The Crucible Final Test

 

  1. What kind of government does Salem have in The Crucible?

A. Democracy

B. Theocracy

C. Monarchy

D. Plutocracy

 

  1. What is Parris’ position in Salem?

A. Governor

B. Judge

C. Minister

D. Bailiff

 

  1. Before the play begins, what did Parris catch his daughter and other girls doing?

A. trying to run away from home

B. Dancing in the forest

C. Reading Catholic books

D. Conducting a black mass in the church

 

  1. Why did Elizabeth Proctor fire Abigail?

A. Abigail was too proud

B. Abigail didn’t work hard enough

C. Abigail dressed like a prostitute

D. Abigail was having an affair with John Proctor

 

  1. As the play opens, whom has Parris asked to come to Salem?

A. Judge Danforth

B. Reverend Hale

C. Tituba

D. John Proctor

 

  1. What is John Proctor’s chief complaint against Parris’s sermons?

A. They focus too much on fire and brimstone

B. They are too long

C. They are heretical

D. They are too short

 

  1. What does Mrs. Putnam blame on witchcraft?

A. Her husband’s cancer

B. The death of seven of her children in infancy

C. Bad weather

D. The crop failure

 

  1. Who is the first person that Abigail claims practiced witchcraft?

A. Tituba

B. John Proctor

C. Reverend Hale

D. Mary Warren

 

  1. In Act II, what does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor when she returns from the trials?

A. A cake

B. A bonnet

C. A kiss

D. A little doll

 

  1. What news does Mary Warren bring from Salem?

A. That someone accused Elizabeth of witchcraft

B. That the witch trials have ended

C. That someone accused John Proctor of witchcraft

D. That Reverend Hale is ill

 

  1. Which commandment does John Proctor forget when Reverend Hale quizzes him?

A. Thou shalt not kill

B. Thou shalt not commit adultery

C. Honor thy mother and father

D. Thou shalt not covet

 

  1. Whom do Ezekiel Cheever and Herrick, the marshal, come to the Proctor house to arrest?

A. John Proctor

B. Reverend Hale

C. Mary Warren

D. Elizabeth Proctor

 

  1. To what does John Proctor convince Mary Warren to testify?

A. That the girls are only pretending to be possessed

B. That Abigail is a witch

C. That Hale is a warlock

D. That he and Abigail slept together

 

  1. Who is in charge of the court?

A. Giles Corey

B. Danforth

C. Hale

D. Parris

 

  1. Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty?

A. Because she is a woman

B. Because the Puritans do not allow capital punishment

C. Because she is pregnant

D. Because John Proctor is well respected

 

  1. On what charge is Giles Corey arrested?

A. Witchcraft

B. Murder

C. Contempt of court

D. Slander

 

  1. When Mary Warren testifies against them, what do Abigail and her troop of girls do?

A. They all confess

B. They attack her

C. They claim that Mary is bewitching them

D. They claim that John Proctor has bewitched Mary

 

  1. What does John Proctor do, in a desperate attempt to foil Abigail?

A. He tells the court about his affair with her

B. He accuses her of witchcraft

C. He tries to kill her

D. He tells the court that Abigail is a man dressed as a woman

 

  1. Who is brought in to corroborate John Proctor’s claims about Abigail?

A. Elizabeth Proctor

B. Rebecca Nurse

C. Mary Warren

D. Parris

 

  1. What does Elizabeth do when called upon to testify?

A. Keeps silent

B. Tells a lie

C. Tells the truth

D. Kills herself

 

 

 

  1. What does the court do with John Proctor?

A. It frees him and sends him home

B. It orders him stoned to death

C. It exiles him to Maine

D. It arrests and tries him for witchcraft

 

  1. What is Giles’ fate?

A. He is hanged

B. He confesses to witchcraft

C. He is crushed with heavy stones

D. He is set free after his wife dies

 

  1. When John Proctor is facing death, what does Hale urge him to do?

A. Kill himself

B. Blame someone else

C. Confess, even though he is innocent

D. Refuse to confess

 

  1. Why does Proctor retract his confession?

A. Because the officials demand that he sign his name to it

B. Because Hale asks him to

C. Because new evidence has come to light

D. Because Abigail confesses

 

  1. What does Abigail do at the end of the play?

A. She kills herself

B. She flees from Salem, after robbing her uncle

C. She also is hanged

D. She is revealed as a witch

 

  1. What ultimately happens to John Proctor?

A. He is freed

B. He kills himself

C. He escapes from prison and runs away with Abigail

D. He is hanged

 

  1. Who is one of the judges?

A. John Proctor

B. Hathorne

C. Parris

D. Reverend Hale

 

  1. Who lead the girls in the forest with their dancing?

A. Tituba

B. Martha

C. Rebecca

D. Elizabeth

 

