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The Crucible Final Exam November 5, 2012

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2. In The Crucible as well as the real village of Salem, Massachusetts, the form of government was a:

1. Democracy

2. Theocracy

3. Monarchy

4. Plutocracy

3. Before the play begins, what did Parris catch his daughter and other girls doing?

1. trying to run away from home

2. Dancing in the forest

3. Reading Catholic books

4. Conducting a black mass in the church

4. Why did Elizabeth Proctor fire Abigail?

1. Abigail was too proud

2. Abigail didnt work hard enough

3. Abigail dressed like a prostitute

4. Abigail was having an affair with John Proctor

5. What is John Proctors chief complaint against Parriss sermons?

1. They focus too much on fire and brimstone

2. They are too long

3. They are heretical

4. They are too short

6. Why is Mrs. Putnam jealous of Rebecca Nurse?

1. Rebecca has a higher salary than she

2. Rebecca is so highly regarded in the community

3. She thinks that Rebecca is trying to steal her husband

4. Rebecca has many healthy children and grandchildren

7. What is the significance of the golden candlesticks Parris requested for the church?

1. They show how corrupt and materialistic Rev. Parris truly is

2. They illustrate Rev. Parris devotion to the church

3. They illustrate the corruption of the town

4. The farmers liked the idea of gold in their church

8. What does Mrs. Putnam blame on witchcraft?

1. Her husbands cancer

2. The death of seven of her babies

3. Bad weather

4. The crop failure

9. In Act II, what does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor when she returns from the trials?

1. A cake

2. A bonnet

3. A kiss

4. A little doll

10. What news does Mary Warren bring from Salem?

1. That someone accused Elizabeth of witchcraft

2. That the witch trials have ended

3. That someone accused John Proctor of witchcraft

4. That Reverend Hale is ill

11. At first, in Act II, Mary Warren enjoys her role in court because she

1. thinks she has been chosen by god

2. knows she can destroy Elizabeth Proctor

3. likes the power and status she has in the village

4. slept in a ditch

12. Hale criticizes Proctor for two things. What are they? Mark both of the correct answers.

1. Not attending church often enough.

2. Not giving money to the church.

3. Not being a part of the church choir.

4. Not having one of his sons baptized.

13. Which commandment does John Proctor forget when Reverend Hale quizzes him?

1. Thou shalt not kill

2. Thou shalt not commit adultery

3. Honor thy mother and father

4. Thou shalt not covet

14. What does Elizabeth Proctor mean when she says that Abigail would not accuse her unless there be monstrous profit in it?

1. Abigail is risking her reputation by accusing her

2. Abigail will be even more respected by accusing her

3. With Elizabeth out of the way, Abigail will have Proctor all to herself

4. Elizabeth will gain the towns respect by maintaining her innocence

15. Whom does Ezekiel Cheever, the jailor, and Herrick, the marshal, come to the Proctor house to arrest?

1. John Proctor

2. Reverend Hale

3. Mary Warren

4. Elizabeth Proctor

16. To what does John Proctor convince Mary Warren to testify?

1. That the girls are only pretending to be possessed

2. That Abigail is a witch

3. That Hale is a warlock

4. That he and Abigail slept together

17. When Mary Warren testifies against them, what do Abigail and the other girls do?

1. They all confess

2. They attack her

3. They claim that Mary is bewitching them

4. They claim that John Proctor has bewitched Mary

18. Judge Hawthorn thinks of a test for Mary Warren to prove that she was pretending to be bewitched. She does not pass the test because she cannot:

