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Vocabulary Act 1 ANSWERS

Define the following words:

1. Predilecon – preexisng preference 2. Ingraang – charming; flaering 3. Dissembling – lying, concealing ones intenons 4. Calumny – false accusaon; slander 5. Compact – mak e an agreement; enter into a contract 6. Notorious – widely and unfavorably known 7. Evade – avoid or escape by deceit or cleverness 8. Prodigious – abnormal, unusual 9. Defamaon - slander; the act of uering false charges or misrepresentaons maliciously calculated to damage another's reputaon 10. Evade – t o avoid, dodge, escape

Complete the following sentences using the words above:

1. Reverend Hale would not allow Abigail to evade his quesoning about what happened in the forest. 2. , the Parris family slave, was accused of compacting with the devil once the girls started to blame her for helping them conjure spirits in the forest. 3. Some families in the village had a stronger predilection for believing in the existence than others before the situaon with the girls’ “illness” even started. 4. Due to the girls’ prodigious behavior aer being discovered dancing the forest, their families were forced to call in an expert in the demonic arts. 5. Abigail inially has an ingratiating personality, which causes John Proctor become involved with her. 6. Puritans are notorious for placing too harsh of judgment on anyone who they believe to be a sinner. 7. Abigail defended herself vehemently against the supposed calumny being spread against her reputaon in the village. 8. Abigail has a strong ability for dissembling to the point that many of the adults in the town would believe her over what they even knew to be logically possible or true. 9. It didn’t take very long for the girls to begin their defamation of other villagers in order to remove the guilt from themselves. 10. It is hard to evade the punishment of sin in a Puritan community.

The Crucible Vocabulary Act 2 ANSWERS

Define the following words:

1. Pallor - paleness 2. Ameliorate – make beer 3. Avidly - eagerly 4. Base – low, mean 5. Deference – courteous regard for respect 6. Theology – the study of religion 7. Quail – cringe from 8. Gingerly - cauously 9. Abominaon – something that causes disgust and horror 10. Blasphemy – sinful act or remark

Complete the following sentences using the words above:

1. Mrs. Putnam insists that the reason her daughter is sick is due to some wicked abomination commied against her family. 2. Reverend Hale was called in to check on the girls because of his expert knowledge of Biblical theology . 3. It was Reverend Hale’s intenon to ameliorate the hysteria in Salem, but that’s not how things developed upon his arrival. 4. Reverend Hale could see the sickening pallor of Revered Parris’s face when he arrived in town to help with the sick girls. 5. Even though she denied it, Elizabeth did feel that John was acng base to her when the argued about Abigail. 6. When John confesses he doesn’t believe that the girls are vicms of witchcra and denounces God by the end of Act 3, his acts of blasphemy only hurt his reputaon. 7. Though he was angry that he was being quesoned about his Chrisanity, he showed upmost deference to Reverend Hale. 8. John Proctor told Mary that she would not quail in court as a result of Abigail’s threats; he wanted her to be strong. 9. Mrs. Putnam avidly – and rather violently - pointed fingers at other women in the town who she believed to have harmed her babies. 10. Unlike when she speaks to the girls, Abigail speaks gingerly to John to show her affecon for him.

The Crucible Vocabulary Act 3 ANSWERS

Define the following words:

1. contenous - argumentave 2. deposion – the tesmony of a witness made under oath but not in open court 3. impercepble – barely noceable 4. anonymity – the condion of being unknown 5. effrontery - shameless boldness 6. incredulously - skepcally 7. ipso facto – by the very fact, as a maer of fact 8. apparion – ghost, spirit, specter 9. reproach – express cricism toward 10. immaculate – without fault or error

Complete the following sentences using the words above:

1. John begs Mary to bring her deposition against Abigail to help free his wife. 2. Apparently all the adults missed Abigail’s imperceptible lies about Elizabeth and John. 3. Witchcra is ipso facto, by its very nature, an invisible crime. 4. John knew that he would not be able to keep his anonymity intact if he were going to bring charges against Abigail; he would have to come forward with his name and his past. 5. Mary Warren and the girls at first claim never to have seen any apparitions or spirits, only to change their mind in court later. 6. John and Rev. Hale can’t understand why Abigail and the other girls have such a spotless, immaculate reputaon in front of the judges when their behavior otherwise would bring their innocence into queson. 7. When Elizabeth failed to tell the truth about John’s affair, he reacted incredulously to the news because he believed she would only tell the truth. 8. , a most disagreeable man, has a very contentious personality, and that oen gets him into trouble. 9. Reverend Parris tells his parishioners that they are not in a place to reproach him because he is only doing the best for his congregaon, even though many feel as if he has hidden moves. 10. Not only was Mary Warren not as mid as she pretended to be to John, but in fact, with a considerable amount of effrontery she was able to accuse him in open court of being a witch.

