Crucible Notes
What year did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
1692
In Act 2, how many people are accused of witchcraft?
39
Pretends to see a yellow bird
Abigail Williams
Who says, "I will come to you in the black of some terrible night, and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you"?
Abigail Williams
What are the fears of witches an allegory to?
Communism
Attempts to be fair; presides over all hearings in court; decides who receives punishment
Danforth
What was John Proctor's fate?
Death
Elizabeth lied in court so that John would be arrested.
False
Giles Corey accuses Putnam of being in the service of the devil.
False
Hathorne intervenes on John's behalf because he wants him to have a lawyer for his case
False
John Proctor is ready to go right away and expose Abigail Williams as a fraud.
False
John Proctor's main purpose in bringing Mary Warren to court is to save Abigail.
False
Judge Danforth spares Elizabeth Proctor from hanging because she is sick and will die soon anyway.
False
Judge Hathorne tests Mary by asking her to pretend to faint.
False
Mary Warren first tells Judge Danforth that the witches are still trying to kill the girls.
False
Reverend Hale does not look for evidence before saying someone is a witch.
False
I am an expert in witchcraft.
Hale
Why does Reverend Parris send for Reverend Hale?
Hale is considered an expert in matters of witchcraft and the devil
Is arrested for dealing with the devil
John Proctor
Which one of the girls caught in the forest admits they made it all up?
Mary
Goes to court and tells the judge that the girls are pretending
Mary Warren
Who did John Proctor forbid from going into town?
Mary Warren
What is the author's name?
Miller
Who accuses Martha Corey of witchcraft?
Mr. Walcott
I am a minister.
Parris
Respected woman accused of witchcraft due to the deaths of some of the babies she helped deliver.
Rebecca Nurse
Denounces the proceedings and quits the court
Reverend Hale
Who is the man who begins to feel guilty about the trial because respected people are being accused?
Reverend Hale
Thinks everyone is trying to overthrow the court
Reverend Parris
Who is the man who wanted golden candlesticks?
Reverend Parris
The setting of The Crucible is
Salem, 1692
The events in the play are based on real life "witch hunts" that occurred in the 1600's in
Salem, Massachusetts
Who is a woman sentenced to death due to her strange mumblings and begging?
Sarah Good
Considering Tituba's state of mind when she begins naming names, what can you infer about her motivation?
She is afraid of Reverend Hale and thinks naming names will save her from punishment
At the beginning of Act II, John and Elizabeth Proctor are uncomfortable with each other. By the end of the play, however, their relationship changes. How would you describe their relationship in Act IV?
They are warm and affectionate (for Puritans)
91 people attest that Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Martha are good, God-loving people.
True
At the end of Act 3, the girls all pretend that Mary is bewitching them.
True
Giles Corey is arrested for contempt of court
True
Hale denounces the proceedings (quits the court) because he believes the testimony of Mary and John.
True
John Proctor does not like Reverend Parris because he feels that he cares more about money than God.
True
John confessed to adultery so that Elizabeth would be saved.
True
Mary Warren first tells Judge Danforth that the girls have been lying.
True
Mary Warren tells John and Elizabeth that Sarah Osburn will be hanged and that Elizabeth has been accused.
True
Reverend Parris's argument against Proctor is that he is trying to overthrow the court.
True
True or False: Mary Warren does not want to charge Abigail because she is afraid that Abigail will turn all of the girls on her.
True
Martha Corey is accused of witchcraft because
a pig that she had sold to their neighbor died
In Act 2, what gift does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor?
a poppet
What strange gift does Mary Warren give Elizabeth?
a poppet
What is a "poppet"?
a rag doll
Which commandment does John Proctor forget?
adultery
The Crucible is
an allegory
When Reverend Parris sees his daughter and the other girls dancing in the forest, he immediately concludes that they...
are engaging in witch craft
How does Mary react under the pressure from the girls?
breaks down and calls Proctor the Devil
John and Elizabeth have an awkward relationship because
he committed adultery
The central point of this internal battle of John Proctor's is the fact that he could potentially end the witch hunt by discrediting Abigail. Why doesn't he?
he would also incriminate himself for having committed adultery.
Why does John refuse to let them post up his confession where the entire town may see?
it will ruin his good name in the town
What is Mary Warren's title now?
official of the court
Abigail accuses Elizabeth of being a witch by
stabbing herself with a needle
Act 2 takes place in
the Proctor household