1. Fly

2. Speak a different language

3. Faint

4. Convince Abigail to confess

19. By the end of Act II, Reverend Hale has begun to worry that

1. perhaps innocent people are being accused

2. The villagers might rebel against his authority

3. Rebecca Nurse did murder Goody Putnams babies

4. Most of the villagers are in league with the devil

20. What does John Proctor do in a desperate attempt to convince the court that Abigail is lying?

1. He tells the court about his affair with her

2. He accuses her of witchcraft

3. He tries to kill her

4. He tells the court that Abigail is a man dressed as a woman

21. Who is brought in to corroborate John Proctors claims about Abigail?

1. Elizabeth Proctor

2. Rebecca Nurse

3. Mary Warren

4. Parris

22. What does Elizabeth do when called upon to testify?

1. Keeps silent

2. Tells a lie

3. Tells the truth

4. Kills herself

23. In Act III, Giles Corey is arrested because he refuses to

1. accuse his wife of conjuring spells

2. name the books his wife has been reading

3. leave the court

4. name the person who accused Putnam of grabbing land

24. What is Giles Coreys fate?

1. He is hanged

2. He confesses to witchcraft

3. He is crushed with heavy stones

4. He is set free after his wife die.

25. In Act IV, Rev. Parris says You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me. What does he mean?

1. He fears for his life if a respected man is hanged

2. He wishes to tear down the court

3. He wants to have revenge against Abigail

4. He is convinced that Proctor is innocent

26. In Act IV, why does Danforth refuse to postpone the hangings?

1. He fears the people will riot if the executions dont take place

2. He refuses to accept any suggestions from Hale

3. It might look as if he has wrongly executed innocent people

4. He doubts the authority of the church

27. When John Proctor is facing death, what does Reverend Hale urge him to do?

1. Kill himself

2. Blame someone else

3. Confess, even though he is innocent

4. Refuse to confess

28. What is the significance of Governor Danforths support for Proctors confession?

1. It shows that Danforth knows that there are no witches in Salem

2. It shows that Danforths interest is in maintaining the reputation of the court and not in actual justice

3. It shows that Danforth has turned against Putnam and Parris

4. It shows that Danforth is kind and understanding

29. Why does Proctor retract his confession?

1. Because the officials demand that he sign his name to it

2. Because Hale asks him to

3. Because new evidence has come to light

4. Because Abigail confesses

30. What does Abigail do at the end of the play?

1. She kills herself

2. She flees from Salem, after robbing her uncle

3. She also is hanged

4. She is revealed as a witch

31. What ultimately happens to John Proctor?

1. He is freed

2. He kills himself

3. He escapes from prison and runs away with Abigail

4. He is hanged

32. What did John Proctor tear up?

1. his eviction notice

2. his confession

3. his wifes death warrant

4. his wedding certificate

33. Why do many of the accused admit to witchcraft?

1. By admitting to witchcraft they can accuse others of the same crime

2. They are forced to admitting to witchcraft under duress and torture

3. They are actually witches

4. By admitting to witchcraft they guarantee that they will not be executed

34. In Act IV, one can infer that Abigail has left Salem because she

1. cannot bear to see Proctor hanged

2. was asked to leave by Parris

3. has gone to Andover for the witch trials there

4. fear the villagers will turn on her

For questions 34 41, match the literary device with its representative quote from The Crucible using the below answers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1&2, 1&3, 1&4)

1. Symbolism

2. Irony

3. Direct Characterization

4. Indirect Characterization

5. Simile

1&2 Exposition

1&3 Foreshadowing

1&4 Personification

34. Their fathers had, of course, been persecuted in England. So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom.

35. Proctor says: Tell them I confessed myself: say Proctor broke to his knees and wept like a woman.

36. Abigail says: Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.

37. As the curtain rises, the room is empty, but for sunlight pouring through two high windows in the back wall. The room is solemn, even forbidding.

38. Rebecca Nurse says: Mr. Parris, I think youd best send Reverend Hale back as soon as he come. This will set us all to arguin again in the society, and we thought to have peace this year.

39. Abigail Williams, seventeen, enters a strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling.

40. Cheever says: Tis hard proof! I find here a poppet Goody Proctor keeps. I have found it, sir. And in the belly of the poppet a needles stuck.

41. Proctor says: Now Hell and Heaven grapple on our backs, and all our pretense is ripped away.

For Questions 42 through 50 fill in the blank with the most appropriate listed literary device completing the explanations of the authors use of literary devices in The Crucible:

1. Allegory

2. Setting

3. Motif

4. Point of View

5. Genre

1&2 Foil

1&3 Theme

1&4 Conflict

1&5 Climax

42. The characters are continuously asked to sign their names or give up someones name. The use of names to stand for a persons integrity throughout the play is called a ____________.

43. The Crucible is a play, therefore the ______________ is categorized as drama.

44. The events in The Crucible closely mirror the events happening in America in the 1940s and 1950s surrounding McCarthyism and the Red Scare. The author wrote this play to stand as an ______________.

45. The Crucible takes place during the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 17th century, a time where hysteria and fear led to mass accusations and death. This is called the ___________________.

46. At the end of the play, John Proctor refuses to sign a false confession and give up his name. This allows the reader to understand one of the major ____________ of the novel; that a persons integrity and reputation is worth dying for.

47. The author tells the story from the third-person perspective where he uses third-person pronouns (he, she) to refer to the characters. This is also called the third-person ______________________.

48. Abigail Williams and John Proctor are characters that present a contrast to one another. Their characters represent a _______________.

49. Salems ruling court forces citizens to deny their consciences and perjure themselves (lie to the court) in order to save themselves. This represents the individual versus society and is one of the main __________ of the play.

50. The _____________ of the play occurs when John Proctor decides it is more important to tell the truth than to save his life with a lie. He tears up his false confession to witchcraft and gives himself over for hanging.