The Crucible Act 1

Question 1

Reverend Parris

Answer 1

the minister of Salem

Question 2

Abigail Williams

Answer 2

Parris’s niece

Question 3

Betty Parris

Answer 3

Parris’s daughter

Question 4

Tituba

Answer 4

Parris’s slave from Barbados

Question 5

Thomas Putnam

Answer 5

a rich landowner in Salem

Question 6

Ann Putnam

Answer 6

Thomas Putnam’s wife

Question 7

Ruth Putnam

Answer 7

the Putnams’ daughter

Question 8

Rebecca Nurse

Answer 8

an elderly, respected woman in Salem

Question 9

Giles Corey

Answer 9

an elderly farmer in Salem

Question 10

Reverend John Hale

Answer 10

a minister called in to investigate witchcraft

Question 11

The scene takes place in

Answer 11

Betty Parris’s bedroom. She lies unconscious after being caught dancing in the woods with Abigail and other girls.

Question 12

Abigail denies _______, but Paréis suspects _______. _______

Answer 12

wrongdoing

witchcraft

Thomas and Ann Putnam arrive, saying their daughter Ruth is also ill, likely due to witchcraft

Question 13

Rebecca Nurse suggests the girls are just

Answer 13

being silly and will recover on their own. This angers the Putnams.

Question 14

Reverend Hale arrives to

Answer 14

investigate. He questions Abigail, who accuses Tituba of witchcraft

Question 15

Tituba confesses to

Answer 15

communicating with the devil and accuses Sarah Good and Goody Osburn of being witches.

Question 16

Abigail and Betty join in,

Answer 16

accusing more people of witchcraft.

Question 17

The accusations lead to

Answer 17

increasing hysteria by the end of the scene.

Question 18

Parris is

Answer 18

Betty’s father and Abigail’s uncle

Question 19

Abigail was in the

Answer 19

woods with Betty dancing and casting spells

Question 20

The Putnams’ daughter is also

Answer 20

mysteriously ill, likely due to witchcraft in their minds

Question 21

Rebecca Nurse doubts

Answer 21

witchcraft and cautions against making accusations

Question 22

Tituba is a slave forced to

Answer 22

confess witchcraft by Parris and Hale

Question 23

Abigail and Betty feed off

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each other’s accusations, getting more hysterical

Question 24

By the end,

Answer 24

Abigail and Betty have accused many villagers of witchcraft, spurred on by Reverend Hale. Accusations fly, arguments erupt, and the witchcraft hysteria takes hold