crucible

Question 0

who is recognized as the supreme ruler of a theocracy?

Answer 0

God

Question 1

what is a crucible?

Answer 1

severe test or trial

Question 2

what happened to 19 people by the end of the Salem witch trials?

Answer 2

hanged

Question 3

during the red scare in 1950’s, what were people irrationally scared of?

Answer 3

communism

Question 4

what industry did the house committee on un-american activities target during investigation of communist activity?

Answer 4

entertainment

Question 5

why did the red scare and McCarthyism remind the author of the crucible of Salem witch trials?

Answer 5

pained and scared

Question 6

which character is an old man who uses his townspeople and accidentally implicates his wife as a witch?

Answer 6

Giles Corey

Question 7

which character is a farmer who confesses to lechary/adultery?

Answer 7

john proctor

Question 8

which character is an educated man who feels underpaid and is determined to find all witches in Salem?

Answer 8

rev parris

Question 9

which character is a grandmother who believes that there is no witchcraft?

Answer 9

Rebecca nurse

Question 10

which character is a slave from Barbados who narrowly escapes hanging?

Answer 10

tituba

Question 11

which character is an orphaned girl who steals 31 pounds from her uncle then runs away?

Answer 11

Abigail

Question 12

which literary device is used in the following sentence?

“Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600’s”

Answer 12

setting

Question 13

which literary device is used in the following sentence?

“it is better to die honorably than live dishonorably

Answer 13

theme

Question 14

which literary device is used in the following sentence?

“tonight when I open my door to leave my house- a dagger clattered to the ground”

Answer 14

symbol

Question 15

“I’ll not be ordered to bed no more mr proctor! I’m 18 and a woman…!”

Answer 15

Mary warren

Question 16

“God keep you both; let the 3rd child be quickly baptized, and go you without fail each sunday in sabbath prayer; and keep solemn, quiet way among you.”

Answer 16

rev hale

Question 17

which character is a wealthy villager who allegedly accuses others of witchcraft in order to gain land?

Answer 17

mr. Putnam

Question 18

which character carries out the warrants for the arrests of alleged witches?

Answer 18

Cheever

Question 19

which character is a recipient of a poppet and lies in court to protect her husband?

Answer 19

elizabeth

Question 20

which character is an expert on witchcraft who ends up deciding trials are wrong?

Answer 20

rev hale

Question 21

which character believes that witchcraft is responsible for the death of her 7 babies?

Answer 21

mrs. Putnam

Question 22

which character is a young girl that claims she lied in court and never saw spirits?

Answer 22

Mary warren

Question 23

which character is a woman accusedof reading strange books and putting a curseon her neighbors pigs?

Answer 23

Martha Corey

Question 24

which character appears to be sick from witchcraft and attempts to fly in the beginning of the play?

Answer 24

Betty parris

Question 25

in act 2 why does john proctor hesitate to go to Salem to tell the court what Abigail did in the woods?

Answer 25

they were alone together and couldn’t prove what was said

Question 26

why is proctors youngest son not baptized?

Answer 26

do not like rev parris and doesn’t want him touching his son

Question 27

what evidence of witchcraft against elizabeth proctor does Cheever find in her house?

Answer 27

poppet with needle

Question 28

when john proctor, Giles Corey, and Francis nurse try to present there depositions to governor danforth in act 3, what does rev parris accuse them of?

Answer 28

overthrowing the court

Question 29

after john proctor admits to committing adultery with Abigail, who does governor Danforth summon to the court?

Answer 29

elizabeth proctor, but denies it

Question 30

why is giles Corey arrested?

Answer 30

wasn’t giving name of source

Question 31

why do Abigail and the girls pretend to see Mary warren “turning into a yellow bird”? what are they trying to do?

Answer 31

distract the court

Question 32

where has rev parris discovers Abigail and mercy lewis have gone?

Answer 32

they ran away to Barbados

Question 33

how does tituba and sarah good act at the beginning of act 4?

Answer 33

devil flying them to Barbados

Question 34

“I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! how may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my name!”

Answer 34

john proctor

Question 35

“I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on pillows next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night..”

Answer 35

Abigail

Question 36

“I have fought here 3 long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character”

Answer 36

parris

Question 37

“he have his goodness now. God forbid I should take it from him!”

Answer 37

Elizabeth proctor

Question 38

which literary device is used in the following sentence..

“I came into the village like a bridegroom to his beloved”(hale)

Answer 38

simile

Question 39

which literary device is used in the following sentences?
“tituba: my Betty be hearty soon
parris: out of here!”

Answer 39

dialogue

Question 40

which literary device is used in the following sentence?

“do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee”(proctor to Mary)

Answer 40

irony

Question 41

which literary device is used in the following sentence?

“it is the low, dark, and rather long living room of the time. as the curtain rise, the room is empty”(stage directions)

Answer 41

atmosphere

Question 42

which literary device is used in the following sentence?

“I’ll think on it”(proctors response to telling on Abigail)

Answer 42

internal conflict

Question 43

which literary device is used in the following sentence?
“take it to heart parris. there are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God anymore.”(proctor to parris)

Answer 43

external conflict

Question 44

which literary device is used in the following sentence?
“but [tituba] is also very frightened because her slave sense has warned her that, as always, trouble in the house eventually lands on her back”

Answer 44

foreshadowing