crucible Flashcards
who is recognized as the supreme ruler of a theocracy?
God
what is a crucible?
severe test or trial
what happened to 19 people by the end of the Salem witch trials?
hanged
during the red scare in 1950’s, what were people irrationally scared of?
communism
what industry did the house committee on un-american activities target during investigation of communist activity?
entertainment
why did the red scare and McCarthyism remind the author of the crucible of Salem witch trials?
pained and scared
which character is an old man who uses his townspeople and accidentally implicates his wife as a witch?
Giles Corey
which character is a farmer who confesses to lechary/adultery?
john proctor
which character is an educated man who feels underpaid and is determined to find all witches in Salem?
rev parris
which character is a grandmother who believes that there is no witchcraft?
Rebecca nurse
which character is a slave from Barbados who narrowly escapes hanging?
tituba
which character is an orphaned girl who steals 31 pounds from her uncle then runs away?
Abigail
which literary device is used in the following sentence?
“Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600’s”
setting
which literary device is used in the following sentence?
“it is better to die honorably than live dishonorably
theme
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”
symbol
“I’ll not be ordered to bed no more mr proctor! I’m 18 and a woman…!”
Mary warren
“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.”
rev hale
which character is a wealthy villager who allegedly accuses others of witchcraft in order to gain land?
mr. Putnam
which character carries out the warrants for the arrests of alleged witches?
Cheever
which character is a recipient of a poppet and lies in court to protect her husband?
elizabeth
which character is an expert on witchcraft who ends up deciding trials are wrong?
rev hale
which character believes that witchcraft is responsible for the death of her 7 babies?
mrs. Putnam
which character is a young girl that claims she lied in court and never saw spirits?
Mary warren
which character is a woman accusedof reading strange books and putting a curseon her neighbors pigs?
Martha Corey
which character appears to be sick from witchcraft and attempts to fly in the beginning of the play?
Betty parris
in act 2 why does john proctor hesitate to go to Salem to tell the court what Abigail did in the woods?
they were alone together and couldn’t prove what was said
why is proctors youngest son not baptized?
do not like rev parris and doesn’t want him touching his son
what evidence of witchcraft against elizabeth proctor does Cheever find in her house?
poppet with needle
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?
overthrowing the court
after john proctor admits to committing adultery with Abigail, who does governor Danforth summon to the court?
elizabeth proctor, but denies it
why is giles Corey arrested?
wasn’t giving name of source
why do Abigail and the girls pretend to see Mary warren “turning into a yellow bird”? what are they trying to do?
distract the court
where has rev parris discovers Abigail and mercy lewis have gone?
they ran away to Barbados
how does tituba and sarah good act at the beginning of act 4?
devil flying them to Barbados
“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!”
john proctor
“I saw Indians smash my dear parents’ heads on pillows next to mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night..”
Abigail
“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”
parris
“he have his goodness now. God forbid I should take it from him!”
Elizabeth proctor
which literary device is used in the following sentence..
“I came into the village like a bridegroom to his beloved”(hale)
simile
which literary device is used in the following sentences?
“tituba: my Betty be hearty soon
parris: out of here!”
dialogue
which literary device is used in the following sentence?
“do that which is good, and no harm shall come to thee”(proctor to Mary)
irony
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)
atmosphere
which literary device is used in the following sentence?
“I’ll think on it”(proctors response to telling on Abigail)
internal conflict
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)
external conflict
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”
foreshadowing
