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English III
The Crucible
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the best definition of the word "Crucible" | a piece of lab equipment used to heat chemical compounds to to very high temperatures or to melt metal |
| How would you describe Salem and the event that go on | Dominated by the Puritan Way of Life, hypocritical, greedy people |
| How would you describe Tituba | a woman from Barbados who practices what the Puritans view as “black magic." |
| 1. What does Parris discover the girls doing in the woods | he found girls dancing in the forest dancing |
| Who is Reverend Parris’s niece | Abigail Williams is Parris’ niece |
| Why does Abigail think she was dismissed from the Proctor’s services | because Elizabeth Proctor is jealous of her relationship with John Proctor |
| What is Ann Putnam greatest grief? | the death of all of her babies |
| How would you characterize Abigail | Abigail is vengeful, selfish, manipulative, and a magnificent liar |
| Why is Betty in a trancelike state | Betty is faking her sickness, because her father found her and her friends in the woods doing things they should not do |
| What motivates people to accuse others | Fear, jealousy, greed, revenge |
| Why does Abigail threaten Betty and the other girls | she does not want to get found out that she was trying to find a way to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor, the girls had to all keep to the same story |
| Why does Abigail accuse Goody Good and Goody Osburn | because she's getting pressured of what they were asking her so she told them |
| Why does Giles say that Martha is reading strange books | he thinks she might be a witch |
| What has Mary Warren been doing at the beginning of Act II | making a small rag doll, called a “poppet.” |
| What does Proctor suggest Elizabeth do at the beginning of the Act | forget about Abigail like he has |
| What is Elizabeth afraid of at the beginning of the Act | John could get pulled into the mess, because she thinks he went to Salem that day |
| How can the accused save themselves | confess |
| What reason does Proctor give Hale for being absent from church | he has not gone to church because his wife has been sick |
| Why does Hale come to the Proctor house | to see for himself what is going on |
| Which Commandment does Proctor forget | he forgets to remember Adultery |
| What advice does Hale give the Proctors | Hale urges Proctor to think about causes. He prays that God will open up their eyes |
| What does Mary give Elizabeth | Mary gives Elizabeth a “poppet" |
| What is Cheever’s job | Cheever is appointed by the court to arrest the accused |
| What does Proctor demand Mary do as Elizabeth is led away in chains | Proctor demands that Mary explain how the poppet got into the house |
| What are the chief conflicts in Act II | The chief conflicts in Act II are Proctor vs. Hale, Proctor vs himself Abigail vs Elizabeth Proctor |
| Why is Herrick shamefaced when he appears at the Proctor’s house | Herrick is ashamed that he has to be a apart of arresting Elizabeth Proctor and the others. He does not believe in the witchcraft business but he is just doing his job |
| Why does Mary Warren join the girls in their accusations | Abigail and the other girls threaten her |
| Why does Elizabeth say that Abigail has accused her | to prevent John Proctor from exposing her |
| How does Danforth feel about the court | the law should be followed exactly |
| What do the judges do with the evidence presented | they rejected logical fact |
| Who begins to doubt the rightness of the trials | Reverend Hale begins to doubt the rightness of the trials |
| Who accuses others in order to get their land | Thomas Putnam accuses others in order to get their land |
| What does Hawthorne ask Mary Warren to do that she can’t | to show how she pretended to faint |
| What does Abigail do as soon as Danforth begins to question her | pretended to be a victim of Mary's witchcraft |
| What secret does Proctor reveal in court | his wife never lies, so if she says she is pregnant then indeed she is. |
| How do the girls terrorize Mary Warren in the courtroom | They mimic whatever she says until Danforth orders Mary to “withdraw your spirit back out of them.” |
| Who is taken to jail at the end of Act III | John Proctor and Giles Corey are taken to Jail at the end of Act III |
| Why is Parris concerned about the depositions | because Proctor accused Parris of knowing about the girls dancing in the forest, because he found them |
| Why does Abigail “win | she makes herself the victim, and therefore cannot get accused |
| Why does Danforth not want to find that the girl’s accusations are false | he would be blamed for the death of many innocent people |
| Why does Elizabeth lie | lies to save her husband from being called a lecher and adulterer |
| What does Cheever reveal at the beginning of Act IV | there are cows wandering all around because so many of their owners are in jail |
| What news does Parris give the court | Abigail and Mercy Lewis have disappeared |
| Who urges Danforth to postpone the trials | Hawthorne |
| What does Hale urge Elizabeth to do | to speak with her husband, to compel him to confess so he can live |
| How does Giles die | He was was tortured to death |
| Why does Proctor originally not confess | he did not want to lose his name |
| For what does Elizabeth blame herself | being cold an unaffectionate |
| What does Elizabeth mean when she says she has “kept a cold house" | she was not affectionate to her husband |
| What does Proctor admit to in his confession | to being an adulterer |
| Why does Elizabeth refuse to influence Proctor’s decision whether to confess | Elizabeth does not want to influence Proctor’s decision to confess because she says she cannot take his goodness from him, now that he has it. |
| Why does Proctor tear up his confession? | Proctor says he will not confess because all he has left is his name and he would rather die with his name then live without it |
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