English 2nd Six Week Exam

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As Reverend Hale is trying to calm John Proctor, Proctor cries, "Pontius Pilate! You cannot wash your hands of this!" Pontius Pilate was a Roman governor who sentenced Jesus to die and then washed his hands before the crowd to show that he did not take responsibility. This type of reference is called a biblical—

allusion

Arthur Miller is known for great American plays, including—

"Death of a Salesman"

Which of the following lines contain a metaphor? "I will fall like an ocean on that court" "The road past my house is a pilgrimage to Salem...." "Come along, come along" "The parlor's packed with people"

"The road past my house is a pilgrimage to Salem...."

At the end of Act 2, Elizabeth is arrested because she has a doll ("poppet") in the house with a needle stuck into it. At this point, Elizabeth realizes that—

Abigail stuck herself with a needle in order to accuse Elizabeth.

PUNCTUATION Read each group of sentences carefully. Then choose the one which is correctly punctuated.

Barry likes The Crucible - the famous play by Arthur Miller - because it is based on a real event.

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. PROCTOR: If the crop is good I'll buy George Jacob's heifer. How would that please you? ELIZABETH: Aye, it would. PROCTOR, with a grin: I mean to please you, Elizabeth. ELIZABETH—it is hard to say: I know it, John. He gets up, goes to her, kisses her. She receives it. With a certain disappointment, he returns to the table. PROCTOR, as gently as he can: Cider? ELIZABETH, with a sense of reprimanding herself for having forgot: Aye! She gets up and goes and pours a glass for him. He now arches his back. PROCTOR: This farm's a continent when you go foot by foot droppin' seeds it it. ELIZABETH, coming in with the cider: It must be. PROCTOR, drinks a long draught, then, putting the glass down: You ought to bring some flowers in the house. ELIZABETH: Oh! I forgot! I will tomorrow. PROCTOR: It's winter in here yet. On Sunday let you come with me, and we'll walk the farm together; I never see such a load of flowers on the earth. With a good feeling he goes and looks up at the sky through the open doorway. Lilacs have a purple smell. Lilac is the smell of nightfall, I think. Massachusetts is a beauty in the spring! ELIZABETH: Aye, it is. There is a pause. She is watching him from the table as he stands there absorbing the night. It is as though she would speak but cannot. Instead, now, she takes up his plate and glass and fork and goes with them to the basin. Her back is turned to him. He turns to her and watches her. As sense of their separation rises. PROCTOR: I think you're sad again. Are you? ELIZABETH—she doesn't want friction, and yet she must: You come so late I thought you'd gone to Salem this afternoon. PROCTOR: Why? I have no business in Salem. ELIZABETH: You did speak of going, earlier this week. The stage directions in paragraph 5 indicate that—

Elizabeth is still upset about Proctor's affair with Abigail.

PUNCTUATION Read each group of sentences carefully. Then choose the one which is correctly punctuated.

Hale says, " . . . my hand shakes yet as with a wound!"

As Proctor leaves, he says to Reverend Hale, "I've heard you to be a sensible man, Mr. Hale. I hope you'll leave some of it in Salem." He means that—

He hopes that the other adults will come to their senses.

Miller was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1956. During the hearings—

He refused to name his friends as Communists.

Which of the following is a true statement about "The Crucible"? It was a huge hit when it was first produced on Broadway. It shows Miller's admiration for the Puritan settlers in Salem. It won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for drama. It was one of the most popular plays of the twentieth century.

It was one of the most popular plays of the twentieth century.

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. MARY WARREN: I must tell you sir, I will be gone every day now. I am amazed you do not see what weighty work we do. PROCTOR: What work you do! It's strange work for a Christian girl to hand old women! MARY WARREN: But, Mr. Proctor, they will not hang them if they confess. Sarah Good will only sit in jail some time—recalling—and here's a wonder for you; think on this. Goody Good is pregnant. ELIZABETH: Pregnant! Are they mad? The woman's near to sixty! MARY WARREN: They had Doctor Griggs examine her, and she's full to the brim. And smokin' a pipe all these year, and no husband either! But she's safe, thank God, for they'll not hurt the innocent child. But be that not a marvel? You must see it sir, it's God's work we do. So I'll be gone every day for some time. I'm—I am an official of the court, they say and I—She has been edging toward offstage. PROCTOR: I'll official you! He strides to the mantel, takes down the whip hanging there. MARY WARREN, terrified, but coming erect, striving for her authority: I'll not stand for whipping any more! After reading this passage, the reader can infer that—

Proctor knows that the girls are lying.

