The Crucible
Act III Answers
C 1. For what is the town using the Salem meeting house in Act III?
A) jail
B) church
C) court
D) school
C) Mary
D) Martha
D 2. Who is being questioned by Hathorne to begin Act III?
A) Rebecca
B) Elizabeth
C 3. Who has put 400 people in jail and condemned 72 to hang?
A) Parris
B) Hathorne
C) Danforth
D) Hale
D 4. Who are the judges listening to as the voice of Heaven?
A) Hale
B) Parris
C) Proctor
D) Children
A 5. Who tells the court she and other girls were pretending to see spirits?
A) Mary
B) Abigail
C) Mercy
D) Betty
B 6. What has Proctor done on Sunday instead of go to church?
A) Cook breakfast
B) Plow his field
C) Meet with Abigail D) Stay in bed
B 7. Who claims that she is pregnant?
A) Abigail
B) Elizabeth
C) Mary
D) Rebecca
D 8. How many people have signed the deposition that Elizabeth, Martha, and Rebecca are good women?
A) 19
B) 37
C) 73
D) 91
A 9. Who told his daughter to call George Jacobs a witch for his land?
A) Putnam
B) Parris
C) Proctor
D) Francis
B 10. Who is arrested for contempt of court for not giving up a name?
A) Proctor
B) Giles
C) Francis
D) Hale
D 11. According to Danforth, what kind of crime is witchcraft?
A) unattainable
B) important
C) obvious
D) invisible
B 12. In total, how many depositions are given to the court in Act III?
A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
A 13. What does Proctor say Abigail did in church?
A) laughed
B) cast spells
C) flirted with him
D) drank blood
D 14. What does Hathorne ask Mary to do to show she was pretending?
A) cast a spell
B) fly
C) cry
D) faint
C 15. Who tells Danforth the Devil might take him over as well?
A) Mary
B) Proctor
C) Abigail
D) Elizabeth
A 16. What do Abigail and the other girls pretend in court?
A) they’re freezing
B) they’re on fire
C) they’re drowning
D) they’re crying
B 17. Who grabs Abigail by the hair and calls her a harlot?
A) Danforth
B) Proctor
C) Mary
D) Elizabeth
C 18. Who admits to Proctor’s adultery?
A) Elizabeth
B) Abigail
C) Proctor
D) No one
A 19. Who goes to get Elizabeth so that she may be questioned?
A) Parris
B) Proctor
C) Danforth
D) Hale
B 20. What animal do Abigail and the other girls pretend to see?
A) green frog
B) yellow bird
C) black cat
D) red chicken
B 21. What do the girls do to show Mary Warren is “possessing” them?
A) accuse others
B) repeat her
C) laugh
D) cry
D 22. At the end of Act III, who says Proctor made her lie?
A) Mercy
B) Abigail
C) Elizabeth
D) Mary
D 23. In addition to Giles, who is taken to jail at the end of Act III?
A) Mary
B) Hale
C) Abigail
D) Proctor
C 24. Who gives up on the court and says he quits at the end of Act III?
A) Parris
B) Danforth
C) Hale
D) Hathorne
A 25. Who supports the court throughout all of Act III?
A) Parris
B) Francis
C) Giles
D) Hale
Alternate/Extra Credit Questions
A 26. Whose deposition is so well written that Danforth thinks it was done by a lawyer?
A) Giles’s
B) Francis’s
C) Proctor’s
D) Mary’s
C 27. Which girl is not in court with the others?
A) Betty
B) Mercy
C) Ruth
D) Susanna
A 28. When Elizabeth is asked if Proctor committed adultery, what is her response?
A) No, sir.
B) Yes, sir.
C) I don’t know, sir.
D) Ask him, sir.
B 29. Who screams “God is dead!” at the end of Act III?
A) Hale
B) Proctor
C) Abigail
D 30. Who does not speak a line in Act III?
A) Cheever
B) Herrick
C) Putnam
D) Mrs. Putnam
D) Danforth