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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is Ergot?
A fungus found in rye grain
A disease spread by rats
A religion practiced by the locals
A derogatory term used to describe the witches
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which is NOT a symptom of Ergotism?
Hallucinations
Delirium/Confusion
Muscle Contractions
Blindness
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following might cause the residents of Salem village and Salem town to resent one another?
Salem Town was wealthier
One controlled the food supply and the other controlled the price
Fear of outsiders
All of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which religion was practiced by most of those who lived in Essex County?
Voodoo
Puritanism
Catholicism
Quaker
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which term best describes life in a Puritan community?
Fun
Easy
Religious
Tolerant
- 6. Multiple Choice
Witch trials were an isolated event that happened no where else in the world.
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who was banished from the Puritan community for thinking differently. This person believed in equality, and religious tolerance.
Cotton Mather
Elizabeth Good
Johnathon Edwards
Roger Williams
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who were the people responsible for the witch accusations?
Young girls in the Salem community
The men of power in the Salem community
Those who lived outside of the Salem Community
Native Americans
- 9. Multiple Choice
Around how many people were put to death for being witches during the trials?
2
7
20
114
25
- 10. Multiple Choice
In what British colony did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
Virginia
Massachusetts Bay
North Carolina
Maryland
Delaware
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who first started accusing people of being witches?
An old man who lived in a cave
A pastor from Boston
The governor
Two girls who lived in Salem
A local Native American
- 12. Multiple Choice
True or False: Mass hysteria caused many people to be falsely accused of practicing witchcraft.
T
F
- 13. Multiple Choice
What year did the Salem Witch Trials begin?
1492
1501
1513
1613
1692
- 14. Multiple Choice
True or False: None of the accused witches were men.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the religious group that lived in Salem?
the Puritans
the Pilgrims
- 16. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the man who was pressed to death in September 1692?
Giles Cory
Wilmot Redd
George Jacobs
John Willard
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