The Crucible Study Set AP Lang

The Puritan's goal in coming to the American colonies was to

1. Form a theocratic city on a hill

The purpose of Puritan literature was to provide

Spiritual insight

All of the following are tenets of the Puritan belief system EXCEPT-

Sir Thomas Moore’s idea that man is inherently good and corrupted by sinful society

Which of the following statements best expresses the thesis of Jonathan Edwards’ 1741 sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?

All humans are inherently sinners and are in danger of being cast into hell unless they repent of their sins and are “born again” into Christ.

Who was the primary audience for Edwards’ sermon? 

Those congregants who had not yet had the “conversion” experience.

Act 1 of The Crucible begins with Betty unserious in her bed and ends with

Tituba, Abigail, and the other girls making accusations of witchcraft against various women in Salem

From Act 1 to Act 2, Reverend Hale’s attitude towards his job changes from 

Supremely self-confident (almost smug) to slightly doubtful

In Act II, we discover that Abigail Williams has .

Framed Elizabeth Proctor for witchcraft by stabbing herself in the stomach with a needle

In Act III, in a turning point in the play, Elizabeth has the change to save her husband and exonerate all the other accused, but she totally blows it by

Telling the single lie of her life by answering “no” to Judge Danforth’s question, “Is your husband the lecher?”

Over the course of the entire play, Elizabeth Proctor can be described as all of the following EXCEPT

Flirtatious

In Act IV, when John Proctor agrees to confess, he does so to save his own life. However, in realizing that he must ___, he refuses to sign the confession.

Implicate others

At the end of the play, John Proctor rips up his confession to witchcraft because

All are correct

In the last scene of The Crucible, as Proctor pleads with the judges not to make him sign the confession, and then not to post the signed confession publicly, he primarily relies on

Ethos

Revered Parris and Judge Danforth are alike in that they

Are both concerned primarily with preserving their hard-won reputations

Which of the following is the LEAST dynamic character in the play?

Judge Danforth

Which of the following themes is LEAST apparent in The Crucible?

Selfless love can overcome any obstacles

In the same speech, Hale endorses the common concept of

Choosing the lesser of the two evils

In Danforth’s words to Elizabeth beginning, “Goody Proctor, you are not summoned here….” his tone could best be described as all of the following EXCEPT

Rueful

In Proctor’s statement, “It is a pretense, Elizabeth,” the pronoun “it” refers to

His own refusal to confess

In the last sentence of Elizabeth’s long speech to John, beginning, “John, it come to naught…” the word “needs” is best understood to mean

Requires

In Elizabeth’s assertion that “You can take my sins upon you, John,” she is referring to the fact that

She shares the blame for John’s sins

In Proctor’s words to Elizabeth (“Then who will judge me…it is fraud”), his statement “I think it is honest” could best be described as

Ironic

Danforth’s lines, “Come, man, there is light in the sky; the town waits at the scaffold” are designed to remind John of the __ of his current situation

Urgency

Danforth’s assertion that “a sore of people” have testified to seeing Rebecca’s “with the devil” highlights the fact that his desire for Proctor’s written

Strict adherence to the letter of the law

Elizabeth's final statement that “He have his goodness now” refers to the fact that John

is doing the right thing

Until the moment proctor rips his confession, his attitude toward the entire process can best be described as

Disgusted resignation