her to a wall

What is Parris’ main concern about the events unfolding in his household?

That witchcraft in his home will ruin his image in the town

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Salem Witch Trials and The Crucible

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1
Puritans believed that the ____________________ was as real as God.
Wendigo
Chupacabra
Bible
Devil
2
What is wrong with Reverend Parris’ daughter at the opening of The Crucible?
She seems to be comatose and will not wake
Seems possessed and not herself, talking in a language that doesn’t exist
She has bumps all over her that are painful and oozing
She is coughing up blood
3
Why is Abigail really removed from the Proctor household?
Because Goody Proctor thought Abigail was more beautiful than her
Because she found out that Abigail practiced witchcraft in the forest
Abigail and John had an affair, leading Goody Proctor to throw her out
Because she failed to clean adequately
4
The HUAC was short for . . .
the House Committee on Un-American Actions
the House Committee on Un-American Activities
the House of Undesirable Characters
the House Congregation on Usurping Anglican Control
5
What does the doctor suspect is wrong with Betty?
A supernatural cause
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Narcolepsy
Measles
6
Why did Mrs. Putnam send Ruth to Tituba?
So that Tituba could summon Ruth’s dead sisters
So that they could implicate Tituba and get her fired
So that Ruth could spy on the Parris household and get him removed
So that Tituba could teach her a new language
7
Which of these women was one of the first to be accused of witchcraft?
Elizabeth Proctor
Tituba
Reverend Hale
Anne Hutchinson
8
Thomas Putnam is a . . .
Rich landowner
Young minister
Reverend
Poor farmer in Salem
9
What does the audience learn about what actually happened in the woods?
Betty flew around the fire and Tituba summoned the Devil
The girls sang Lucifer’s hymns and Tituba sacrificed a goat
The girls danced and Tituba conjured Ruth’s sister
The girls built a bonfire and Tituba told Barbados stories
10
What did the Puritans think whenever a neighbor suffered misfortune?
That it was God’s will
That they deserved help
That the government should step in and help them
That their luck must be terrible
11
What do some of the townspeople say that Betty was doing?
Flying
Puking in the Main Street
Practicing spell craft
Teleporting
12
Another explanation for the Salem Witch trials was the condition of . . .
Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder
Large amounts of cocaine
Convulsive ergotism
Polio
13
Which characters were involved with dancing in the forest?
Reverend Parris, John Proctor, Giles Correy
Mercy Lewis, Francis Nurse, Reverend Hale
Abigail Williams, Betty Parris, and Tituba
Betty Parris, Elizabeth Putnam, and Thomas Putnam
14
In the Salem Witch Trials, the judges accepted which type of evidence as fact?
Spectral
Biblical
Ghostly
Illegal
15
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an ___________________ for the McCarthy era and mass hysteria.
Poem
Allusion
Allegory
Synecdoche
16
What happened to 5-year-old Dorcas whenever she was accused of witchcraft?
They threw her in prison and chained her to a wall
The reverend performed an exorcism
No one believed it, and they all acted like sensible and reasonable adults
They kicked her and her mother out of the colony
17
Which of the following characters would want Reverend Hale to come and search the town for witchcraft?
Thomas Putnam
Giles Correy
John Proctor
Rebecca Nurse
18
Goody is the equivalent of calling somebody . . .
Mrs.
Goody-two-shoes
Ms.
Mr.
19
Where does Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, take place?
Washington D.C., 1958
Berlin, 1944
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
Concord, Massachusetts 1682
20
What is Parris’ main concern about the events unfolding in his household?
That his wife will find out his infidelity and leave
That witchcraft in his home will ruin his image in the town
That Reverend Hale will accuse him of witchcraft
That John Proctor will protest against witchcraft

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