Name:___________________________________ ______\100 pts.

The Crucible Test

Matching (3 points each)
1. Which of the following statements best describes Proctor’s internal
conflict during
Act One?
A) He desires Abigail but wants to be faithful to his wife.
B) He wants to end his relationship with Abigail but does not want
to hurt her.
C) He wants to have a relationship with Abigail but fears his wife will
find out.
D) He desires Abigail and wants to divorce his wife, but he fears Abigail
would eventually leave him.
2. Miller claims that the people of Salem were likely to believe in
witchcraft
because—
A) they were uneducated and ignorant
B) they believed that because there was a God there also must be a
Devil
C) they had not yet heard of the scientific revolution
D) the area had a history of unusual and unexplained supernatural
events
3. Proctor represents the archetype of the—
A) skeptic
B) believer
C) conformist
D) scapegoat

4. The character who best represents goodness is—

A) Elizabeth Proctor
B) Rebecca Nurse
C) Martha Corey
D) Deputy Governor Danforth
5. When Reverend Hale says, “What victory would the Devil have to win a soul already bad? It
is the best the Devil wants, and who is better than the minister?” he is using—

A) reason to appeal to Parris’s sense of moral superiority

 B) reason to appeal to Parris’s sense of intellectual superiority
C) emotion to appeal to Parris’s fear of retribution
D) emotion to reassure Parris he is free of sin

6. Which of the following characters places the greatest value on

truthfulness?
A) Ann Putnam C) Reverend Parris
B) John Proctor D) Deputy Governor
Danforth

7. Which of the following does Proctor most value?

A) Love C) Honesty
B) A good name and reputation D) Hard work

8. Proctor’s motivation for considering confessing is to—

A) garner forgiveness from Elizabeth for his affair
B) save Elizabeth’s life
C) save his own life
D) resolve his inner conflict
9. The quotation that best shows John Proctor’s rejection of some Puritan
values is—
A) “Can you speak one minute without we land in Hell again? I am
sick of Hell!”
B) “There are many others who stay away from church these days
because you hardly ever mention God anymore.”
C) “Mr. Parris, you are the first minister ever did demand the deed
to this house.”
D) “Is it the Devil’s fault that a man cannot say you good morning
without you clap him for defamation?”
10. Proctor tears up his signed confession because he—
A) wants to take it back
B) regrets having signed it
C) doesn’t want anyone to know he signed it
D) wants to preserve his name but not his life
For each question, write in proper paragraph form using specific
examples to support your statements. (15 points each)

1. Societal problems can often be traced to individual human failings. Though

the trial has religious and supernatural implications, Miller tends to show the
troubles as stemming from recognizable human failings.

Discuss one example to show how each of the following failings are
conveyed in the
play -- greed, vengeance, jealousy, ambition, and fear/hysteria (5
examples total).

2. Compare the following statement to the play by specifically connecting

three characters in the play and discuss one example from the play that
associates the
character to the statement. (Pay close attention to the last two sentences of
the passage.)

Miller made the following response when asked who the people were at
Communist meetings:
“When I say this I want you to understand that I am not protecting the
Communists or the Communist party. I am trying to and will protect my
sense
of myself. I could not use the name of another person and bring trouble on
him. I take responsibility for everything I have done but I cannot take
responsibility for another human being.” “Nobody wants to be a hero but in
every man there is something he cannot give up and remain himself-a core,
an identity, a thing that is summed up for him by the sound of his own name
of his own ears. If he gives that up, he becomes a different man, not
himself.”

For the following quotations, identify WHO is speaking and B: WHY

the character is saying this. (2 points each)

1. My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is

soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!
A:_________________B:__________________________________________________
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2. I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth

A:_________________B:__________________________________________________
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3. I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand
before I ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind. We never
touched.
A:_________________B:__________________________________________________
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4. Adultery, John.
A:_________________B:__________________________________________________
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5. I never said my wife were a witch; I only said she were reading books!
A:_________________B:__________________________________________________
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Essay: Critics consider John Proctor a “tragic hero”. Either agree or
disagree and support your answer. Start by defining (in your
words) a “tragic hero”. Minimum = 3 paragraphs. One paragraph =
4-6 sentences. (30 points).