Crucible Act I - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Where does the play take place?

Portsmouth, NH

Boston, MA

Salem, MA

Cleveland, OH

2.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Worries more about his reputation than his daughter's affliction:

John Proctor

Thomas Putnam

Parris

Hale

3.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What does Parris see in the woods?

Betty drinking blood.

Abigail drinking blood.

Mercy Lewis dancing naked.

None of these choices

4.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What year did the Salem Witch Trials take place?

1893

1799

1692

1957

5.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Abigail Williams was

a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season”

an ill daughter of a Salem minister

a slave from Barbados

an orphan who lives with her uncle

6.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

According to Act I, what are the names of the two young girls currently under the influence of witchcraft?

Abby and Ruth

Mercy and Abby

Ruth and Betty

Betty and Mary Warren

7.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Who said it to whom?
"Your name in this town--it is entirely white, is it not?" (12)

Thomas Putnam to Ruth Putnam

Rev. Parris to Abigail

John Proctor to Abigail Williams

Rev. Hale to Elizabeth Proctor

8.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which character is brought in from the nearby town of Beverly to assess the possibility of supernatural forces (witches) afflicting the community?

John Hale

William Griggs

Francis Nurse

Giles Corey

9.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Tituba was

a respected elder who thinks the girls are in a “silly season”

an ill daughter of a Salem minister

a slave from Barbados

an orphan who lives with her uncle

10.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

What conclusion can you draw about Abby's discharge from the Proctor's?

Abby was a lazy servant

Goody Proctor was too demanding

Abby left the Proctor's on good terms

Goody Proctor suspected the relationship between her husband and Abby

11.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Why is Reverend Parris upset about at the opening of Act I?

Rumors of witchcraft are circulating in the community.

He learns of Abigail's dismissal from the Proctor household.

His daughter's condition and the possible connection to her inappropriate activities in the woods concerns him.

He is aware of Tituba's influence over the children.

12.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

This passage is from the background information at the opening of the play. For what detail that comes out later in Act I does this information prepare you?

"Long-held hatreds of neighbors could now be openly expressed, and vengeance taken, despite the Bible's charitable injunction. Land-lust which had been expressed before by constant bickering over boundaries and deeds, could now be elevated to the arena of morality . . ."

The passage prepares the reader for Putnam's arguing with Francis Nurse about a piece of land to which both men lay claim.

The passage prepares the reader for Reverend Parris's complaining about his salary.

The passage prepares the reader for Abigail's reluctance to tell the truth about what happened in the woods.

The passage prepares the reader for Putnam's arguing with Proctor about a piece of land to which both men lay claim.

13.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

How does Mrs. Putnam justify sending Ruth to Tituba in the first act?

Titube promised to revive Mrs. Putnam's dead children.

Mrs. Putnam feels she deserves to know how her children died.

Mrs. Putnam thinks that "conjuring" will not harm anyone.

Mrs. Putnam feels that she deserves to know why she has had to endure the deaths of seven children.

14.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

Mrs. Putnam's comments in Act I suggest that her primary motivation in hunting for witches is ____.

resentment of Rebecca Nurse

anger at having lost her children

compassion for the sick girls

anger about Ruth's illness

15.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

From the scene in the first act in which the girls are alone, what can be inferred as the basis of Abigail's influence over the other girls? The answer is ______.

her beauty and cleverly crafted purity

her social position as the Proctor's former servant

her charm and magnetic persuasiveness

her use of her early experiences to terrorize them

16.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Consider Tituba's state of mind when she began naming names in the first act. What can you infer about her motivation?

She is afraid of Reverend Parris and Putnam and thinks naming names will save her from punishment.

She actually sees Goody Good and Goody Osburn in the forest and wants to tell the truth.

She talks about a dream that she once had.

She is afraid of Reverend Hale and thinks that naming names will save her from punishment.

17.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

____________ said "'You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife'" to _____________

Parris to Abigail

Mercy to Betty

Mary Warren to Betty

Betty to Abigail

18.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

The girls most likely lied and pretended to be possessed because:

They truly believed that witches had taken control of them

They did not want to get in trouble for engaging in questionable behavior in the forest

Tituba threatened to harm them if they told the truth

They were under Tituba's spell

19.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

To conjure is to:

lie

get revenge

greatly dislike

to summon a spell

20.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Who was first blamed for practicing Witchcraft?

Tonga

Tituba

John Proctor

George and Lennie

21.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What was boiling in the pot in the woods?

A Frog

Vegetable Soup

A Rat

Beans

22.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What did Abigail drink in the woods?

Soup

Water

Chicken Blood

Blood from her enemy

23.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Who wrote The Crucible?

Arthur Miller

John Steinbeck

Toni Morrison

Maya Angelou

24.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Where is Tituba from?

Barbados

Greenland

Haiti

South Africa

25.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What is McCarthyism?

witch craft

arresting someone for a crime

accusing someone without evidence

26.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

The dialogue between Parris, Proctor, Putnam, and Corey, in which they disagree about matters of money and real estate, emphasizes...

the Puritans' high moral standards

the friendship between Proctor and Parris

the overall atmosphere of greed and frustration

Giles Corey's dominant position in their society

27.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

What conclusion can you draw about John Proctor?

He fears and respects Rev. Parris.

He believes that witchcraft made the girls ill.

He speaks his mind, even when it's against people of authority.

He will do anything to destroy Thomas Putnam.

28.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

McCarthyism is also known as

The Blue Scare

The Red Scare

The Witch Scare

The Red Death

29.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What caused McCarthyism?

President Truman making atomic bombs.

Japanese spies.

Bombing China.

Increased fear of communism.

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