The+Crucible+reading+quiz,+8.22.2011

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Maria Derivan, C Period, The Crucible quiz

__**Reading Quiz- The Crucible**__ A. Multiple Choice

1. What kind of government does Salem have in //The Crucible?// a. Democracy b. Theocracy c. Monarchy d. Kleptocracy

2. What is Parris’s position in Salem? a. Governor b. Judge c. Minister d. Bailiff

3. 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 tracts d. Conducting a black mass in the church

4. 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.

5. As the play opens, whom has Parris asked to come to Salem? a. Judge Danforth b. Reverend Hale c. Tituba d. John Proctor

6. 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.

7. 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. Raids by natives

8. Who is the first person that Abigail claims practiced witchcraft? a. Tituba b. John Proctor c. Reverend Hale d. Mary Warren

9. In Act II, what does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor when she returns home from the trials? a. A cake b. A bonnet c. A kiss d. A little doll

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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

17. 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

18. What does Abigail do at the end of the play? a. She kills herself. b. She flees Salem, after robbing her uncle. c. She is hanged. d. She is revealed as a witch.

19. What ultimately happens to John Proctor? a. He is freed. b. He kills himself. c. He escapes from prison and flees to Virginia. d. He is hanged.

__B. Short Answer Questions__
 * 1) On pg. 7, Miller writes, “The witch hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom….It is still impossible for man to organize his social life without repressions, and the balance has yet to be struck between order and freedom.”

Q: Do you agree or disagree with Miller’s statement? Why or why not? Why can the idea of personal freedom be intimidating in a highly regulated society? What are some possible repercussions if a society does not allow individual freedoms to exist?


 * 1) On page 22, Miller states, “These people had no ritual for he washing away of sins. It is another trait that we inherited from them, and it has helped to discipline us…” Miller continues on page 33: “Ours is a divided empire in which certain ideas and emotions and actions are of God, and their opposites are of Lucifer. It is as impossible for most men to conceive of a morality without sin as of earth without ‘sky’.”

Q: Why do many, even in the 21st century, consider “good” and “evil” to be constructs of the supernatural? Furthermore, why does moral guilt remain such a pervasive facet of our society?