"The Crucible" Act Two

Mary Warren

As Elizabeth and Proctor argue, __________ enters.

salt

Proctor enters and smells the stew cooking over the fire. He is not pleased and adds __________.

proceedings

Proctor grabs her by the wrist, and she cries out that she's sick from the __________.

Hale

Proctor tells __________ to get out of his sight.

Rev. Hale came to get a better sense of the people who have been accused. It is "unofficial".

Why did Rev. Hale come to visit the Proctors?

John says he doesn't want Rev. Parris to "lay his hand upon my baby".

Why isn't the Proctors' third son baptized?

Rebecca is charged with the death of the Putnam babies.

Why was Rebecca accused of witchcraft?

Abigail will accuse John of lechery/adultery. John says that then people will know about Abigail too.

According to Mary, how will Abigail retaliate?

stallion

Angry, Proctor claims he gave no promise--no more promise than a "__________ gives a mare"--and he believes Elizabeth will never forgive him for his mistake.

Abigail

Before Hale goes, Proctor tells him that __________ told him that the children's sickness wasn't about witchcraft.

needle

Cheever tells Proctor that the "Williams girl" fell to the floor at dinner this evening, and when the Reverend Parris went to her, he drew out a __________ stuck deep in her belly. When he asked how she was stabbed, she said it was Elizabeth Proctor's "spirit" that did it.

The conversation was strained and tense in places because of John trying to please Elizabeth, Elizabeth not forgetting about Abigail, the conversation about Abigail, and the conversation about why John was in Salem.

Describe the conversation between Elizabeth and John.

receives

Elizabeth and Proctor discuss the farm, while Proctor eats. He tells her he wants to please her and tries to kiss her, she only "__________ it". He's disappointed and returns to eat.

lied

Elizabeth realizes he must have __________ to her the first time he told her the story.

magistrate ; freeze

Elizabeth says she doesn't judge him, only the "__________ sits in your heart". Proctor says her justice would __________ beer.

Abigail

Elizabeth says she has known all week this would happen, because she believes __________ wants her dead so she can take her place.

Salem ; Mary Warren

Elizabeth says she is worried that Proctor had gone to __________ that day. Proctor lies and said he did not go, and she says that __________ had gone.

Mary Warren

Elizabeth says she'll go, and Hedrick says he has nine men outside. Proctor promises his wife that he'll bring her home soon. __________ starts to cry.

fraud ; witchcraft

Elizabeth suggests that Proctor go to Salem and tell them it is a __________ and to let them know what Abigail told him last week, that she knew it was not __________.

Cheever is appointed by the court to arrest those accused of witchcraft.

Explain Ezekiel Cheever's job.

Pontius Pilate was the Roman procurator who did not find Jesus guilty of the charges brought against him, but allowed Jesus to be put to death anyways.

Explain the allusion John makes when he calls Rev. Hale "Pontius Pilate".

Elizabeth ; Abigail

Ezekiel Cheever, the constable, enters. Everybody is silent, shocked. He is there, he says, on business of the court. Marshal Hedrick also enters, but he looks ashamed. They are there to arrest _________. __________ charged her.

Commandments ; adultery

Hale asks them both if they know the __________, and then tells Proctor to recite them. Proctor cites nearly all--but fails to remember one: __________.

Satan ; angel

Hale is now clearly troubled. But he reminds the men that until __________ fell from heaven, he was a beautiful __________.

church

Hale says he wants to question them both, and he proceeds to question why Proctor hasn't been to __________ much in the last seventeen months.

hanged

Hale says that people have confessed. Proctor says anybody will confess if it prevents them from getting __________.

murder ; Elizabeth

Hale tells Mary that she is charging Abigail with __________, because if Abigail is lying, then she is trying to get __________ killed.

two

Hale then wants to know why only __________ of their three children are baptized.

cannot believe

Hale wants to know if Proctor will testify in court and Proctor, reluctant, says he will. Hale then questions him about whether he believes in witches, and Proctor says he has questioned it. Elizabeth says that she __________ in witches, if he thinks she is a witch.

poppet ; poppet ; needle

Hale wants to know what a __________ means, and Cheever starts to explain, while lifting the __________'s skirt. Then he notices that it has a long __________ stuck in it.

poppet

He asks her how the proceedings went and she goes to Elizabeth and gives her a __________. Elizabeth thanks her.

