Online Multiple Choice Quiz Act 1 the Crucible

Online Multiple Choice Quiz – Act 1 The Crucible

Carefully read the passage from Act 1, pages 5 – 6, beginning, “The edge of the wilderness,” and ending, “this space so antagonistic to man” in order to answer the following questions.

1. In the context of paragraph five, the word “ingratiating” means a. humble d. servile b. suave e. attractive c. flattering 2. For the majority of paragraph three, Miller gives an example of a. verbal irony d. central irony b. situational irony e. societal irony c. dramatic irony f. 3. In paragraph five, Miller introduces the Jamestown settlers in order to add a. metaphor d. direct characterization b. irony e. allusion c. juxtaposition f. 4. Which of the following most accurately describes the settlers’ view of the wilderness in the first two paragraphs? a. trepidation and a sense of diabolism d. respect and a sense of spiritualism b. reverence and a sense of divine insight e. excitement and a sense of manifest c. wonder and a sense of transcendentalism destiny 5. The official name given to the Massachusetts colony is indicative of their a. desire for profit d. strong religious aspirations b. determination and work ethic e. distrust of their neighbors c. perseverance to survive f. 6. In paragraph five, Miller asserts that the Salem government was initially necessary for a. control through severity d. redemption through suffering b. freedom through individuality e. survival through unity c. strength through motivation f. 7. In paragraph four, the “candle that would light the world,” is an example of a. implied metaphor d. juxtaposition b. irony e. apostrophe c. imagery f. 8. In the second paragraph, Miller implies that a chief reason the people of Salem did not convert the Indians was a. the Indians lived in the Devil’s last preserve b. the Salem townspeople would rather take land from heathens than Christians c. the Englishmen denied the Indians their religious freedom d. the Massachusetts settlers had lost relatives in Indian attacks e. the parishioners were suspicious of anyone different from them f. 9. The author’s comments in paragraph four demonstrate his underlying purpose was a. invective c. figurative b. hyperbolic d. didactic e. ironic f. 10. The line, “We have inherited this belief, and it has helped and hurt us,” proves this play is meant to be a a. satire d. melodrama b. tragedy e. neoclassic drama c. parable f.