Read the following and answer the related questions.
Parris, wondrous and relieved: What do you make of it, Rebecca?
Putnam, eagerly: Goody Nurse, will you go to my Ruth and see if you can wake her?
Rebecca, sitting: I think she’ll wake in time. Pray calm yourselves. I have eleven children, and I am twenty-six times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly seasons, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief. I think she’ll wake when she tires of it. A child’s spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back,
Proctor: Aye, that’s the truth of it, Rebecca.
Mrs. Putnam: This is no silly season, Rebecca. My Ruth is bewildered, Rebecca; she cannot eat.
Rebecca: Perhaps she is not hungered yet. To Parris: I hope you are not decided to go in search of loose spirits, Mr. Parris. I’ve heard promise of that outside.
Parris: A wide opinion’s running in the parish that the Devil may be among us, and I would satisfy them that they are wrong.
Proctor: Then let you come out and call them wrong. Did you consult the wardens before you called this minister to look for devils?
When Rebecca says, "I think she’ll wake in time. Pray calm yourselves. I have eleven children, and I am twenty-six times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly seasons..." She means______.
______ agrees with Rebecca and _____ disagrees with Rebecca.
In the last part of the excerpt Rebecca is talking to Parris about sending for Mr. Hale. She is saying ______.
In Proctor's last lines of the excerpt he is saying that he thinks _____.
What does Mrs. Putnam mean when she says “You think it God’s work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one?” to Rebecca Nurse?
By Act 2 Mary Warren _______.
Proctor has avoided church because ______.
Putnam is one of the characters that shows integrity in the first two acts of the play.
Elizabeth and John Proctor don't have any problems in their marriage.
What does Proctor mean by “your justice would freeze beer!”?
Mary Warren is afraid of Abigail.
Elizabeth put the pin in the poppet.
Elizabeth was accused by ______.
What worries John about confronting Abigail?
Read the following and answer the related questions.
Proctor, suddenly snatching the warrant out of Cheever’s hands: Out with you.
Cheever: Proctor, you dare not touch the warrant. Proctor: ripping the warrant: Out with you!
Cheever: You’ve ripped the Deputy Governor’s warrant, man!
Proctor: Damn the Deputy Governor! Out of my house!
Hale: Now, Proctor, Proctor!
Proctor: Get y’gone with them! You are a broken minister.
Hale: Proctor, if she is innocent, the court -
Proctor: If she is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the
accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as God’s fingers? I’ll tell you
what’s walking Salem - vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were in Salem, but
now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and common vengeance writes
the law! This warrant’s vengeance! I’ll not give my wife to vengeance!
When Proctor says, "You are a broken minister." He means ______.
Proctor is upset that no one is questioning Parris or Abigail.
Proctor claims that accusations are being made because ______.
When Proctor says, "but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom," he means ______.
Read the following and answer the questions.
Proctor: I have made a bell of my honor! I have rung the doom of my good name - you will believe me, Mr. Danforth! My wife is innocent, except she knew a whore when she saw one!
Abigail, stepping up to Danforth: What look do you give me? Danforth cannot speak. I’ll not have such looks! She turns and starts for the door.
Danforth: You will remain where you are! Herrick steps into her path. She comes up short, fire in her eyes. Mr. Parris, go into the court and bring Goodwife Proctor out.
Parris, objecting: Your Honor, this is all a -
Danforth, sharply to Parris: Bring her out! And tell her not one word of what’s been spoken here. And let you knock before you enter. Parris goes out. Now we shall touch the bottom of this swamp. To Proctor: Your wife, you say, is an honest woman.
Proctor: In her life, sir, she have never lied. There are them that cannot sing, and them that cannot weep - my wife cannot lie. I have paid much to learn it, sir.
Danforth: And when she put this girl out of your house, she put her out for a harlot?
Proctor: Aye, sir.
Danforth: And knew her for a harlot?
Proctor: Aye, sir, she knew her for a harlot.
Danforth: Good then. To Abigail: And if she tell me, child. it were for harlotry, may God spread His mercy on you! There is a knock. He calls to the door. Hold! To Abigail: Turn your back. Turn your back. To Proctor: Do likewise. Both turn their backs - Abigail with indignant slowness. Now let neither of you turn to face Goody Proctor. No one in this room is to speak one word, or raise a gesture aye or nay. He turns toward the door, calls: Enter! The door opens. Elizabeth enters with Parris. Parris leaves her. She stands alone, her eyes looking for Proctor. Mr. Cheever, report this testimony in all exactness. Are you ready?
Cheever: Ready, sir.
Danforth: Come here, woman. Elizabeth comes to him, glancing at Proctor's back. Look at me only, not at your husband. In my eyes only.
Elizabeth, faintly: Good, sir.
Danforth: We are given to understand that at one time you dismissed your servant, Abigail Williams.
Elizabeth: That is true, sir.
Danforth: For what cause did you dismiss her? Slight pause. Then Elizabeth tries to glance at Proctor. You will look in my eyes only and not at your husband. The answer is in your memory and you need no help to give it to me. Why did you dismiss Abigail Williams ?
Elizabeth, not knowing what to say, sensing a situation, wetting her lips to stall for time: She - dissatisfied me. Pause. And my husband.
Danforth: In what way dissatisfied you?
Elizabeth: She were - She glances at Proctor for a cue.
Danforth: Woman, look at me! Elizabeth does. Were she slovenly? Lazy? What disturbance did she cause?