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. PROCTOR, with difficulty: I—I have no witness and cannot prove it, except my word be taken. But I know the children's sickness had naught to do with witchcraft. HALE, stopped, struck: Naught to do—? PROCTOR: Parris discovered them sportin' in the woods. They were startled and took sick. HALE: Who told you this? PROCTOR, hesitates, then: Abigail Williams. HALE, his eyes wide: Abigail Williams told you it had naught to do with witchcraft! PROCTOR: She told me the day you came, sir. HALE, suspiciously: Why—why did you keep this? PROCTOR: I never knew until tonight that the world is gone daft with this nonsense. HALE: Nonsense! Mister, I have myself examined Tituba, Sarah Good, and numerous others that have confessed to dealing with the Devil. They haveconfessed PROCTOR: And why not, if they must hang for denyin' it? There are them that will swear to anything before they'll hang; have you never thought of that? HALE: I have. I—I have indeed. It is his own suspicion, but he resists it. He glances at ELIZABETH, then at And you—would you testify to this in court? In the passage above, the reader can reasonably infer that—

Reverend Hale is fighting his own doubts about the courts.

Read this passage from Act I. During this passage, Betty Parris is lying on the bed, apparently unconscious after being caught dancing and "conjuring spirits" by her father, Reverend Parris. Then answer the question. PARRIS: Child. Sit you down. ABIGAIL, quavering, as she sits: I would never hurt Betty. I love her dearly. PARRIS: Now look you, child, your punishment will come in its time. But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must know it now, for surely my enemies will, and they will ruin me with it. ABIGAIL: But we never conjured spirits. PARRIS: Then why can she not move herself since midnight? This child is desperate! Abigail lowers her eyes. It must come out—my enemies will bring it out. Let me know what you done there. Abigail, do you understand that I have many enemies? ABIGAIL: I have heard of it, uncle. PARRIS: There is a faction that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit. Do you understand that? ABIGAIL: I think so, sir. What can be reasonably inferred from the passage?

Reverend Parris's main concern is for his position and reputation.

When John Proctor tells Elizabeth to keep their servant Mary Warren from going to town, she replies, "It is a mouse no more." What brings about Mary Warren's change?

She feels important because she is an officer of the court.

PUNCTUATION Read each group of sentences carefully. Then choose the one which is correctly punctuated.

The professor said, "My favorite line the play is, 'We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise' because it tells so much about Hale."

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. MARY WARREN: I must tell you sir, I will be gone every day now. I am amazed you do not see what weighty work we do. PROCTOR: What work you do! It's strange work for a Christian girl to hand old women! MARY WARREN: But, Mr. Proctor, they will not hang them if they confess. Sarah Good will only sit in jail some time—recalling—and here's a wonder for you; think on this. Goody Good is pregnant ELIZABETH: Pregnant! Are they mad? The woman's near to sixty! MARY WARREN: They had Doctor Griggs examine her, and she's full to the brim. And smokin' a pipe all these year, and no husband either! But she's safe, thank God, for they'll not hurt the innocent child. But be that not a marvel? You must see it sir, it's God's work we do. So I'll be gone every day for some time. I'm—I am an official of the court, they say and I—She has been edging toward offstage. PROCTOR: I'll official you! He strides to the mantel, takes down the whip hanging there. MARY WARREN, terrified, but coming erect, striving for her authority: I'll not stand for whipping any more! From this passage, it is clear that the court in Salem—

believes everything the girls are saying

The tone in Act II can best be described as one of⏤

contempt

When Hale begins to question the Proctors about their religious beliefs, John Proctor attempts to hide his—

contempt

don't like Reverend Parris

The Crucible, Act 1 By Arthur Miller ABIGAIL: I want to open myself! They turn to her, startled. She is enraptured, as though in a pearly light. I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with Devil! As she is speaking, BETTY is rising from the bed, a fever in her eyes, and picks up the chant. BETTY: staring too: I saw George Jacobs with the Devil! PARRIS: She speaks! He rushes to embrace She speaks! HALE: Glory to God! It is broken, they are free! BETTY: calling out hysterically and with great relief: I saw Martha Bellows with the Devil! ABIGAIL: I saw Goody Bibber with the Devil! It is rising to a great glee. Read the passage above, which appears at the end Act 1 of The Crucible. Then answer the following questions. In paragraph 4, Hale thinks that he has freed the girls of the Devil's influence, but the audience has learned that the girls are pretending. This literary device is known as—

dramatic irony

Read the following passage. Then answer the question. ABIGAIL: Gah! I'd almost forgot how strong you are, John Proctor! PROCTOR, looking at ABIGAIL now, the faintest suggestion of a knowing smile on his face: What's this mischief here? ABIGAIL, with a nervous laugh: Oh, she's [BETTY PARRIS] only gone silly somehow. PROCTOR: The road past my house is a pilgrimage to Salem all morning. The town's mumbling witchcraft. ABIGAIL: Oh, posh! Winningly she comes a little closer, with a confidential, wicked air. We were dancin' in the woods last night, and my uncle [REVEREND PARRIS] leaped in on us. She took fright, is all. PROCTOR, his smile widening: Ah, you're wicked yet, aren't y'! A trill of expectant laughter escapes her, and she dares come closer, feverishly looking into his eyes.You'll be clapped in the stocks before you're twenty. He takes a step to go, and she springs into his path. ABIGAIL: Give me a word, John. A soft word. Her concentrated desire destroys his smile. PROCTOR: No, no, Abby. That's done with. ABIGAIL, tauntingly: You come five mile to see a silly girl fly? I know you better. PROCTOR, setting her firmly out of his path: I come to see what mischief your uncle's brewin' now. With final emphasis: Put it out of mind, Abby. When Proctor says to Abigail, "That's done with," he means—

his affair with Abigail

Elizabeth tells Hale that she does not believe that there are witches in the world, even though she knows that witches are mentioned in the Bible and that it will shock Reverend Hale to hear this. This helps show that Elizabeth is—

honest

The Crucible is Miller's most frequently performed play, probably because—

injustice and superstition are themes that playgoers can relate to

At the end of Act 2, Elizabeth—

is arrested on an accusation by Abigail Williams

Mary Warren tells Deputy Governor Danforth that Abigail and the others are lying. Danforth's reaction shows that he—

is concerned about his own reputation

When Miller uses the line" Theology is a fortress," he is using what literary device?

metaphor

The author's twist of events to show that even though Abigail and the other girls engage in acts of witchcraft in the woods and then, they become accusers of innocent people is a literary device known as⏤

paradox

When Miller uses the line "An everlasting funeral marches around your heart," he is using a literary device known as ⏤

personification

ABIGAIL: Gah! I'd almost forgot how strong you are, John Proctor! PROCTOR, looking at ABIGAIL now, the faintest suggestion of a knowing smile on his face: What's this mischief here? ABIGAIL, with a nervous laugh: Oh, she's [BETTY PARRIS] only gone silly somehow. PROCTOR: The road past my house is a pilgrimage to Salem all morning. The town's mumbling witchcraft. ABIGAIL: Oh, posh! Winningly she comes a little closer, with a confidential, wicked air. We were dancin' in the woods last night, and my uncle [REVEREND PARRIS] leaped in on us. She took fright, is all. PROCTOR, his smile widening: Ah, you're wicked yet, aren't y'! A trill of expectant laughter escapes her, and she dares come closer, feverishly looking into his eyes. You'll be clapped in the stocks before you're twenty. He takes a step to go, and she springs into his path. Proctor's attitude toward Abigail in this excerpt could be best described as—

playful

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. PROCTOR: If the crop is good I'll buy George Jacob's heifer. How would that please you? ELIZABETH: Aye, it would. PROCTOR, with a grin: I mean to please you, Elizabeth. ELIZABETH—it is hard to say: I know it, John. He gets up, goes to her, kisses her. She receives it. With a certain disappointment, he returns to the table. PROCTOR, as gently as he can: Cider? ELIZABETH, with a sense of reprimanding herself for having forgot: Aye! She gets up and goes and pours a glass for him. He now arches his back. PROCTOR: This farm's a continent when you go foot by foot droppin' seeds it it. ELIZABETH, coming in with the cider: It must be. PROCTOR, drinks a long draught, then, putting the glass down: You ought to bring some flowers in the house. ELIZABETH: Oh! I forgot! I will tomorrow. PROCTOR: It's winter in here yet. On Sunday let you come with me, and we'll walk the farm together; I never see such a load of flowers on the earth. With a good feeling he goes and looks up at the sky through the open doorway. Lilacs have a purple smell. Lilac is the smell of nightfall, I think. Massachusetts is a beauty in the spring! ELIZABETH: Aye, it is. There is a pause. She is watching him from the table as he stands there absorbing the night. It is as though she would speak but cannot. Instead, now, she takes up his plate and glass and fork and goes with them to the basin. Her back is turned to him. He turns to her and watches her. As sense of their separation rises. PROCTOR: I think you're sad again. Are you? ELIZABETH—she doesn't want friction, and yet she must: You come so late I thought you'd gone to Salem this afternoon. PROCTOR: Why? I have no business in Salem. ELIZABETH: You did speak of going, earlier this week. In line 3, Proctor says, "I mean to please you." This indicates that he—

regrets his affair

At the beginning of Act 3, Proctor, Giles, and Francis come to the court in Salem because they want to—

save their wives from hanging

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. ELIZABETH, quietly: Oh, the noose, the noose is up! PROCTOR: There'll be no noose. ELIZABETH: She wants me dead. I knew all week it would come to this! PROCTOR, without conviction: They dismissed it. You heard her say— ELIZABETH: And what of tomorrow? She will cry me out until they take me. When Elizabeth says, "The noose is up," she is using figurative language to suggest—

she is in danger of being hanged as a witch

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. PROCTOR, with difficulty: I—I have no witness and cannot prove it, except my word be taken. But I know the children's sickness had naught to do with witchcraft. HALE, stopped, struck: Naught to do—? PROCTOR: Parris discovered them sportin' in the woods. They were startled and took sick. HALE: Who told you this? PROCTOR, hesitates, then: Abigail Williams. HALE, his eyes wide: Abigail Williams told you it had naught to do with witchcraft! PROCTOR: She told me the day you came, sir. HALE, suspiciously: Why—why did you keep this? PROCTOR: I never knew until tonight that the world is gone daft with this nonsense. HALE: Nonsense! Mister, I have myself examined Tituba, Sarah Good, and numerous others that have confessed to dealing with the Devil. They have confessed PROCTOR: And why not, if they must hang for denyin' it? There are them that will swear to anything before they'll hang; have you never thought of that? HALE: I have. I—I have indeed. It is his own suspicion, but he resists it. He glances at ELIZABETH, then at And you—would you testify to this in court? When Proctor finally tells Hale that he knows the girls are lying, Hale's reaction is—

shock

One element of drama that makes it different from other fiction such as novels and shorts stories is—

stage directions

The words in italics give guidance to the readers and actors, for instance, calling out hysterically. These words are known as—

stage directions

Deputy Governor Danforth tells Proctor that Elizabeth is pregnant and will not be harmed until after the baby is born. At this news, Proctor—

stays to help Giles and Francis

The best way to describe the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor at the beginning of Act 2 would be—

strained

In Act I, Miller establishes a mood that is⏤

suspicious and apprehensive

Later in this scene, Elizabeth tries to convince Proctor to go to Salem in order to—

tell the court that Abigail is lying about being bewitched

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. PROCTOR: If the crop is good I'll buy George Jacob's heifer. How would that please you? ELIZABETH: Aye, it would. PROCTOR, with a grin: I mean to please you, Elizabeth. ELIZABETH—it is hard to say: I know it, John. He gets up, goes to her, kisses her. She receives it. With a certain disappointment, he returns to the table. PROCTOR, as gently as he can: Cider? ELIZABETH, with a sense of reprimanding herself for having forgot: Aye! She gets up and goes and pours a glass for him. He now arches his back. PROCTOR: This farm's a continent when you go foot by foot droppin' seeds it it. ELIZABETH, coming in with the cider: It must be. PROCTOR, drinks a long draught, then, putting the glass down: You ought to bring some flowers in the house. ELIZABETH: Oh! I forgot! I will tomorrow. PROCTOR: It's winter in here yet. On Sunday let you come with me, and we'll walk the farm together; I never see such a load of flowers on the earth. With a good feeling he goes and looks up at the sky through the open doorway. Lilacs have a purple smell. Lilac is the smell of nightfall, I think. Massachusetts is a beauty in the spring! ELIZABETH: Aye, it is. There is a pause. She is watching him from the table as he stands there absorbing the night. It is as though she would speak but cannot. Instead, now, she takes up his plate and glass and fork and goes with them to the basin. Her back is turned to him. He turns to her and watches her. As sense of their separation rises. PROCTOR: I think you're sad again. Are you? ELIZABETH—she doesn't want friction, and yet she must: You come so late I thought you'd gone to Salem this afternoon. PROCTOR: Why? I have no business in Salem. ELIZABETH: You did speak of going, earlier this week. In paragraph 12, Proctor says, "It's winter in here yet." This is symbolic of —

the chill in his marriage

Which of the following inspired Arthur Miller to write The Crucible? the injustice of the McCarthy hearings the success of his play "A View from the Bridge" his daughter's marriage to actor Daniel Day-Lewis his marriage to actress Marilyn Monroe

the injustice of the McCarthy hearings

Based on your knowledge of the play as a whole, the most likely reason that Proctor had considered going to Salem is—

to tell the court what he knows

Act 2 closes as John Proctor—

tries to get Mary Warren to tell the truth

Rebecca Nurse comes into Betty's bedroom in the middle of the scene and, to everyone's astonishment, calms the child by standing quietly nearby. Then she says: "I think she'll wake in time. Pray calm yourselves. I have eleven children, and I am twenty-six times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly season, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief. I think she'll wake when she tires of it. A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back." The passage above shows that Rebecca—

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