In descending order from Act 4 to Act 1
ACT FOUR QUESTIONS
1. Act 4 is set in what location at what time?
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2. Who is Herrick?
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3. Danforth and Hathorne talk about Parris and say that he is a bit “unsteady”. What do you think is causing
him to be “unsteady”?
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4. What does Parris reveal about Abigail and Mercy Lewis?
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5. What does Parris say he believes motivated Abigail and Mercy?
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6. What does Parris say about John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse? How does this display the change in his
character?
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7. What does Parris request happens?
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8. What is Danforth’s reason that they must be hung?
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9. What does Danforth do that is ironic when speaking with Elizabeth Proctor?
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10. How has Proctor changed by the time he is reunited with Elizabeth?
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11. Who confessed to avoid hanging?
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12. What has Rebecca Nurse done?
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Indictment: a formal charge of having committed a most serious criminal offense
13. What has happened to Giles Corey?
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14. What has Martha Corey done?
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15. What does the conversation that John and Elizabeth have reveal about their feelings and thoughts of one
another?
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16. Why won’t Proctor confess anyone else’s name?
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17. What does Proctor do after signing his confession? (Multiple actions should be listed here)
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Beguile: influence by slyness
18. What does Elizabeth mean what she says “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!”
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ACT THREE QUESTIONS
Vestry: a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held
1. Who is Hawthorne? What are his credentials? (This is throughout the Act)
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2. Whose trial is going on at the beginning of Act 3?
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3. What does Giles claim that gets him kicked out of the court?
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4. Who is Danforth?
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Contentious : likely to cause controversy
Contemptuous: expressing extreme disrespect
5. What does Giles mean when he says that he has “broke charity” with his wife?
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6. Who else says that they have proof that the girls are frauds?
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7. What proof do they have?
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8. How does Parris react to Proctor?
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9. What happens to Proctor when he asks to speak the truth to the court?
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10. Who is Hale supporting at this point? (page 41)
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11. What does Proctor find out about his wife from Danforth?
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12. What does Proctor hand to Danforth that he hopes will help him free Elizabeth and Giles and Francis’s
wives? (3 Things)
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13. What ends up happening instead?
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14. What does Proctor tell Mary Warren to try and calm her?
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15. Who does Giles Corey accuse of pushing his daughter to “cry witchery”?
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16. What happens to Giles? (p.43-44)
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Prodigious: Great in size, large, a lot.
Effrontery: Arrogant behavior that you have no right to
17. What reasons does Mary Warren give to Hawthorne to explain why she said saw spirits?
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Base: bias; unfair; prejudice
18. What does Abigail do when confronted by Hawthorne about the cries of witchcraft being lies?
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19. What does Proctor do to Abigail?
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20. What does Proctor end up confessing about himself?
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Lechery: unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
Harlot: prostitute
21. How does Hawthorne check Proctor’s story?
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22. What do we know about Mary Warren that makes her an easy target for the girls to turn on? (Act 1)
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23. How does Mary Warren react under the pressure of the girls?
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24. How has Hale’s character changed at this point? (Making him a dynamic character)
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25. What is ironic about Parris’s belief and support of the girls?
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26. Who is still supporting the trials by the end of Act Three?
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27. Who is making a stance against the trials by the end of Act Three?
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ACT TWO QUESTIONS
1. How much time has passed since the first act?
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2. Look at the conversation and kiss between John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth. What can you infer about
their relationship?
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3. What gives Mary Warren the ability to tell Goody Proctor (Elizabeth) what she is going to do?
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4. If a person doesn’t confess what is the consequence?
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5. Elizabeth calls her husband out on his hesitation on going to Salem to try and stop the trial. What does she think is stopping him from going?
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6. How is the punishment of the court ironic?
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7. What motivation does the court seem to have?
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Ameliorate: to make a situation better or more tolerable
Jabberer: One who talks in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
8. How does Mary Warren decide that Goody Osburn is a witch?
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9. After Mary Warren tells the Proctors of how Goody Osburn was convicted, what does Mr. Proctor point out
that there was none of?
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10. What could be motivating Mary Warren to want to continue with the trial? What does it do for her in the society?
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11. Elizabeth Proctor believes that who called out her name?
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12. What does Elizabeth want her husband to do to try and keep her safe?
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13. What does the metaphor “The promise that a stallion gives a mare I gave that girl!” suggest about Proctor
and Abigail’s relationship?
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14. What does Hale go around doing after the first day of court proceedings?
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15. What does this indicate about Hale’s character?
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16. What does Hale look at to decide if the Proctor’s have a Christian home?
