Crucible – Act II, III, And IV Questions/Ms

The Crucible Questions Act I/Mrs. Breaux

Directions: Answer each question in AT LEAST TWO complete sentences with ADEQUTE DETAILS on a SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. HW will not be accepted if not on a separate sheet of paper.

1. "So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom, lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong and deceitful ideas." What is the irony in that statement? 2. Explain how the witch-hunt years were a time of "general revenge." 3. Identify Tituba, Abigail, and Betty. 4. Why does Mrs. Putnam believe there are witches in Salem? 5. Why is Thomas Putnam bitter? 6. Parris says, "Oh, Abigail, what proper payment for my charity! Now I am undone!" What does that mean? 7. What is Mary's argument to Abby? 8. Describe Proctor. 9. What happened between Abigail and John Proctor prior to the opening of the play? 10. What was the "sign" that Betty was bewitched? 11. Identify Francis and Rebecca Nurse. 12. Explain the political relationship between the Putnam and Nurse families. 13. What did Rebecca do to Betty? 14. What is Rebecca's explanation of the girls' behavior? 15. "There are wheels within wheels in this village and fires within fires." Explain. 16. What is Proctor's reason for his not regularly attending church? 17. What does Parris want? 18. Giles says, "Think on it now, it's a deep thing, and dark as a pit." To what is he referring literally and symbolically? 19. What do Putnam and Proctor argue about? What does this show? 20. Who is Rev. John Hale, and why does he come to Salem? 21. Hale says, "They [the books] must be [heavy]; they are weighted with authority." What is the significance of this remark? 22. To what did Tituba confess? Why? 23. What do the girls do at the end of Act One?

Crucible – Act II questions/Mrs. Breaux

Directions: Answer each question in AT LEAST TWO complete sentences with ADEQUTE DETAILS on a SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER. HW will not be accepted if not on a separate sheet of paper.

Act II Study Questions 1. What is the significance of John’s re-seasoning the soup? 2. What is the relationship between John and Elizabeth like? 3. What new position does Mary Warren now hold? 4. Who is in charge of this court? 5. What action has the court taken? 6. What will happen if the accused do not confess? 7. How has Mary’s personality changed since her involvement in the court? 8. What issue does Elizabeth continue to hound her husband about? 9. What does Elizabeth’s lack of mercy and understanding foreshadow? 10. Why does John hesitate to go to the court and reveal Abigail’s fraud? 11. What does Mary Warren give Elizabeth? 12. What is Elizabeth’s reaction to the gift? 13. How many people have now been arrested? 14. What will happen to those who do not confess? 15. Who has confessed? 16. What does this mean for the others? 17. What would spare Sarah Good from hanging? 18. What shocking news does Mary offer regarding Elizabeth? 19. What cause does Elizabeth immediately suspect? 20. Now that Elizabeth is accused, does John go quickly to the court to clear her name? 21. Why does Hale appear at the Proctor house? 22. Why would John’s Christian character be in question? 23. What reason does John first give for not going to church regularly? 24. What reason does John finally admit to for his behavior? 25. Why is John’s not going to church significant to the play? 26. What does Hale request the Proctors do to show their faith? 27. Are the Proctors successful in fulfilling this request? 28. Why is this particular commandment significant? 29. What news briefly shakes Hale’s belief in the court system? 30. What is his ultimate conclusion about the system at the end of this scene?

DO THESE AND YOU WILL BE PREPARED FOR THE QUIZ.