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1
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who wrote the crucible

A

arthur miller

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2
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history about salem in 1692

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19 hanged

1 pressed to death

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3
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who is the hero

A

john proctor

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4
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what sin did john proctor commit

A

adultery

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5
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what is john proctor’s flaw

A

lust

uninvolved in community

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who did john proctor have an affair with

A

abigail williams

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7
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who is john married to

A

elizabeth

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8
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voices of reason

A

john proctor, rebecca nurse

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who has many children

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rebecca nurse

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10
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who envies that nurse has many chidren and why

A

putnam
had 1 child
buried 7

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who is married to rebecca nurse

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francis

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12
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what does giles corey do

A

tells on wife for reading books

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who is giles’ wife

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martha corey

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why is elizabeth arrested

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because abigail said that elizabeth used withcraft on her

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why is john arrested

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because he said that he will fall on the court like an ocean

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16
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who does john bring to court

A

mary warren

17
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what does mary warren do in court

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calls john the devil’s man and changes side

18
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what does tituba show

A

that confessing can save you

19
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what does john say about elizabeth

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that she would never lie

20
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what does elizabeth lie about

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in court, she lies about her knowledge of her husband’s affair

21
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“we burn a hot fire here”

A

judge danforth about court

22
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what is ironic about john reciting the 10 commandments

A

he only forgets one- adultery

23
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who asks john for the 10 commandments

A

hale

24
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expert on witchcraft

A

reverend hale

25
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why does hale denounce the court

A

hand begins to shake when signing rebecca nurse’s death warrant.

26
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symbolism to what

A

McCarthyism, mass hysteria/ witch hunt

27
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senator McCarthy was a

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member of congress who started a witchunt for communists in congress

28
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why was arthur miller questioned after publishing this book

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it was an allegory to the mccarthy communist hunt

29
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what is a theme

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reputation , mass hysteria, don’t follow the crowd

30
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who is abigail’s uncle

A

parris

31
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a materialistic, doesn’t want to deal with withces; character

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parris

32
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preaches hell, fire, and damnation

A

parris