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17. What question does Elizabeth contest and give Hale the answer he is NOT looking for?
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18. What is Rebecca Nurse charged with?
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19. Why do they keep saying “until an hour before the Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven”?
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20. Why does Martha Corey get charged with witchcraft?
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21. How has Mary Warren set up Elizabeth Proctor?
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22. Proctor questions “Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy
now?” Why do you think people won’t stand up to them?
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23. What does Proctor say is walking around Salem?
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24. When Proctor says “I’ll pay you, Herrick, I will surely pay you!,” what does he mean?
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Lechery: unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity
25. What does Proctor mean when he says that “We are only what we always were, but naked now?”
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ACT ONE QUESTIONS
PART 1
1. What do you find out about Reverend Parris in the first paragraph?
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2. Where and when does the play take place?
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3. What do you learn about the Puritan society (beliefs and daily lives)?
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4. How were the Puritans of Salem in 1692 different from those that arrived on the Mayflower?
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5. What is the paradox that the Salem tragedy developed from?
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6. What did the witch-hunt allow the Puritans to do that hey had not been able to in the past?
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7. Who brings the news that there is no medication for Betty to the Reverend? ________________________
8. What does Abigail tell Susan before she leaves?
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9. What did the Reverend catch Betty and Abigail doing?
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10. What can you interpret about Reverend Parris’s character from his conversation with Abigail? (You may
want to write down quotes and they indicate what they say about him)
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11. What does Reverend Parris mean when he says “Your name in town-it is entirely white, is it not?
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12. What does Goody Putnam (aka Mrs. Putnam or Goody Ann) say that Betty did?
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13. What do you know about Thomas Putnam?
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14. Mr. and Mrs. Putnam are the parents to whom? ________________________________________________
15. What has happened to their child?
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16. What could Thomas Putnam’s motive be in the witch hunt?
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17. Mrs. Putnam begins to point the blame on whom? ______________________________________________
18. How does Mrs. Putnam’s claim gain momentum or strength?
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19. Who is Mercy Lewis and what does she look like?
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Finish reading at stage direction “Mrs. Putnam goes out” p.12
Below list the characters that have been introduced and their relationships to one another.
Name:____________________________
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The Crucible
ACT ONE QUESTIONS
PART 2
20. How is Parris’s mind changed about going to address the crowd downstairs?
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21. Who is Mary Warren?
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22. What does the conversation on page 13 between Abigail, Mercy, and Marry Warren (with an interjection by Betty) reveal about the plot?
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23. What does the conversation on page 13 between Abigail, Mercy, and Marry Warren reveal about their relationships with each other?
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24. Why would Abigail want to kill Goody Proctor?
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25. Who is John Proctor?
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26. How do Mercy and Mary respond to Proctor’s entrance?
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27. What can you infer about the relationship between Abigail and Proctor by the beginning o f their
conversation on page 14?
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28. How does Proctor react to Abigail’s advances towards him?
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29. Who is Rebecca Nurse (aka Goody Nurse)?
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30. What is going to end up happening to Rebecca Nurse?
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31. What does Rebecca say is wrong with the girls?
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32. In the conversation between Parris, Putnam, Proctor, Mrs. Putnam, and Rebecca, on pages 16-17, what is
revealed about their characters?
Parris: _____________________________________________________________________________
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Putnam:_____________________________________________________________________________
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Proctor:_____________________________________________________________________________
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Mrs. Putnam:_________________________________________________________________________
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Rebecca:____________________________________________________________________________
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33. What is Proctor commenting on when he says “Why, then I must find and join it.” What tone or literary
device is he using?
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34. Who is Reverend John Hale?
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35. What was the outcome of the girl in Hale’s parish that was afflicted?
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36. What does the narrator mean when he says “the necessity of the Devil may become evident as a weapon, a
weapon designed and used time and time again in every age to whip men into surrender”?
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Diabolism: the worship of devils
37. What type of political culture does Miller seem to think would be best? (page 19 right)
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38. What does Miller say that reminds you that the Red Scare is going on in the United States?
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Klatches: A fictional location (country)
Lascivious: driven by lust
39. Giles Corey seems very interested in what is going on. What could his motivation be?
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40. How many girls were dancing in the forest?
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incubi (incubus): a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping
women
succubi (succubus): A female demon who would visit men at night and engage in sexual activity
41. What does Giles say that his wife does? How does this affect him?
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42. Interpret the paragraph on p. 22 about Giles Corey. What does this say about him?
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*Stop reading after the paragraph about Giles Corey on page 22.
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