Elizabeth: Your Honor, I - in that time I were sick. And I - My husband is a good and righteous man. He is never drunk as some are, nor wastin’ his time at the shovelboard, but always at his work. But in my sickness - you see, sir, I were a long time sick after my last baby, and I thought I saw my husband somewhat turning from me. And this girl - She turns to Abigail.
Danforth: Look at me.
Elizabeth: Aye, sir. Abigail Williams - She breaks op.
Danforth: What of Abigail Williams?
Elizabeth: I came to think he fancied her. And so one night I lost my wits, I think, and put her out on the highroad.
Danforth: Your husband - did he indeed turn from you?
Elizabeth, in agony: My husband - is a goodly man, sir.
Danforth: Then he did not turn from you.
Elizabeth, starting to glance at Proctor: He -
Danforth, reaches out and holds her face, then: Look at me! To your own knowledge, has John Proctor ever committed the crime of lechery? In a crisis of indecision she cannot speak, Answer my question! Is your husband a lecher!
Elizabeth, faintly: No, sir.
Danforth: Remove her, Marshal.
Proctor: Elizabeth, tell the truth!
Danforth: She has spoken. Remove her!
Proctor, crying out: Elizabeth, I have confessed it!
Elizabeth: Oh, God! The door closes behind her.
Proctor: She only thought to save my name!
Hale: Excellency, it is a natural lie to tell; I beg you, stop now before another is condemned! I may shut my conscience to it no more - private vengeance is working through this testimony! From the beginning this man has struck me true. By my oath to Heaven, I believe him now, and I pray you call back his wife before we -
Danforth: She spoke nothing of lechery, and this man has lied'
Danforth says, "And if she tell me, child. it were for harlotry, may God spread His mercy on you!" He is warning ______ for being a ______.
Danforth makes Proctor and Abigail turn their back because ______.
Elizabeth says, "Your Honor, I - in that time I were sick. And I - My husband is a good and righteous man. He is never drunk as some are, nor wastin’ his time at the shovelboard, but always at his work..." What does she mean?
Hale says, "Excellency, it is a natural lie to tell;" what does he mean?
Which line best explains why Elizabeth lied?
Read the following and answer the following questions.
Danforth: Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more. I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement. Them that will not confess will hang. Twelve are already executed; the names of these seven are given out, and the village expects to see them die this morning. Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now. While I speak God’s law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering. If retaliation is your fear, know this - I should hang ten thousand that dared to rise against the law, and an ocean of salt tears could not melt the resolution of the statutes. Now draw yourselves up like men and help me, as you are bound by Heaven to do. Have you spoken with them all, Mr. Hale?
Danforth refuses to 'postpone' because he believes ______.
Reread Danforth's line "Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more. I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement." What is another word that could be used for beguile?
Danforth critisizes the men for considering postponement.
Which of the following is true about The Crucible?
In the beginning of the play what is Parris most afraid of?
There are many similarities between the play and real life.
Putnam is one of the characters that shows integrity in the first two acts of the play.
Tituba is ______.
Parris is a ______.
John Proctor's wife is _______.
Abigail has strong feelings for John Proctor.
John Proctor wants to leave his wife for Abigail.
What does Mrs. Putnam mean when she says “You think it God’s work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one?” to Rebecca Nurse?
Elizabeth was accused by ______.
Who do they bring to court to collaborate John's story about adultery?
Mary Warren _________ everyone that the girls have been lying.
Mary Warren _________ at the end of Act 3.
The girls act like Mary Warren's spirit is ______ .
Which of the following best describes Elizabeth’s testimony?
In response to Abigail's intimidation of Mary, Proctor _________.
Danforth _______ Parris.
Giles claims that _______.
In the play Giles is crushed to death because he ______.
Who does Giles accuse of falsely accusing Jacobs of witchcraft in court?
Giles has _______ experience in court.
Proctor brought ______ to court.
Mary Warren testified that she ________.
The character that has changed the most throughout the play is _______.
Who is Parris's niece?
Abigail _______ consequences for all the things that happened as a result of her testimony in the trials.
How did Abigail leave Salem?
How has Hale changed throughout the play?
Why does Parris think there is going to be a riot?
Parris: Excellency, it profit nothing you should blame me. I cannot think they would run off except they fear to keep in Salem any more. He is pleading. Mark it, sir, Abigail had close knowledge of the town, and since the news of Andover has broken here
After reading the lines above why does Parris say Abigail left town?
Why isn't Elizabeth going to be hung with the others?
What did Parris find outside his door that added to his fear?
Which of the following is something that Hale believes in Act 4?
What do they ask Elizabeth to try to get Proctor to do?
How many people have been hung at the beginning of Act IV?
Why does Danforth refuse to postpone the hangings?
Why aren’t the farms and farm animals being taken care of?
What does Proctor mean when he says, "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name?"
Why would Hale consider himself a murderer if Proctor dies?
Why will Elizabeth not judge Proctor?
Elizabeth tells John that in their marriage she has been guilty of _______?
Pick the best constructed response answer below based on the following question:
Why do you think Parris cares more about himself than others around him?
Read the following:
Parris, studies her, then nods, half convinced: Abigail, I have Sought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character. I have given you a home, child, I have put clothes upon your back - now give me upright answer. Your name in the town - it is entirely white, is it not?
Abigail, with an edge of resentment: Why, I am sure it is, sir. There be no blush about my name.
Parris, to the point: Abigail, is there any other cause than you have told me, for your being discharged from Goody Proctor’s service? I have heard it said, and I tell you as I heard it, that she comes so rarely to the church this year for she will not sit so close to something soiled. What signified that remark?
Pick the best constructed response answer below based on the following question: What is Parris worried about based on this excerpt?