Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
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Answer each of
the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES:
1. What is
bothering Parris at the beginning of Act I?
2. Why does Parris
send for Reverend Hale?
3. What did Parris
catch the girls doing in the woods?
4. Why is Parris
worried that Abigail will get in trouble?
5. What does Mrs.
Putnam say Betty was seen doing?
6. Why is Mrs.
Putnam upset?
7. What does Mrs.
Putnam seek to know?
8. Which girl led
the “crying out”?
9. Who wrote many
of the accusations of witchcraft, according to the narrator?
10. What does Mary
Warren tell Abigail the girls ought to do? Why?
11. What does
Betty try to do?
12. What does
Betty say that Abigail did?
13. Why is John
Proctor angry with Mary Warren?
14. What does
Abigail seek from John Proctor? What relationship did they share before the
play began?
15. What does John
Proctor tell Abigail?
16. What is
Rebecca Nurse’s evaluation of Betty’s condition?
17. What does Mrs.
Putnam resent about Rebecca Nurse?
18. Why does John
Proctor not attend church more regularly?
19. What
resentment does Mr. Putnam hold against his neighbours Giles Corey and John
Proctor?
20. What does
Reverend Hale say fills his books?
21. What does
Giles ask Hale about his wife?
22. Who does
Abigail blame for witchcraft initially?
23. How do they
get Tituba to confess to witchcraft?
24. Who does
Tituba accuse of witchcraft? (two people)
25. What do the
other girls do after Tituba makes her accusations?
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
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abomination
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Answer each of
the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES:
1. What is the
setting at the beginning of Act II?
2. What does
Elizabeth want her husband to do? Why?
3. Why is John
upset with Elizabeth?
4. What does
Elizabeth say is making John reluctant to do her bidding?
5. What bit of
information does John leak to Elizabeth that he never told her before?
6. Who did Mary
Warren replace in the household of John Elizabeth?
7. Why is John
upset with Mary? What has she been doing?
8. What gift does
Mary give to Elizabeth?
9. What does Mary
accuse Sarah Good of doing?
10. What is Mary’s
evidence against Sarah?
11. On what
evidence was Sarah Good condemned as a witch by the court?
12. What was
Mary’s life like before the trial? How is her station in life changed by her
participation in the trial?
13. What
information does Mary relate from the trial that is of particular concern to
Elizabeth?
14. What “promise”
does Elizabeth say that John has made to Abigail?
15. Why does Hale
visit John and Elizabeth Proctor?
16. What reason
does John Proctor give to Hale for not attending church or baptizing his
youngest son?
17. Which of the
commandments can John Proctor not recall? Why is this significant?
18. What
information does John relate to Hale about Abigail?
19. Why does John
Proctor find the confessions of Tituba, Sarah Good, and the other women
ridiculous? What does he tell Reverend Hale?
20. What “rumour”
about Proctor has Hale heard that “troubles” him? Why is this troubling to him,
and dangerous in Puritan society?
21. Why does
Elizabeth say that she does not believe in witches?
22. Who has
accused Elizabeth of witchcraft?
23. What
“evidence” does Cheever find in the house against Elizabeth?
24. How does this
thing count as “evidence” against Elizabeth?
25. What do they
do to Elizabeth that upsets John greatly?
26. Why is Mary
afraid to tell the truth in court?
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charity
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contempt
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Answer each of
the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES:
1. What reason
does Giles Corey think the Putnams have accused his wife of witchcraft?
2. Why does Giles
feel guilty about the accusation against his wife?
3. What does John
Proctor tell the court about Mary Warren?
4. What does
Parris accuse Proctor of doing?
5. What surprising
information does Parris learn about his wife while at court?
6. Why is this bit
of information important for Elizabeth’s safety?
7. What does
Proctor bring to court to assist his friends against the accusations?
8. What does
Giles’ deposition against Mr. Putnam accuse?
9. How does Giles
know this about Mr. Putnam?
10. Why does Giles
fall afoul of the law with his deposition?
11. How does Hale
feel about the way that the trials are going in this Act?
12. What “proof”
does Hathorne find that Mary Warren is lying in her deposition to the court?
13. What do
Abigail and the other girls do to implicate Mary Warren during her testimony?
14. What
information does John Proctor provide to the court to cast doubt upon Abigail’s
character?
15. What does
Proctor say that his wife never does?
16. What does Elizabeth
do before the court that discredits both her and her husband? Why does she do
it?
17. What
difference of opinion divides Reverend Hale from Judge Danforth at this point
in the story?
18. How do the
girls frighten Mary Warren and the court away from recognizing the truth?
19. Under the
stress of the courtroom, what does Mary accuse John of being?
20. What does John
Proctor say that gets him thrown in prison?
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define each of the following words. Use each in a sentence.
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Answer each of
the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES:
1. What do Tituba
and Sarah Good plan to do to escape execution?
2. What has Reverend
Hale been doing with the prisoners who are doomed to hang? What has he been
advising them to do? Why?
3. What does
Hathorne note about Parris’ demeanour at this point in the play?
4. What has
Abigail done, according to her uncle Parris?
5. What does
Parris warn Judge Hathorne about the executions of John Proctor and Rebecca
Nurse?
6. What has Parris
found sticking in his door recently?
7. What does Hale
tell Hathorne has happened to Salem since the witch trials began and so many
have been arrested?
8. What does Hale
ask Elizabeth to do at this point in the story?
9. How was Giles
killed and why, according to Elizabeth?
10. What were
Giles’ last words?
11. Why does John
feel like a hypocrite in jail?
12. What does John
decide to do?
13. What does John
refuse to do in his confession?
14. What does
Proctor do after signing his testimony that enrages Danforth?
15. What matters
to John more than death? Why?
Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
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