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Crucible Acts 3-4
The Crucible Acts 1 and 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Likely to cause disagreement | Contentious |
| testimony given under oath | Deposition |
| The condition of being unknown | Anonymity |
| of large size or extent | Prodigious |
| shameless boldness, insolence | Effrontery |
| Puzzled/Confused | Confounded |
| Mouth wide open | Agape |
| Action meant to please or pacify | Conciliatory |
| Awkward struggling | Floundering |
| Act of returning an injury; revenge | Retaliation |
| Stubbornly refuse to change one’s mind | Adamant |
| Hold tightly | Cleave |
| Hissing Sound | Sibilance |
| teased or tormented | Tantalized |
| Cleansed | Purged |
| Quote: I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it | Proctor |
| Quote: I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up | Hale |
| Quote: A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth! | Proctor |
| Quote: She thinks to dance with me on my wife's grave! | Proctor |
| Quote: This is a sharp time, now, a precise time-we live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world | Danforth |
| As this act opens, what accusation does Giles Corey make? | Putnam was reaching out for land |
| What news do we learn about Rebecca Nurse? | She will be hung |
| When John Proctor arrives at court with Mary Warren, what does Reverend Parris accuse him of? | Coming to overthrow the court |
| What two pieces of evidence are brought out against Proctor in regard to his Christian nature? | He doesn’t go to church and he plows on Sunday |
| What is Giles Corey’s proof that Thomas Putnam is "reaching out for land."? Why won’t he reveal his source? | Someone told him that they overheard Putnam say it. He won’t reveal his source because he does not want to be a snitch. |
| What happens to Giles Corey? | He is arrested for contempt of court |
| What is Reverend Hale’s advice to John Proctor as he is about to read his disposition before the court? | He thinks Proctor should get a lawyer |
| What does Danforth think Mary Warren’s appearance in the court might be? | The devil trying to overthrow the court |
| What does Hale do when Proctor is arrested? | He quits the court |
| What does Reverend Parris reveal about his niece Abigail? | She stole his money and vanished |
| How does Andover differ from Salem? | They’ve stopped the court proceedings of the witch trial |
| What does Reverend Parris want Danforth to do? | Postpone the trial or pardon the condemned |
| What do Hale and Danforth request of Elizabeth Proctor? | Get John to confess |
| What happened to Giles Corey? | He was stoned to death |
| What does Hale attribute Proctor’s willingness to hang to? | Pride |