The Crucible Test (Honors) FORM A
I. Plot Order | Identify which act each of the following plot points occurs in. RL.11-12.10
1. Rev. Hale asks John Proctor to recite the Ten Commandments.
A. Act I
2. Abigail threatens the other girls not to tell more about their time in the woods.
B. Act II
3. John Proctor tears up his confession.
C. Act III
4. Elizabeth lies to try to protect John.
D. Act IV
II. Character Identification | Match the following descriptions to the characters they DESCRIBE. One character
will be used twice.
RL.11-12.3
5. His wrists are chained. He is another man, bearded, filthy, his eyes misty as though webs had
overgrown them.
6. ___ is a grave man in his sixties, of some humor and sophistication that do not, however,
interfere with an exact loyalty to his position and his cause.
7. ___ is nearing forty, a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intellectual. This is a beloved errand for him;
on being called here to ascertain witchcraft...
8. His wrists are chained. He is another man, bearded, filthy, his eyes misty as though webs had
overgrown them.
9. “She speak of ___, and I thought she were a saint, to hear her. ___ brings the other girls into
the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.”
A. Abigail
Williams
B. Giles Corey
C. Reverend
Hale
D. Deputy
Governor
Danforth
E. John
Proctor
10. “Great stones they lay upon his chest until he plead aye or nay… They say he give them but
two words. ‘More weight,’ he says. And died.”
III. Logical Fallacies | Identify which of the following logical fallacies corresponds with each quote. RI.11-12.8
11. Proctor: [A poppet] will keep if it is kept, but Mary Warren swears she never saw no poppets
in my house, nor anyone else.
Parris: Why could there not have been poppets hid where no one ever saw them?
12. Giles: It discomfits me! Last night—mark this—I tried and tried and could not say my
prayers. And then she closed her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly—mark this—I
could pray again!
13. Proctor: I have no love for Mr. Parris. It is no secret. But God I surely love.
Cheever: He plow on Sunday, sir.
Danforth: Plow on Sunday!
Cheever: I think it be evidence, John. I am an official of the court, I cannot keep it.
Proctor: I-I have once or twice plowed on Sunday. I have 3 children, sir, and until last year my
land give little.
14. Danforth: No, old man, you have not hurt these people if they are of good conscience. But
you must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it,
there be no road between.
15. Mrs. Putnam: She ails as she must—she never waked this morning, but her eyes open and
she walks, and hears naught, sees naught, and cannot eat. Her soul is taken, surely.
A. Hasty
Generalization
B. Post
Hoc/Faulty
Causality
C. Argument
from
Ignorance
D. False
Dichotomy
E. Ad
Hominem
IV. Argumentation | Answer items 16 and 17 using the following passage:
RL.11-12.6
Danforth: “Mr. Putnam, I have here an accusation by Mr. Corey against you. He states that you coldly prompted your
daughter to cry witchery upon George Jacobs that is now in jail.”
Giles: “My proof is there! If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forgets his property— that's law! And there is none but Putnam
with the coin to buy so great a piece. This man is killing his neighbors for their land!”
Danforth: “But proof, sir, proof!”
Giles: “The proof is there! I have it from an honest man who heard Putnam say it! The day his daughter cried out on
Jacobs, he said she’d given him a fair gift of land.”
16. What is Giles’ claim in the accusation he gave Danforth?
a. That Abigail and the girls are lying
b. That Putnam encouraged his daughter to testify against George Jacobs
c. That Putnam is trying to steal land
d. That Putnam wants George Jacobs dead
17. What data has Giles given to support his claim?
a. Putnam’s financial status
b. Saying he heard this information in the village
c. A testimony from a witness claiming Putnam revealed his motives were biased
d. A testimony from one of the girls about her accusation
V. Rhetorical Appeals | Identify the rhetorical appeal most strongly represented in each excerpt.
a. ethos
b. pathos
c. logos
Danforth: “Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more. I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement.
Them that will not confess will hang. [18]Twelve are already executed; the names of these seven are given out, and the
village expects to see them die this morning. Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must
cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now. [19]While I speak God’s law, I will not crack its voice with
whimpering. If retaliation is your fear, know this- I should hang ten thousand that dared to rise against the law, and [20] an
ocean of salt tears could not melt the resolution of the statutes.”
VI. Selected Response | Choose the best answer to the following items.
21. Why is Tituba an easy scapegoat for the girls?
a. She can’t read or write.
b. She is a witch who casts spells.
c. She is an enslaved woman from another country.
d. She is female.
