Ms. Bobertz
En301: The Crucible: Act II
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I. Journal Responses
Directions:
1. Before Reading: Choose one of the following prompts for which you write a
PERSONAL RESPONSE (minimum 1 page written / ½ page typed)
2. After Reading: Respond to the same prompt, but this time write as one of the
characters. Be sure to utilize specific information that happened in the text as well
as write in that character’s voice. (minimum 1 page written / ½ page typed)
Write about a time when…
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You or someone you know was judged unfairly.
You asked to be forgiven for a wrong you’d done but were not.
Jealousy – your own or someone else’s – caused a problem for you.
Honesty – your own or someone else’s – played a role in a conflict in your life.
Your emotions in a particular situation clouded your judgment.
II. Vocabulary
Directions:
1. Define each word, including the part of speech
2. Pick (5) words and provide a contextual sentence for each
1. Condemnation 2. Pallor
3. Fraud
4. Perplexed
5. Indignant
6. Avidly
7. Sarcastic
8. Base
9. Tainted
10. Ineptly
11. Calamity
12. Blasphemy
13. Menacingly
14. Lechery
15. Providence
III. Comprehension Questions
Directions: Answer each of the following questions and utilize textual support (Quote &
page #) when prompted. Your responses will serve as your notes on the reading!
1. Before the Act begins, what does John Proctor do that shows the state of his relationship
with Elizabeth?
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2. What is the conversation like between John and Elizabeth?
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3. Where has Mary Warren gone and why has she gone there?
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4. How many people have been jailed in the last eight days?
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5. If someone accused does not confess, what is that person’s fate?
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6. Who is the “saint” of the trials?
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7. Why does Elizabeth want John to go to Salem?
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8. What does Mary Warren give Elizabeth?
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9. After the first day of the trials, how many people are accused?
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10. Why was Sarah Good condemned?
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11. Who has “mentioned” Elizabeth Proctor in the trials and why can we speculate that she has
done this?
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12. Who visits the Proctor house? Why is this man traveling house to house?
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13. What respected woman is “somewhat mentioned” in the trials?
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14. What excuse does Proctor give for not attending church on the Sabbath?
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15. Why are only two of Proctor’s children baptized?
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16. Hale asks John Proctor to recite his commandments, which of the ten does he forget?
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17. What does John Proctor admit to Revered Hale?
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18. Why does Proctor believe that people are confessing to witchcraft?
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19. Does Elizabeth Proctor believe in witches?
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20. “My wife is the very brick and mortar of the church.” What literary term is used in this
quote? What is this quote saying about Rebecca Nurse?
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21. How does Hale feel about the court proceedings?
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22. Who charged Martha Corey? Why?
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23. Who accuses Elizabeth Proctor? Why?
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24. Why has Ezekiel Cheever come to the Proctor home?
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25. What is the significance of the poppet?
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26. “Were they born this morning as clean as God’s finger?” About whom is John Proctor
speaking in this quote?
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27. What happened to Abigail?
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28. Why does John Proctor believe the accusations are happening?
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29. What is John Proctor’s plan after Elizabeth is taken?
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