The Crucible Act 1 Quiz
What exactly happened in the woods? We learned this from the girls' conversations with Abigail.
Abigail drank blood charm to kill Elizabeth Mercy ran naked dancing and singing. Titbua summed her mothers dead babies
Who are Reverend Parris, Betty, and Abigail? What is their relationship?
Betty and Abigail are cousins and Parris. Rev.Parris is Abigial's uncle
Describe the dramatic ending of Act I
Betty and Abigail start accusing each other people of witch-croft inducing Sara and Goody. In total, l1 people were accused of witchcraft by the end of the act 1
Why has Rev. Parris sent for a doctor as the play begins? What advice does the doctor send back?
Betty's unresponsive they can't treat her because he thinks it witch craft
What has Elizabeth Proctor said about Abigail? Why does Abigail say she was dismissed by the Proctors?
Beware of Abigail's affair with her husbend. Abigail claims that Elizabeth is a mean women who doesn't like her
What was Rev. Samuel Parris attitude toward children
Children should be seen not heard
Why does John Proctor not attend church
Doesn't want to go because of the drive.Also how Parris only talks about hell and hardly mentions God
Why would Arthur Miller include the note on historical accuracy?
He didn't want people trying to learn the history of the Salem Witch Trials to read his play and assume it to be a true representation of events.
Describe what is said between Abigail and John Proctor.
He says its over and it will never happen again. She wants to continue with the affair and he said she will cut his hand off
What reason did Thomas Putnam have for resenting Rev. Parris?
He wanted his brother in-law to become a minister instead of Rev.Parris
Why is Reverend John Hale in Salem
He's the expert on figuring out if there is witch craft in Salem
Explain the paradox of the Salem tragedy
It was for a good purpose to keep the community together and prevent any kind of witch craft
Describe Rebecca Nurse's reactions to the girls' sicknesses
Nothing serious and that they are just being kids
What does Parris mean by "I cannot blink what I saw, Abigail, for my enemies will not blink it"? What is Parris's main concern?
Parris means he cannot forget What he saw in the woods. his main concern was that witch craft was being done
Why didn't the Putnams like the Nurses
Putnam is jealous of the nurse because she has 11 kids and 26 grand kids
What is Putnam's grievance over land? What significance might this have?
Putnam thinks that Proctor is stealing fire wood from his land and claim that the land doesn't belong to him
What does Rev. Parris question Abigail about? What does Abigail say happend in the woods
Rev Paris questioned Abigail about why she got fired for working for Proctor.She says she danced in the woods
What are some of the problems between Rev. Parris and his parishioners?
Rev. Parris wants more money and to own the house that he lives in
Who is Ruth? What is wrong with her? How do the Putnams tie her problem to Betty's?
Ruth is Putnam only serving daughter and she's sick and they tie her problems to Betty's because they are having the same symptoms
What is the setting in the Crucible
Salem, Massachusetts 1692
What ultimatum is Tituba given? Who does Tituba accuse of being a witch?
Sara Good and Goody Asborn of being a witch. Tituba confesses to witch craft to save her self
When Abigail is questioned by Rev. Hale, who does she blame? What proof does she offer?
She blamed Tituba and she claims Tituba forced her to drink chickens blood laughs during prayers stand naked having bad dreams and singing
What will Abigail bring to those who breathe a word of the truth? What does she threaten?
She says that she will kill them and that she will make it painful and says tat she can do it because she witnessed her parents get murdered
What happens to Betty when she hears the Lord's name?
She screams and covens her fears
What rumors have circulated the town about Betty Parris?
She was practicing witch craft in the woods and she was flying over a barn.
Who's Tituba ? Whats her relationship to the family?
She's their slave. She takes care of the Betty's family
Infer what each of these characters expects from Rev. Hale: the Putnams, Giles Corey, and Parris
They expect him to save Ruth from witch craft.Giles Corey his wife has been reading books and whenever she reads the book he can't pray. Parris hopes that Hale doesn't discover witch craft
What event transpired between Abigail and John Proctor prior to the beginning of Act I
They had an affair
Though Rev. Hale is trying to get Tituba to name her accomplices, who is the first person to actually mention names?
Thomas suggest that it can be witches. Sara Good and Goody Asborn are suppose to be witches
How do the townspeople view the forest
Where people go to do witch craft