Name: ________________________
Test: The Crucible and Puritanism
Multiple Choice: Choose the BEST answer. (15 points)
1) Who wrote The Crucible?
A) Nathaniel Hawthorne
B) William Shakespeare
C) Arthur Miller
D) Joseph McCarthy
2) Many people who go to jail say, “Yes, I am a witch”. Why do they lie?
A) If they say they are a witch they will not die.
B) They can say that others are witches.
C) The judges hit and hurt them.
D) They really are witches.
3) The author of The Crucible compares the Salem Witch Trials to what event?
A) Hitler and the Holocaust
B) The Renaissance
C) The Communist Red Scare and McCarthy hearings
D) The Civil War
4) Where does The Crucible take place?
A) Portsmouth, New Hampshire
B) Plymouth, Massachusetts
C) Salem, Massachusetts
D) Jamestown, Virginia
5) What does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth that she made while sitting in the
courtroom in Salem?
A) A doll
B) A hat
C) A book
D) A drawing
6) What does Elizabeth lie about to the court?
A) Her witchcraft practice
B) Her husband’s affair with Abigail
C) Her dancing in the woods
D) The real father of her child
7) Who does Abigail say is trying to kill her?
A) Goody Putnam
B) Sarah
C) Elizabeth
D) Goody Nurse
8) When John Proctor is facing death, what does Hale tell him to do?
A) Kill himself
B) Blame someone else
C) Confess, say he is a witch, even though he is innocent
D) Run away
9) What does the court do with John Proctor?
A) It frees him and sends him home
B) It orders him stoned to death
C) It sends him to Maine
D) It arrests and tries him for witchcraft
10) What does Elizabeth do when called upon to testify?
A) Keeps silent
B) Tells a lie
C) Tells the truth
D) Kills herself
11) Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty?
A) Because she is a woman
B) Because the Puritans do not hang people
C) Because she is pregnant with a baby
D) Because John Proctor is well respected
12) To what does John Proctor tell Mary Warren to tell the judges?
A) That the girls are not witches – they are only pretending to be witches
B) That Abigail is a witch
C) That Hale is a warlock
D) That he and Abigail had an affair
13) Who is the man who is called in from another town to check Betty?
A) Thomas Putnam
B) Parris
C) Giles Corey
D) Reverend Hale
14) What did Parris see in the woods the previous night?
A) Lots of animals
B) Many girls dancing
C) Many girls sleeping
D) The Devil
15) Who had an affair with John Proctor while working in his home?
A) Abigail
B) Betty
C) Sarah
D) Rebecca
MATCHING: Match the letter with the correct person or word. (9 points)
1. Abigail Williams _______ a. Craziness; mistrust of others.
2. John Proctor _______ b. Does not believe in witches
3. Joseph McCarthy _______ c. Lives in hell
d. Minister from Beverly; says he knows
4. Mary Warren _______ about witches
5. Paranoia _______ e. Niece of Reverend Parris
f. Senator who scared Americans about
6. Reverend Hale _______ Communism
7. Satan/devil _______ g. Sent to Earth to do bad, evil things
8. Tituba _______ h. Slave girl
9. Witches _______ i. Works for the Proctors
True or False: Mark each sentence T for True or F for False. If it is false, re-write
the sentence to make it true. (11 points)
Reverend Hale questions the Proctors for a number of
1. _______ reasons.
___________________________________________________________
2. _______ Abigail was completely to blame for the witch-hunt.
___________________________________________________________
3. _______ Elizabeth Proctor hangs for witchcraft.
___________________________________________________________
4. _______ The Crucible was written in the 1950s.
___________________________________________________________
5. _______ The story takes place in Washington, D.C.
___________________________________________________________
6. _______ About 200 people died during the Salem Witch Trials.
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The Communist Red Scare happened in America during the
7. _______ 1950s.
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Short Answer: Answer the questions below in 2 – 5 sentences. (12 points)
1. Name two Puritan values. (2 points)
- _______________________________________________________________
- _______________________________________________________________
2. Reverand Hale changes throughout the play. Explain what he was like at the
beginning of the play and at the end of the play. Why do you think he changed? (2
points)
3. List two similarities between the Salem witch-hunts in 1692 and the McCarthy
hearings/Communist Red Scare of the 1950s. (2 points)
4. Do you think John Proctor is a protagonist in the play? Why or why not? (2
points)
5. Compare and contrast Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams. How are they
similar? How are they different? (2 points)
6. The Salem Witch Trials was NOT the only time in history that there was paranoia and
mistrust in a community. List two reasons this sentence is true: (2 points)
