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Anticipation Guide
Do you Agree or Disagree with the following statements? Read each one and mark an “A” if you agree
and a “D” if you disagree. “Sometimes” doesn’t count. You must choose one side or the other. Finally
make a note of explaining your reasoning below the statement.
Statement
1. Honesty is always the
best policy.
Personal Opinion
Agree or Disagree:
Reason:
Group Opinion
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
2. Authority is always right. Agree or Disagree:
Reason:
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
3. If you commit a sin, you
are a bad person.
Agree or Disagree:
Reason:
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
4. It is better to die than to
confess a crime you did not
commit.
Agree or Disagree:
Reason:
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
Agree or Disagree:
5. One’s outer actions
always determine what type Reason:
of person one is.
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
6. Love and passion are the
same thing.
Agree or Disagree:
Reason:
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
7. Going against the crowd
is an easy thing because
public opinion does not
matter.
8. We are not always
responsible for the choices
we make.
Agree or Disagree:
Reason:
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
Agree or Disagree:
Reason:
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
9. If you notice someone
doing something wrong, it
is your duty to tell them
Agree or Disagree:
Reason:
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
10. If you notice someone
doing something wrong, it
is your duty to tell the
authorities.
Agree or Disagree:
Reason:
Agree or Disagree:
Reason
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Character List for The Crucible
Instructions: Fill out the following chart as a review of the characters. Be sure to included a
personal description of the character, how they relate to someone else in the story (i.e. mother,
brother, friend, etc.), and at least two actions that they perform which define their character.
Completion of this chart will serve as an extremely helpful review of the characters.
Character Name
1. Reverend Parris
2. Betty Parris
3. Tituba
4. Abigail Williams
5. Susanna Walcott
6. Thomas Putnam
7. Mrs. Ann Putnam
8. Mercy Lewis
9. Mary Warren
10. John Proctor
Description: Relationship to Others and Defining Actions
Character Name
11. Elizabeth Proctor
12. Giles Corey
13. Reverend John
Hale
14. Francis Nurse
15. Rebecca Nurse
16. Ezekiel Cheever
17. Marshal Herrick
18. Judge Hathorne
19. Judge Danforth
20. Sarah Good
21. Sarah Osborn
Description: Relationship to Others and Defining Actions
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The Crucible Vocabulary
Act One
Heathen:
Trepidation:
Conjure:
Notorious:
Faction:
Prodigious:
Abomination:
Fathom:
Anarchy:
Defamation:
Act Two
Pallor:
Ameliorate:
Indignant:
Daft
Quail:
Inept:
Abundant:
Act Three
Befuddle:
Callous:
Immaculate:
Slovenly:
Unperturbed:
Act Four
Gaunt:
Agape:
Beguile:
Reprieve:
Retaliate:
Adamant:
Cleave:
Tantalize:
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Study Guide Questions for The Crucible
Short Answer
Act One
1. At the start of the play, why is Reverend Parris praying? What has happened?
2. The author gives an extensive description of Salem Village. What are some of the things that are unique to
this community? (Please list at least 3)
3. The author also gives his personal view as to the root causes of the witch hunt. What is one of the causes
that he lists and why would it lead to such a horrific event?
4. Why does Parris afraid to let the townspeople know that witchcraft might be a factor in Betty’s affliction?
5. Abigail and Parris discuss Abigail’s reputation in the village. How does Abigail respond? What does she do
to convince Parris that she is telling the truth?
6. Why did the Putnams come to Parris’s house?
7. According to the author, why is Thomas Putnam’s name on so many of the witch trial affidavits?
8. What do the girls (Abigail, Mercy, Mary, and Betty) say really happened in the forest?
9. When some girls want to tell, what does Abigail threaten to do? Why?
10. Why does John Proctor come to town?
11. What is John’s past relationship with Abigail?
12. What does Abigail say Proctor taught her?
13. Why do John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse not want Reverend Hale to come and look for devils?
14. What is Proctor’s relationship with Reverend Parris? Why do they not get along?
15. What do you think led Tituba to confess to witchcraft? Do you think she really saw Goodie Good and
Goodie Osborn with the devil? Why or why not?
16. Why did Abigail and the other girls also start confessing and incriminating others? What motivated them?
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Act Two – The Crucible
1. Where does Elizabeth want John to go and what does she want him to do there?
2. What gift did Mary Warren give Elizabeth?
3. What was the “evidence” against Sarah Good?
4. Why doesn’t Proctor want Mary to go back to court?
5. Why does Elizabeth think Abigail wants to kill her?
6. Why did Hale come to Proctor’s house?
7. What things are “suspicious” about Proctor and his family?
8. Which commandment does Proctor forget? Why is this significant?
9. