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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is Hale doing at the prison in Act 4?
trying to get Proctor and the other condemned prisoners to confess
trying to convince the girls to try to escape with him
trying to free Elizabeth Proctor and her new baby
- 2. Multiple Choice
What was stolen from Parris' strongbox?
The gold candlesticks
Some diamond jewelry
All of Parris' money
Proctor's signed confession
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich character is pregnant?Mary WarrenElizabeth ProctorMrs. PutnamRebecca Nurse
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does John Proctor initially refuse to do for Danforth?
Ask for forgiveness.
Pay his bail.
Sign his name on the confession.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat were Giles Corey's final words, as he was tortured to death in an effort to force him to name his witness?"Forgive me.""More weight.""More life.""She lies."
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did Giles Corey refuse to either confirm or deny the charges against him?
So that he would be set free.
So that his land would go to his children.
To save Martha's life.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThrough her test of character, what realization did Elizabeth have about herself?Her husband is truly a good man.She is guilty of doing the Devil's work.She was right to suspect her husband's loyalty.Her insecurity and coldness were partly to blame for her husband's infidelity.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceDanforthcannot admit error, or will lose authorityregains honor by refusing to lie to have life sparedloses faith, but values life and attempts to save lives
- 9. Multiple ChoiceJohn Proctorcannot admit error, or will lose authorityregains honor by refusing to lie to have life sparedloses faith, but values life and attempts to save lives
- 10. Multiple ChoiceReverend Halecannot admit error, or will lose authorityregains honor by refusing to lie to have life sparedloses faith, but values life and attempts to save lives
- 11. Multiple Choice
What might the community do if Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor are killed?
The people may not pay their taxes.
The people may try to kill more witches.
The people may riot and overthrow the court.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who is sentenced to die the same day as John?
Rebecca Nurse
Abigail Williams
Elizabeth Proctor
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho says that if John Proctor is executed he will consider himself a murderer?GilesDanforthParrisHale
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who says this? "Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house-- a dagger clattered to the ground."
Rev. Hale
Danforth
Rev. Parris
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who signs his name to a document and then tears it up?
John Proctor
Cheever
Giles Corey
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn the final scene, Elizabeth will not plead with her husband because...she fears that they will hang her, too.her bossing him around is what led to his affair in the first placeeven in the face of death, she cannot forgive him.she does not want to take away her husband's chance for salvation.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Reverend Parris suggests to Danforth he postpone these hangings for a time, why?
he fears the backlash from the community when upstanding citizens are executed
he is afraid they will cast a spell on him and his family , cursing them forever
he is afraid that the town will be haunted by their ghosts
- 18. Multiple ChoiceReverend Hale begs to Danforth that he must pardon the accused, because they will not admit to being witches.TrueFalse
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Judge Danforth think will sway John Proctor to admit to being a witch?seeing his pregnant wifelosing all his propertyhis sons being jailed as conspiratorshe has the chance to leave with Abigail Williams
- 20. Multiple Choice
How did Giles Corey die?
he was pressed to death with rocks
he was burned at the stake
he was hanged with the others
he was shot by a firing squad
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat character appears to express sincere guilt over his involvement in sentencing innocent people to death?Judge DanforthReverend HaleReverend ParrisAbigail Williams
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhen John Proctor chooses instead to die in order to protect the truth and the innocence of himself and the others accused, what does this symbolize?a heroic acta coward's deatha futile attempta honest mistake
- 23. Multiple Choice
The Crucible further shows the Salem witch trials go into history as one of its greatest examples of:
mass hysteria and wrongful persecution
the government continuing to make mistakes
the greatest victory against witches
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