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The Crucible Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Morally reprehensible; evil | Vile |
| Cause to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage. | Deceive |
| The process of giving sworn evidence | Deposition |
| Of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning | Vague |
| The offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation | Perjury |
| A ghostly appearing figure | Apparition |
| Sly or cunning intelligence | Guile |
| Wide open (of the mouth), especially with surprise or wonder | Agape |
| Loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause | Allegiance |
| A point asserted as part of an argument | Contention |
| "They've come to overthrow the court." | Reverend Parris |
| "I am innocent to a witch." | Martha Corey |
| "It were pretense, sir." | Mary Warren |
| "She thinks to dance with me on my wife's grave." | John Proctor |
| "There is a prodigious fear of this court in this country." | Reverend Hale |
| "Thomas Putnam is reaching out for land." | Giles Corey |
| "A person is either with this court or must be counted against it." | Danforth |
| "Oh, Mary, this is a black art to change your shape." | Abigail |
| "Do that which is good, and no harm will come to thee." | John Proctor to Mary Warren |
| Part of speech: Apparition | Noun |
| Part of speech: Deceive | Verb |
| Part of speech: Agape | Adjective |
| This character claims to be pregnant | Elizabeth Proctor |
| The girls have been lying this whole time | Mary confesses to Danforth |
| Amount of people who signed deposition to prove Rebecca, Elizabeth, and Martha were all upstanding citizens | 91 |
| This character is accused of killing his neighbors for their land | Thomas Putnam |
| Test Hawthorne gives to Mary Warren | Tells her to faint |
| What happens to John at the end of the act? | He is jailed for his contempt of the court |
| Abigail claims Mary's spirit beings to attack them as this | Yellow bird |
| Hale begins to realize | That he might have sentenced innocent people |
| This character comes with Giles to persuade the judge that their wives are good women | Francis Nurse |
| Is a very superstitious woman who has lost seven babies in childbirth and sends her daughter Ruth to Tituba to conjure the dead | Goody Putnam |
| Is a man who does not like Rev. Parris because he is materialistic; this man also had some kind of "contact" with Abigail Williams | John Proctor |
| Is the town preacher who is more concerned with his own reputation and what he has than he is concerned about his own daughter | Reverend Parris |
| Is an elderly, fiery man who is tortured for trying to protect a friend | Giles Corey |
| Is a scholarly preacher from out of town who is called to Salem to rid the town of demonic forces | Reverend John Hale |
| Is a respected, pious old woman who has often acted as a midwife and has been a grandmother many times | Rebecca Nurse |
| This girl gives Goody Proctor a poppet with a needle stuck in it | Mary Warren |
| Is a powerful man in the village but not very well liked; he supports Parris and seems willing to do anything to acquire more land | Thomas Putnam |
| Is the ringleader of the girls and is jealous of Goody Proctor-she tries to use her power in the town to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor and any others who have insulted her | Abigail Williams |
| Is the first to confess to conjuring and is saved by Rev. Hale | Tituba |
| "There be no blush about my name." | Abigail |
| "I do not judge you. The Magistrate that sits in your heart judges you." | Elizabeth Proctor |
| "I must tell you, sir. I will be gone every day now. I am amazed that you do not see what weighty work we do." | Mary Warren |
| "Your justice would freeze beer." | John Proctor |
| "My wife is the very brick and mortar of the church, Mr. Hale and Martha Corey, there cannot be a woman yet to God than Martha." | Francis Nurse |
| "Man, remember, until an hour before the devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven." | Reverend Hale |
| "You think it's God's work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one?" | Goody Putnam |
| "A person is either with this court or must be counted against it" | Danforth |
| "My niece, sir. My niece. I think she has vanished." | Reverend Hale |
| "More weight." | Giles Corey |
| The era did the "Red Scare" took place | 1950s |
| The US Senator responsible for the "witch hunt" of Communism | Joseph McCarthy |
| Making accusations without proper evidence is known as? | McCarthyism |
| Why did Arthur Miller write "The Crucible"? | In response to the "Red Scare" |
| Puritans do not believe that... | People were predestined to get into heaven |
| What holidays do Puritans celebrate? | Puritans do not celebrate any holidays |
| The famous actress that Arthur Miller was married to | Marilyn Monroe |
| The author of "The Crucible" | Arthur Miller |
| An employee of the court who delivers arrest warrants | Ezekial Cheever |
| Where Elizabeth wants John to go and what she wants him to share | To Salem to share that the girls are lying |
| John Hale of Beverly is a... | Reverend |
| John's feelings about going to Salem to share that they girls are lying | Reluctant to do so |
| Mary Warren made this as a gift for Elizabeth Proctor | A poppet |
| The form of government practiced in Salem | Theocracy |
| Hale's reason for arriving at the Proctors house is | To question them prior to seeing them in court |
| Elizabeth thinks Abigail wants to kill her because | Abby wants to take Elizabeth's place as John's wife |
| The Nurses didn't like the Putnams because... | There were land disputes between the families |
| Does Elizabeth believe in witches? | If she is accused of being one, she cannot believe in them |
| Rebecca Nurse is charged and arrested for what crime? | The murder of Goody Putnam's babies |
| This will happen to the villagers who confess to practicing witchcraft | They will go to jail |
| This will happen to the villagers who refuse to confess that they've practiced witchcraft | They will hang |
| Cheever arrives at the Proctor house to do what | To arrest Elizabeth |
| This is the deciding factor in Elizabeth's arrest... | Elizabeth's possession of a poppet with a needle in it |
| If Proctor goes against Abigail, Abigail will... | She will tell that they had an affair |
| Why doesn't Mary Warren want to testify about the poppet? | She is afraid of Abigail |
| This is Parris's argument about Proctor... | Parris believes Proctor is trying to overthrow the court |
| What does, "it were pretense, sir" mean | That the girls have been lying |
| This worries Parris at the beginning of Act IV | That there will be rebellion and riot in Salem |
| Danforth grants Elizabeth extra time before facing death because... | Elizabeth is pregnant |
| At the end of the play, Abigail... | Has robbed her uncle and ran away from Salem |
| At the end of the play, John Proctor... | Tears up his confession and will hang |
| Giles accuses Putnam of... | Killing his neighbors for their land |
| In act IV, Hale realized that... | Those accused and sentenced so far could have been innocent |