22. What kind of government does Salem have in The Crucible?
a. Democracy
b. Theocracy
c. Monarchy
RL.11-12.2, 3, 4, 5, 6
d. Kleptocracy
23. Why are cows wandering loose on the roads and crops rotting at the end of the play?
a. All their owners are locked in jail
b. The evil witches has destroyed them
c. People stopped caring about cows and crops
d. Parris and Danforth ordered people to stop farming
24. Which line best expresses the real motivation behind the trials?
a. "Is every defense an attack upon the court?"
b. "I have evidence for the court!"
c. "But it does not follow that everyone accused is part of it."
d. ".... private vengeance is working through this testimony!"
25. When Abigail says to Danforth, “Think you be so mighty that the power of Hell may not turn your wits? Beware of
it!” she is ...
a. asking Danforth to help her.
b. saying that she regrets accusing innocent people.
c. asking Danforth for forgiveness.
d. using her newfound power to threaten him.
26. “They were murdered, Mr. Parris! And mark this proof! Mark it! Last night my Ruth were ever so close to their little
spirits; I know it, sir.”
In the quote above, the word mark most likely means
a. To write on
b. To ignore
c. To pay attention to
d. To keep a record
27. What is the significance of the golden candlesticks Parris requested for the church?
a. They show how corrupt and materialistic Rev. Parris truly is
b. They illustrate Rev. Parris’ devotion to the church
c. They illustrate the corruption of the town
d. The farmers liked the idea of gold in their church
28. Who said the following: “Let either of you breathe a word, or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will
come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.”
a. John Proctor
b. Thomas Putnam
c. Mercy Lewis
d. Abigail Williams
29. Who said the following: “You are pulling down Heaven and raising up a whore!”
a. Elizabeth Proctor
b. Reverend Hale
c. John Proctor
d. Giles Corey
30. Which of the following quotes expresses irony?
a. Proctor: He is stuck. He counts back on his fingers, knowing one is missing. Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven image.
Hale: You have said that twice, sir.
Proctor, lost: Aye. He is flailing for it.
Elizabeth, delicately: Adultery, John.
b. Hale: I have this morning signed away the soul of Rebecca Nurse, Your Honor. I’ll not conceal it, my
hand shakes yet as with a wound!
c. Mary Warren: I only hope you’ll not be so sarcastical no more. Four judges and the King’s deputy sat to
dinner with us but an hour ago. I—I would have you speak civilly to me, from this out.
d. Parris: I tell you what is said here, sir. Andover have thrown out the court, they say, and will have no part
of witchcraft. There be a faction here, feeding on that news, and I tell you true, sir, I fear there will be riot
here.
31. What conclusion can you draw about Danforth from his response to Francis Nurse about questioning the girls’
actions?
Danforth: And do you know that near to four hundred are in the jails from Marblehead to Lynn, and upon my signature?
a. He is angry with the girls for fooling him.
b. He is offended that people question his authority.
c. He is glad that Francis Nurse is standing up for himself.
d. He is surprised that so many people are in jail.
32. Why is Giles Corey afraid to reveal the names of the people who are his witnesses?
a. The court system is confusing for him.
b. Giles is afraid of Abigail’s revenge.
c. Parris has threatened to have him arrested.
d. Giles is afraid the witnesses will be arrested.
33. What conclusion can you draw about Proctor from his response to Parris’ accusation about Elizabeth?
Proctor, furious: There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it.
a. He is angry at Mary for mentioning poppets to anyone.
b. He is tired of defending ridiculous accusations no based on any real proof.
c. He is afraid that he has been bewitched to see invisible animals.
d. He is worried that Danforth will think he is lying for sympathy.
34. Hale asks Elizabeth to encourage Proctor to lie because Hale
a. does not want Proctor’s children to be left orphans.
b. believes that dying for pride is worse than lying.
c. believes that John is basically a dishonest man.
d. wants to prove to Danforth that he is right.
35. What do the following stage directions (in italics) tell you about Elizabeth?
Proctor: I think you’re sad again. Are you?
Elizabeth, she doesn’t want friction, and yet she must: You come so late I thought you’d gone to Salem this afternoon.
a.
b.
c.
d.
She feels that she must be sad about her marriage to John.
She wants to start a fight with Proctor to prove her worth to him.
She is tired of pretending she doesn’t know about Abigail.
She wants Proctor to go to Salem to quell the rumors but is nervous of his reaction.