The Crucible Test Review

Which of the following did NOT happen in the play?

A. The Putnams and Nurses had problems with each other.

B. Reverend Parris left a business in Barbados to minister in Salem.

C. Thomas Putnam later publicly apologized for his part in the hangings.

D. Reverend Hale returned to Salem on his own with no connection to the court.

C. Thomas Putnam later publicly apologized for his part in the hangings

Which of the following people does NOT change during the play?

John Proctor

Judge Danforth

Reverend Parris

Reverend Hale

Reverend Parris

In what year do the Salem witch trials take place?

1692

Why does Abigail Williams live with Reverend Parris?

She is orphaned and his niece.

Who does NOT get arrested for witchcraft in the play?

Rebecca Nurse

John Proctor

Mary Warren

Martha Corey

Mary Warren

Proctor states, "Pontius Pilate! God will not let you wash your hands of this!" This reference to a historical/biblical figure is an example of a(n)

personification

allusion

simile

onomatopoeia

allusion

In what nearby town have the people overthrown the courts because they are tired of witchcraft proceedings?

Plymouth

Boston

Beverly

Andover

Andover

The Crucible is set in the state of

Massachusetts

What inspired Arthur Miller to write The Crucible?

The Communist trials in the 1950s in America.

Which of the following sequence shows the correct setting for Acts 1 through 4?

Parris's house, courtroom, Proctor's house, jail

Parris's house, Proctor's house, courtroom, jail

Parris's house, forest, Proctor's house, courtroom

Forest, Proctor's house, jail, courtroom

Parris's house, Proctor's house, courtroom, jail

When Abigail is blamed for witchcraft early in the play, whom does she say is really responsible for witchcraft dealings?

Tituba

Which is NOT a conflict in the play?

man versus man

man versus society

man versus self

man versus nature

man versus nature

Which of the following actions is the climax of the play?

John Proctor confesses his adultery to the court.

John Proctor argues with Thomas Putnam over land.

John Proctor rips his signed confession.

John Proctor is arrested for bewitching Mary Warren.

John Proctor rips his signed confession.

Who was the first person to name witches in Salem?

Tituba

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

Abigail stole money from Reverend Parris.

Thomas Putnam is a very wealthy man.

Reverend Hale quit the court but came back to help the accused.

Danforth became mayor of Salem because of the respect he gained.

Danforth became mayor of Salem because of the respect he gained.

Which of the following does concern Reverend Parris?

his salary

the townspeople's opinion of him

possibly losing his job

all of these situations in A, B, and C concern him.

all of these situations in A, B, and C concern him.

Which character in the play does NOT lie?

Mary Warren

Reverend Parris

Elizabeth Proctor

Rebecca Nurse

Rebecca Nurse

What does the word crucible mean?

a test or trial

a state of madness

cleansing or purifying

a test or trial and cleansing or purifying

Which of the following is an example of irony in the play?

John Proctor forgets the commandment on adultery.

Abigail Williams leaves Salem on a ship bound for Boston.

Mary Warren makes Elizabeth Proctor a doll.

John Proctor finds out Elizabeth is pregnant after her arrest.

John Proctor forgets the commandment on adultery.

Which of the following evidence is not provided by John, Giles, and Francis in the court?

A. Names of people who testify that their wives are upright women.

B. Mary Warren's deposition that she and the girls are faking seeing spirits.

C. Betty Parris's testimony that Abigail threatened the girls to lie.

D. Giles Corey's evidence that Thomas Putnam is accusing people so that he can buy their forfeited land.

Betty Parris's testimony that Abigail threatened the girls to lie.

True or False:

Abigail turns on Mary in the courtroom and claims that Mary's spirit is in the form of a bird. The other girls claim Mary's spirit is making them cold.

True

Elizabeth tells John to make his own decision about whether he should confess to witchcraft or not.

True

All but one of Rebecca Nurse's children died shortly after childbirth.

False

When Abby was fired from her job in the Proctor home, Mary Warren replaced her.

True

Reverend Hale cannot be convinced that the girls are frauds.

False

Elizabeth tries to get Abigail accused of witchcraft in order to end the accusations.

False

Mary Warren changes from an obedient servant girl to an outspoken and defiant one.

True

In the written play, Abigail visits John Proctor in jail and tries to persuade him to leave town with her.

True

People in town throw a knife in Reverend Parris's door as a threatening warning to Parris.

True

Abigail intentionally frames Elizabeth Proctor for witchcraft by sneaking into the Proctor house and planting a voodoo doll there.

False

Rebecca Nurse refused to confess to witchcraft.

True

Francis Nurse tries to control Reverend Parris because Francis has the most money in the town of Salem.

False

Elizabeth Proctor does not hang for witchcraft because she confessed to bewitching the girls and was pardoned.

False

Judge Danforth and Reverend Parris never doubt the girls' accusations and sincerity.

False

Mary Warren is not swayed by others during the play. She stands firm on her convictions.

False

Ann Putnam sent her daughter Ruth to Tituba to conjure up Ruth's dead siblings.

True

Giles takes people to court a lot - 33 times in his life to be exact.

True

Judge Danforth refuses to pardon anyone. The only way he will pardon those convicted of witchery from hanging is to confess to witchcraft.

True

Reverend Parris asks John Proctor to recite his Ten Commandments to test John.

False

Cheever finds several dolls in Elizabeth Proctor's house when he investigated.

False