The Crucible Act 1 Quotes

Question 1

[Narrowing his eyes] “Tries to fly.”

Answer 1

Hale - Act 1

Question 2

“We cannot look to superstition in this.The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are as definite as stone…”

Answer 2

Hale - Act 1

Question 3

“REVEREND PARRIS is discovered kneeling beside the bed, evidently in prayer”

Answer 3

Reverend Parris - Act 1

Question 4

‘[Full of breath, shiny-eyed] It is a marvel. It is surely a stroke of hell upon you.’

Answer 4

Ann Putnam - Act 1

Question 5

Don’t you understand it, sir? There is a murdering witch among us, bound to keep herself in the dark”

Answer 5

Putnam to Parris - Act 1

Question 6

“In America any man who is not reactionary in his views is open to the charge of alliance with the Red hell.”

Answer 6

Commentary - Act 1

Question 7

“There be no blush about my name”

Answer 7

Abigail to Parris - Act 1

Question 8

“There is a party in this church. I am not blind; there is a faction and a party”

Answer 8

Parris - Act 1

Question 9

[now she is all worry and apprehension and propriety]

Answer 9

Abigail - Act 1

Question 10

“The virgin forest was the Devil’s last preserve”

Answer 10

Act 1

Question 11

“Your name in town– it is entirely white, is it not?”

Answer 11

Parris to Abigail - Act 1

Question 12

“I have a sense for heat, John and yours has drawn me to my window and I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness”

Answer 12

Abigail - Act 1

Question 13

“Sweated like a stallion, whenever I come near!

Answer 13

Abigail to John Proctor - Act 1

Question 14

“A small upper bedroom in the home”
“narrow window”
“a bed…a chest, a chair, and a small table”

Answer 14

Parris’ House - Act 1

Question 15

“Your grandfather had a habit of wiling land that never belong to him”

Answer 15

Proctor to Putnam - Act 1