The Crucible FYI Flashcards
Traditional folk practices in Salem were misinterpreted as what?
witchcraft
Less than half of those who attended church were worthy of what?
full membership
Some accusations of witchcraft were uses to enforce what?
Puritan religious orthodox
The first witchcraft trial was what year?
1648
What native tribe was involved in the King Philips war?
Wampanoag
What war contributed to the siege mentality of the Puritans?
King Phillips War
What was Micheal Wiggelsworth’s book detailing God’s punishments to the witches?
Day of Doom
What powerful thing could the girls also been affected from?
A narcotic
How was the community in Salem?
divided
Who was the senator involved in anti-communist hysteria?
Joseph McCarthy
What rose in the 1950s that the Crucible is a analogy of?
anti-communist hysteria
What book set the guidelines for witch hunters?
Malleus Maleficarum
What was the first English colony in 1607?
Jamestown
What is the warship of the devil
diabolism
What did the bible say about witches?
Thou shalt not suffer a watch to live
What are evil spirits that torment sleeping victims?
incubi
What is the study of demonic practices?
demanlogy
What are female demons that seduce in your sleep?
succubi
What other towns did the girls cry out in?
Andover and Gloucester
What is a state governed by religion?
theocracy
Many of the judges graduated from where?
harvard
Who was the Roman governor that sentence Jesus to death?
Pontius Pilate
What is a spirit that takes the place of an animal?
Familiar
What is the complete cutting off from a church?
excommunication
Who was the youngest person charged with witchcraft at 5?
Dorcas Good
Where did Arthur Miller go to school?
U of Michigan
What was Arthur Millers masterpiece?
Death of a Salesman
What was Arthur Millers first Broadway success?
All my sons
