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The Crucible Final Test
Part I: Match each character to their description:
Names may be used more than once
1. An orphan who is sly and conniving, she has the town
of Salem listening and obeying her every whim.
2. He refuses to confess to witchcraft and is crushed to
death.
3. Cannot forgive her husband for his infidelity; it is
believed that she has never told a lie.
4. He is stubborn and allows the witchcraft trials to
proceed even though he has been presented with
considerable evidence showing how ridiculous and
possibly false they may be.
5. She has had 7 children die, she claims they were
murdered.
6. A sweet old lady who believes the children are just
playing games.
7. Her comatose state makes the villagers believe that
witchcraft is afoot in Salem.
8. He is greedy and obsessed with his reputation, his niece
starts much of the hysteria.
9. Once married to Marilyn Monroe
10. He doesn’t go to church or baptize his children because
he hates the Reverend. He believes he is a terrible
person.
11. Believes that the witchcraft trials are false, and tries to
help the innocent confess to escape hanging.
12. She tries to show that the girls are lying, but caves
under the immense pressure from her peers and accuses
John Proctor of being a witch.
13. A good man with a secret, a tragic hero – honest, blunt
14. Represents a dynamic individual who could transcend
long-held beliefs to listen to their humanity and logic?
15. Represents the internal struggle most people would
experience in the face of such hysteria?
16. A static character represents the moral center of the
play, or the ideal example of behavior?
17. Likely, this character is a synthesis of the forces of
McCarthyism
18. Receives redemption by dying
19. Bleeds for his “good name”
20. Accused of not doing enough to prevent the spread of
Communism post-WWII
a. Reverend Parris
b. Betty Parris
c. Tituba
d. Abigail Williams
e. Mrs. Ann Putnam
ab. Mary Warren
ac. John Proctor
ad. Elizabeth Proctor
ae. Rebecca Nurse
bc. Giles Corey
bd. Reverend Hale
be. Deputy Danforth
cd. Joseph McCarthy
ce. Arthur Miller
de. Harry Truman
abc. Thomas Putnam
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21. The senator from Wisconsin who rose to power in
America from 1948-1956 and died at 48, likely of
alcoholism.
22. Best represents the seductive nature of power.
23. In the end, more concerned with his personal integrity
than his public reputation
24. A flat, static character, clearly the villain who sparks
the hysteria, this character’s motives are simply
jealousy and revenge
25. A foil to Proctor, insists the accused to falsely confess
to the injustice of witchcraft
Part II: Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer for each question:
26. What is a “theocracy?”
a. A small democracy
b. Government which blends church and state
c. King and Queen rule
d. Communism
e. McCarthyism
27. What is the “City on a Hill” theory?
a. Building a city on a hill helps you see coming intruders
b. The capitol would be built on a hill to better observe the members of the community
down below
c. Their city would be a utopia and act as an example to others
d. Their city would be more structurally sound if built on a hill
28. How did Puritans regard sin?
a. It is human and must be forgiven
b. It must be redeemed through confession
c. Would result in death
d. It must be rooted out at any cost
e. All of the above
29. How did Puritans regard nature?
a. As beautiful and enriching
b. As mysterious and enigmatic
c. As indifferent to the condition of man
d. As a place of darkness, where the devil resides
30. The Puritan attitude towards community and neighbors can best be described as?
a. Intolerant
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b.
c.
d.
e.
Vigilant
Nosey
Rigid
All of the above
31. Who is the author of “The Crucible?”
a. George Orwell
b. Arthur Miller
c. Nathaniel Hawthorne
d. Joseph McCarthy
32. What denotation of “crucible” most applies to the play?
a. A small earthen pot that heats metals
b. The hollow at the bottom of an ore furnace
c. A purification
d. A test of the most decisive kind, a severe trial
e. None of the above
33. What is the primary setting for The Crucible?
a. 1600s Salem, Massachusets
b. 1700s Yorkshire, England
c. 1800s Dublin, Ireland
d. 1950s America
34. What is secondary setting for The Crucible
a. 1600s Salem, Massachusets
b. 1700s Yorkshire, England
c. 1800s Dublin, Ireland
d. 1950s America
35. The play was a reaction to what historic event
a. Communism
b. Puritanism
c. McCarthyism
d. Capitalism
36. Most of the victims of the hysteria were
a) Witches, duh!
b) Old women
c) Society’s outcasts
d) The rich
e) All of the above
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37. Most of the victims of McCarthyism were
a) Teachers
b) Academics
c) The Arty types
d) Intellectuals
e) All of the above
38. The ‘real’ reason the witch hunts began in Salem was
a) Because a few girls fell ill under mysterious conditions
b) So a few girls could enjoy a bit of power in an oppressive society
c) So a few girls could steal people’s husbands
d) Because a few girls were practicing witchcraft.
39. What does McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials have in common?
a) An atmosphere of fear
b) An atmosphere of suspicion and intimidation
c) An opportunity for self promotion
d) An opportunity to resolve old grudges
e) All of the above
40. What is the Red Scare?
a) Communism
b) America’s fear of Communism infiltration
c) McCarthyism
d) Forced equality
e) None of the above
41. What does ‘naming names’ involve
a) Confessing involvement in communist activities
b) Testifying before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee
c) Identifying others who may be involved in subversive activities
d) None of the above
e) All of the above
42. What is an allegory?
a) An extended metaphor sustained throughout a work
b) A comparison of two unlike objects using like or as
c) Placing two objects side by side for thematic emphasis
d) A universal truth
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43. Why did the playwright use allegory?
a) For thematic emphasis
b) Because it was unsafe to criticize the government at the time he wrote the play
c) Because Americans of the 20th century are a lot like Puritans of the 17th
century
d) To protect the identity of the real writer of the play
44. Who finally exposed Joseph McCarthy?
a) President Harry S. Truman
b) Actress Marilyn Monroe
c) Reporter Edward R. Murrow
d) Lawyer Richard M. Nixon
e) None of the above
45. One example of a modern day allegory is
a) Avatar
b) Animal Farm
c) Godzilla Movies
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
Part III: Choose which character says which quote (some characters speak more than
one quote):
A. Abigail Williams
B. John Proctor
C. Reverend Hale
D. Elizabeth Proctor
E. Reverend Parris
AB. Deputy Governor Danforth
AC. Joseph McCarthy
46. “And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I cannot! You loved me,
John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!”
47. “There are many others who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever
mention God any more.”
48. “He has his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!”
49. “All innocent and Christian people are happy for the courts in Salem! These people are
gloomy for it.”
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50. “I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem—vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always
were in Salem, but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom, and
common vengeance writes the law!”
51. “There is blood on my head! Can you not see the blood on my head!!”
52. “You must understand, Sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted
against it, there be no road between.”
53. “I say—I say—God is dead!”
54. “It is mistaken law that leads you to sacrifice. Life, woman, life is God’s most precious gift;
no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it… it may well be God damns a
liar less than he that throws his life away for pride.”
55. “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign
myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I
live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave my name!”
56. “I never sold myself! I’m a good girl! I’m a proper girl!”
57. I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw
him, I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah Good with
the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!
58. She thinks to dance with me on my wife's grave! And well she might, for I thought of
her softly. God help me, I lusted, and there is a promise in such sweat. But it is a
whore's vengeance, and you must see it.
59. I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now,
just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my
very character.
60. "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”
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