Rebecca Nurse

He has just come from __________'s house--she was also mentioned at court, like Elizabeth.

saint

He just knows that if she's considered a __________ now, his word might not be enough. Elizabeth asks Proctor whether Abigail and he were alone together, and Proctor admits they were for a minute, but then the others came.

The poppet had a needle in its stomach and Abigail became sick at dinner and was discovered to have a needle in her stomach. Abigail said Elizabeth was the cause.

How did the poppet incriminate Elizabeth?

Elizabeth said John should tell them she went to visit a sick person.

How will the Proctors explain Elizabeth's absence to the boys?

Hale ; witchcraft

It is night, and Reverend __________ appears in the door. He has come to investigate on his own the allegations of __________.

Abigail

It's obvious Proctor wants Elizabeth to forget __________ as he has.

letchery

Mary resists, saying that Abigail will charge Proctor with __________. Proctor is even more determined to expose the truth and insists that Mary will help him.

Abigail

Mary says it is hers, but she meant no harm. Then she says they should ask Susanna or __________, both of whom saw her making it.

39 ; Goody Osburn

Mary says she's tired and needs to sleep. Proctor asks if it's true that fourteen women are accused of witchcraft, and Mary says there are now __________ women, including __________.

choke

Mary says that she somehow managed to almost __________ her and the other girls in court, by sending her spirit out.

rips ; Parris ; Abigail

Proctor __________ up the arrest warrant and tells them all to get out of his house and says that __________ and ___________ may not be innocent.

official

Proctor said he forbid Mary Warren to leave the farm, but Elizabeth says she couldn't stop her. She is now an "__________ of the court". There are fourteen people in jail because of the witch trials.

wh0re ; bed

Proctor says he will talk to Cheever, and Elizabeth says he needs to tell Abigail she's a __________. Elizabeth claims that he made promises in __________, and he needs to let Abigail know that this promise won't be fulfilled.

greedy

Proctor says his wife was sick this winter. He could come alone, he admits, but he does not like the minister because he believes the minister is __________.

Mary Warren

Proctor tells ___________ she is going with him to the courthouse, and she'll testify exactly how the poppet came to the house and who stuck the needle in it.

confesses

Proctor tries to forbid her from going to court again, and Mary says she must. Proctor suggests this isn't proper work and Mary says they will not hang a woman if she __________.

poppet

Proctor wants to know what proof he has, and Cheever says he's supposed to look for a __________.

Commandments

The proof of her witchery? She was unable to say her __________.

Rebecca ; Putnam

Then Francis Nurse enters and says they've also taken __________. She's been charged with killing the __________'s babies.

Elizabeth ; mentioned

Then Mary claims to have saved __________'s life today. She hasn't been accused, only __________, but Mary said she had never seen her send her spirit out.

John thinks Rev. Parris is too greedy.

What did John say was the reason why he did not go to church regularly?

poppet

What did Mary give Elizabeth?

Mary said they have a "proper" court. (several judges and the Deputy Governor of the Province)

What did Mary say was going on in court?

John wants Mary Warren to tell the court about the poppet and what really happened with it.

What does John want to charge Abigail with?

Mary knows about Abigail's previous relationship with John.

What does Mary know about John?

The one John forgot was adultery - the one he broke.

What was ironic about John's saying of the Ten Commandments?

letchery

What's another word for adultery?

Martha Corey was accused of witchcraft by Walcott for his not being able to keep a pig for more than 4 weeks.

Why was Martha Corey accused and who charged her with the crime of witchcraft?

Giles Corey

__________ appears and says they have arrested his wife.