The Crucible
Arthur Miller
Act 3 – Cause and Effect Relationships
Directions: Fill in the blanks to show what happened (effect) as a result of
a specific action (cause).
1. If Proctor had not presented a petition of signatures to Judge
Danforth, then ________________________________________
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2. If John Proctor had not desired to help his friends’ wives, then
____________________________________________________
3. If Giles Corey had not accused Thomas Putnam of having his neighbors
arrested in order to take their lands, then ____________________
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4. If Mary Warren had not testified against the girls, then _________
____________________________________________________
5. If Elizabeth had been able to talk to her husband before Judge
Danforth questioned her, then _____________________________
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6. If John Proctor had not had an affair with Abigail, then __________
____________________________________________________
7. If Elizabeth Proctor had not lied about her husband’s infidelity, then
____________________________________________________
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8. If Reverend Hale had questioned Judge Danforth’s techniques sooner,
then ________________________________________________
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9. If Mary Warren had not lied against John Proctor, then __________
____________________________________________________
10. If Abigail had not pretended Mary’s spirit was on her, then ________
____________________________________________________
11. If Judge Danforth had not charged Proctor with witchery, then
____________________________________________________
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12. If Reverend Parris had not continually undermined Proctor’s and Mary
Warren’s credibility, then ________________________________
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The Crucible
Arthur Miller
Act 4 – Cause and Effect Relationships
Directions: Fill in the blanks to show what happened (effect) as a result of
a specific action (cause).
1. If Judge Danforth had not been so afraid that his authority was in
jeopardy, then he ______________________________________
____________________________________________________
2. If Reverend Hale had not felt guilty about his earlier role in the
condemnation of innocent people, then he _____________________
____________________________________________________
3. If Abigail had not vanished from Salem with Parris’s money, then
Parris _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________
4. If Judge Danforth had pardoned those condemned, then _________
____________________________________________________
5. If Reverend Hale had not gone away from Salem to quietly pray for
three months, then he ___________________________________
____________________________________________________
6. If Rebecca Nurse and Giles Corey had not resisted confessing they
were in league with Satan, then John Proctor __________________
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7. If John Proctor had not felt unworthy to die a martyr, then he
_________________________________________________
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8. If Judge Danforth had not required John’s confession be nailed on
the church door, then John ____________________________
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9. If John Proctor had not torn the confession, then he _________
_________________________________________________
10. If John Proctor had not chosen to die rather than sign, then he
_________________________________________________
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