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the crucible test rv
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| succubus | female demon supposed to descend and have sex with a man while he sleeps |
| poppet | a doll |
| affidavit | a written declaration made under oath before an authorized official |
| predilection | a preference; a disposition in favor of something |
| partisan | a fervent supporter of a party, cause, person, group, or idea |
| pretense | the act of pretending; something imagined or pretended |
| prodigious | impressively great in size, force, or extent |
| daft | foolish; crazy |
| guile | skillful deceit; cunning |
| gaunt | thin; boney |
| penitence | regret for wrongdoing |
| vanity | excessive pride especially with one's appearance |
| theocracy | a government ruled by religious authority |
| naught | nothing |
| crucible | a vessel used for melting materials at a high temperature; a severe test |
| reverend parris | the minister of salem, massachusetts. the witch scare began with his daughter's mysterious illness |
| betty parris | reverend parris' daughter, one of the initial accusers |
| tituba | the parris family's caribbean slave |
| abigail williams | parris' niece and chief among the accusers. formerly a servant of the proctor household |
| thomas putnam | the witch trials are a means of increasing his land holdings. an enemy of reverend parris |
| ann putnam | a bitter women who sides with the accusers |
| mary warren | the proctors' servant, one of the accusers |
| mercy lewis | the putnams' servant, one of the accusers |
| john proctor | a prominent landholder and farmer in the Salem community |
| elizabeth proctor | john proctor's wife |
| rebecca nurse | a prominent citizen of Salem, famous throughout Massachusetts for her virtue and charity |
| francis nurse | rebecca nurse's husband |
| giles corey | a prominent landholder in Salem |
| reverend john hale | another minister- from Beverly, Massachusetts- famous for his study of witchcraft and witches |
| ezekiel cheever | the clerk of courts |
| judge hathorne | the inflexible judge in the witch trials |
| deputy governor danforth | the deputy governor of Massachusetts and presiding officer of the court |
| setting at beginning | salem massachusetts, spring of 1692 |
| setting at end | salem massachussets, fall of 1692 |
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