  1. Who did Abigail drink a blood charm for?

A. Goody Putnam’s husband

B. Giles Corey

C. John Proctor

D. Reverend Parris

 

  1. What is the significance of the golden candlesticks?

A. They show how corrupt and materialistic Rev. Parris truly is

B. They illustrate how materialistic Rev. Hale is

C. They illustrate the corruption of the town

D. The farmers liked the idea of gold in their church

 

 

 

  1. Why did Giles Corey neither admit or deny being a witch?

A. By not speaking, a legal loophole would allow his sons to inherit his farm

B. By not speaking, they would have to set him free

C. By not speaking, he proved he was a man of few words

D. By not speaking, a legal loophole allowed his wife to go free

 

  1. What were Giles Corey’s last words?

A. “More weight.”

B. “Damn you.”

C. the Our Father

D. “Thank you.”

 

  1. What did John Proctor tear up?

A. his eviction notice

B. his confession

C. his wife’s death warrant

D. his wedding certificate

 

  1. Why does Abigail Williams live with Reverend Parris?

A. She is his daughter

B. She is his servant

C. She is having an affair with him

D. She is his niece

 

  1. In the end, why does Reverend Parris wish to spare Proctor?

A. He fears for his life if a respected man is hanged

B. He wishes to tear down the court

C. He wants to have revenge against Abigail

D. He is convinced that Proctor is innocent

 

  1. Why do many of the accused admit to witchcraft?

A. By admitting to witchcraft they can accuse others of the same crime

B. They are forced to admitting to witchcraft under duress and torture

C. They are actually witches

D. By admitting to witchcraft they guarantee that they will not be executed

 

  1. Which character in the play is compared to Pontius Pilate?

A. Thomas Putnam

B. Reverend Hale

C. Giles Corey

D. Reverend Parris

 

  1. What is the significance about Danforth’s support for Proctor’s confession?

A. It shows that he knows that there are no witches in Salem

B. It shows that his interest is in preserving the court and not in actual justice

C. It shows that he has turned against Putnam and Parris

D. It shows that he will bend the rules whenever it suits him

 

  1. Why is Mrs. Putnam jealous of Rebecca Nurse?

A. Rebecca has a higher salary than she

B. Rebecca is so highly regarded in the community

C. She thinks that Rebecca is trying to steal her husband

D. All of Rebecca’s children and grandchildren are healthy

 

  1. What does Elizabeth lie about to the court?

A. Her witchcraft practice

B. Her husband’s affair

C. Her dancing in the woods

D. The real father of her child

 

 

 

  1. In Act I, Tituba most likely confessed to meeting with the devil because she

A. wanted to please Parris

B. wanted the villagers to fear her

C. did not want Abigail to get into trouble

D. thought it might save her life

 

  1. In Act III, Giles Corey is arrested because he refuses to

A. accuse his wife of conjuring spells

B. name the books his wife has been reading

C. leave the court without presenting his evidence

D. name the person who accused Putnam of grabbing land

 

  1. In Act IV, one can infer that Abigail and Mercy have left Salem because they

A. cannot bear to see Proctor hanged

B. were asked to leave by Parris

C. have gone to Andover for the witch trials there

D. fear the villagers will turn on them

 

  1. In Act IV, what can be concluded from the references made about Andover?

A. There will be many more deaths in Andover

B. Andover has been purged of all witches

C. The people have rebelled and overthrown the court

D. The people of Andover are demanding new trials

 

  1. By the end of Act II, Reverend Hale has begun to worry that

A. perhaps innocent people are being accused

B. The villagers might rebel against his authority

C. Rebecca Nurse did murder Goody Putnam’s babies

D. Most of the villagers are in league with the devil

 

  1. In Act IV, why does Danforth refuse to postpone the hangings?

A. He fears the people will riot if the executions don’t take place

B. He refuses to accept any suggestions from Hale

C. It might look as if he has wrongly executed innocent people

D. He doubts the authority of the  church

 

  1. Reverend Parris is most concerned with

A. his standing in the church and his reputation

B. the spiritual needs of the people

C. Abigail’s soul

D. Betty’s health

 

  1. At first, in Act II, Mary Warren enjoys her role in court because she

A. thinks she has been chosen by god

B. knows she can destroy Elizabeth Proctor

C. likes the power and status she has in the village

D. slept in a ditch

 

  1. In Act I, one can infer that the citizens of Salem thought dancing was

A. evil and sinful

B. good exercise

C. a delightful entertainment

D. only for children

 

  1. Parris fears the villagers will be against the court as he tells Danforth and Hathorne about:

A. Abigail robbing him and running away

B. hardly thirty people showed up for Proctor’s excommunication

C. He found a knife stuck in his door

D. The news from Andover

E. all of the above