The Crucible Test

Question 1

mccarthyism

Answer 1

accusing without evidence; 1950’s cold war, paranoia about communism-like abigail

Question 2

civil rights movement

Answer 2

tituba-changed character to a black woman

Question 3

entertainment

Answer 3

deludes focus from church

Question 4

lye

Answer 4

leeching and laziness

Question 5

hyponym

Answer 5

pyramid of weak to vivid words

Question 6

tone of act I

Answer 6

hysteria-suspicion-sorrow (lachrymose)

Question 7

assertions act I

Answer 7

abigail was dancing in the woods, tituba conjured spirits- short syntax to show innocence, long syntax to show ominous diction

Question 8

appeals of act I

Answer 8

• ethics- abigail is trustworthy (dramatic irony)
• emotional- pity from parries and the readers
• authority- parris praying to god

Question 9

ethics act I

Answer 9

ABIGAIL
-abigail is the perfect antagonist
-narrative of the self- where it came from, where it is, where it’s going, how you act in the community; vengeance, manipulative, selfish, magnificent liar from admiration of john proctor
-hedonism-physical pleasures of life-irony because she appears to be a virtuous model puritan citizen, but is deceitful, plays on fear
-capacity to be effective-whatever role you’re given or written in the book as, you try to be the best possible
-scapegoat is tituba
-mary east talks faster to talk over tituba
PARRIS
-web of social roles-acting differently depending on the situation
-protective of betty-scared/secretive
-hale becomes more kind
-telos-endgoal-greek

Question 10

act II rhetorical devices

Answer 10

• mary warren isn’t whipped, symbolism,elizabeth
• parting the red sea
• fall like an ocean on the court- wrath- seawater- tears
• blasphemy-murders from hanging, god sees it as wrong
• elizabeths life revolves around proctors sin

Question 11

current events

Answer 11

• placebo effect
• Massachusetts women labor
• ashley madison
• protecting those who are like them

Question 12

ethics act II

Answer 12

HEDONIA
-happiness that comes as a pleasant feeling-for oneself
-confidence-unexpected hidden force
-abigail-happiness is winning Proctor’s love
EUDAIMONIA
-makes one happy and others happy
-parris’ bedroom-giles changes view of parris-loyalty is in the church
-eudaimonia->hedonia-marry warren becomes selfish

Question 13

act III history

Answer 13

treyvon martin case- accusing falsely

-without strict religion and economy, people will test it

Question 14

act III devices

Answer 14

• bells alarm citizens-announcing sins-bell sound is the sound of doom
• interrupting syntax of danforth-more authority that leads to chaos and words emphasized

Question 15

act III ethics

Answer 15

• amour propre- dangerous self love that comes from how others view you; attention whore-abigail
• amour de soi character- view of others does not affect self view, does not pretend,expects no expectations-john proctor, giles, martha corey

Question 16

act IV plot development

Answer 16

• innocent until proven guilty

- elizabeth cannot forgive proctor until he forgives himself

Question 17

act IV devices

Answer 17

• birds-conceit-birds are evil and sin-biblical allusion
• bluebirds- transformation and fertility; winter and spring foreshadows darkness to light
• Joshua and the Israelites-danforth cannot go back on his court ruling

Question 18

act IV current events

Answer 18

• sarah good and tituba have stockholm syndrome

- village wants a swift conviction like carlos deluna case

Question 19

act IV alt-j

Answer 19

• pathos- john confessed to witchcraft even though he was innocent
• ethos-hale trying to get people to confess
• god’s law-they should be hanged

Question 20

act IV ethics

Answer 20

-amour propre-success- competition to raise their own status-parris is to keep status as reverend; danforth-keep position of judge