The Crucible Vocabulary Act 4 ANSWERS

Define the following words:

1. conciliatory- tending to soothe anger (adj) 2. beguile – trick (verb) 3. retaliaon – act of returning any injury or wrong 4. adamant – firm, unyielding 5. cleave – adhere; cling 6. tantalized – tormented, frustrated 7. pardon – the act of excusing a mistake or offence (noun) 8. gaunt – very thin, especially from disease, hunger, or cold 9. penitence – remorse for your past conduct 10. vanity – feelings of excessive pride

Complete the following sentences using the words above:

1. Even though Rev. Hale and many others presented cases worth hearing to release the falsely-accused villagers, he was adamant about going forth with the hangings. 2. Some may argue that Proctor’s choice was made of excessive pride or vanity , but he would argue it was his fate and punishment for his sins. 3. Upon the day of his hanging, Proctor appeared from jail in a fragile, gaunt shape, but the agony of his sins had done more damage to him than any starvaon, disease, or cold. 4. Rev. Hale begged on Proctor’s behalf for a pardon, but the judges would only accept a wrien confession from Proctor himself. 5. Nonetheless, John did cleave to Elizabeth in the end as a husband should do to his wife and family. 6. Rather than making any penitence for the agony she caused so many people in Salem, Abigail ran away. 7. Whenever she could, played a conciliatory role to defuse the hoslity among the community members. 8. It would have been very easy for John to retaliate against Abigail, especially since she ran away, but he chose the high road in order to have his goodness. 9. For months Abigail tantalized Elizabeth and John, making bizarre accusaons and stalking John, in order to carry out her plan to steal him away from Elizabeth. 10. It doesn’t make sense that Abigail would be able to beguile the court for so long with her lies, but somemes the truth becomes clouded too many personal agendas and pride.

Movie Guide on next page The Crucible Act 3 Movie Guide

1. As this act opens, what accusation does Giles Corey claims the girls are fraud. Giles Corey make?

2. What news does the viewer learn about Rebecca Nurse has been condemned. Rebecca Nurse?

3. When John arrives at court with Mary Rev. Parris accuses John of wanting to Warren, what does Reverend Parris accuse overthrow the court. him of?

4. What two questions does Danforth ask 1. “Have you seen the devil?” John in regard to his motive for bringing this new information to the court? 2. Judge Danforth also asks John if he is being sincere.

5. What news does Danforth tell John about 1. Danforth tells John that Elizabeth is Elizabeth? What will this mean for Elizabeth? pregnant. What deal does Danforth try to make with John? 2. This means that Elizabeth will live as long as she is with child.

3. Danforth asks if John will drop the charges knowing his wife is safe for now.

6. What is going to happen to the 91 people Judge Danforth requested arrest warrants for who signed the testament stating a good all 91 people. opinion of , , and Rebecca Nurse?

7. What is Giles Corey’s accusation against Giles Corey accuses Putnam of accusing his ? neighbors of so that he can take their land.

8. What happens to Giles Corey? Giles Corey is placed in contempt of court.

9. What is Reverend Hale’s request of Rev. Hales requests that Danforth allow John Danforth and advice to John as he is about to to get a lawyer. speak before the court?

10.When Mary Warren says that she 1. Mary is asked to faint now on the spot. pretended to faint in court, what is she asked to do? What is the result? 2. When she is asked to faint, she is not able to. She cannot faint.

11.What does Abigail do when suspicion that Abigail gets defensive and dodges the she might be pretending falls on her? question. Then she claims she is seeing Mary’s spirit and starts to scream.

12.What does John do to discredit Abigail? 1. To discredit Abigail, John confesses to their What does John tell Danforth about affair. Elizabeth?

2. John tells Danforth that Elizabeth cannot tell a lie.

13.Who is called to back up John’s 1. Elizabeth is called into the courtroom. John testimony? What happens? and Abigail have their backs to her so she cannot receive any clues.

2. Elizabeth lies and says that John did not commit adultery.

14.What is Mary Warren’s reaction to 1. Mary tries and pleads with Abigail to stop, Abigail’s performance regarding seeing but Abigail says that she sees a yellow birds Mary’s spirit? Who does Mary accuse and and then the bird starts to chase them. Then how does she do it? Mary finally gives in and says she wants to be with God and goes back to Abigail.

2. She accuses John of compacting with the Devil and that he told her to overthrow the Court or he would kill her.

15.What do you think John means when he That there is no justice or anything that can says, “God is dead!”? right all the wrong that has happened.

16.What does Hale do when John is He quits the court. arrested? (Listen carefully as John is being pulled from the water and arrested!)