Tne Crucible
Why doesn't Giles enter a plea in response to the charges against him?
Because he wants his land to go to his sons.
Why won't Judge Danforth honor Reverend Hale's request to pardon the prisoners who won't confess?
Because the integrity go to the court us at stake.
Whom do Ezekiel Cheever and Herrick, the Marshal come to arrest at the Proctor home?
Elizabeth Proctor
What does hysteria enable the townspeople to do?
Get revenge on anyone they want.
What makes Reverend Hale different from Reverend Parris?
His critical objectivity.
In what sense is the play an allegory for McCarthy era in America?
In the 1960s suspected communists were treated much the same way as accused witches in The Crucible.
How does John Proctor respond to Gile's charge that he does not believe in witches?
Proctor denies having stated any opinion about witches.
When and where is the play set
Salem, Massachusetts in 1962.
Whom does Tituba accuse of being influenced by the devil?
Sarah Good and Goody Osburn.
What does Abigail do at the end go the play?
She flees Salem after robbing her uncle.
What drives Abigail to begin the hysteria?
She is jealous of Elizabeth Proctor.
Why will Elizabeth not be hanged immediately if she is found guilty?
She is pregnant.
What does Mrs. Putnam believe is wrong with Betty Parris?
She thinks Betty is under the influence of witchcraft.
What does John Proctor hope the revelation of his adultery will do to the witch trial system?
Show that accusations are not evidence.
What news does Mary Warren bring to Elizabeth from Salem?
Someone has accused Elizabeth of witchcraft.
What evidence is used to bring Elizabeth to trial?
Th doll that Mary Warren has given her.
At the beginning of the play, what does Reverend Parris fear?
That his opponents will use accusations of witchcraft against him.
As the play opens, what rumor is circulating about Reverend Parris's daughter Betty?
That she is the victim of witchery.
What does Elizabeth want her husband too say in court?
That the trials are a charade.
What does Elizabeth lie to the court about?
Why she fired Abigail.
What gift does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor when she returns home from the trials?
A little doll that she sewed in the court.
What kind of government does Salem have?
A theocracy
Who asks Tituba to perform voodoo?
Abigail Williams
What event prompts John Proctor to confess his affair with Abigail?
Abigail accuses Mary of witchcraft.
What is the real reason that Elizabeth Proctor fired Abigail?
Abigail had an affair with John Proctor.
When the girls are caught in the woods, who falls into a peculiar trance?
Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam.
What does Abigail accuse of Tituba of making her drink?
Blood
At the end of the play, what does Reverend Hale advise the accused witches to do?
Confess fake sins to save their lives.
When John Proctor is facing death, what does Hale urge him to do?
Confess, even thou he is innocent.
What does Giles accuse Thomas Putnam of doing?
Convincing his daughter to accuse a man of witchcraft just so he could get his land.
Before the play begins, what did Parris catch his daughter and the other girls doing?
Dancing in the forest.
What does Elizabeth believe that John Proctor has at the end of The Crucible?
Goodness
What does Giles ask Reverend Hale about his wife?
He asks why she reads books.
Why does Thomas Putnam threaten to sue John Proctor?
He claims to own a piece of Proctor's land.
What ultimately happens to John Proctor?
He is hanged.
Whose testimony convicts Reverend Hale that Abigail is not telling the truth?
John Proctor's and Mary Warren's testimony.
Why won't Mary Warren testify that she gave the doll to Elizabeth?
Mary is afraid of what Abigail will do to her.
What is Parris's position in Salem
Minister
Why does Mrs. Putnam ask Tituba to conjure the spirits of her seven dead children?
Mrs. Putnam wants to know who is responsible for her children's deaths.
Why do Abigail and John Proctor fight during their first encounter in the play?
Proctor says their affair is over, but Abigail claims he still loves her.
What does Rebecca Nurse believe is wrong with Betty Parris?
Rebecca thinks Betty is overstimulated and having a fit.
As the play opens, whom has Parris asked to come to Salem?
Reverend Hale
What does Mrs. Putnam blame on witchcraft?
The deaths of her seven babies
John Proctor convinces Mary Warren to testify that?
The girls are only pretending to be possessed.
What makes The Crucible a tragedy?
The protagonist, John Proctor, is a hero whose downfall results from a tragic flaw: adultery.
When Mary Warren testifies against Abigail and her troop of girls, how do they respond?
They claim that Mary is bewitching them.
What will happen to the accused witches if they do not confess?
They will be hanged.
Which commandment does John Proctor forget when Reverend Hale quizzes him?
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Who is the first person that Abigail claims practiced witchcraft?
Tituba
Whom does Abigail accuse of conjuring the devil?
Tituba
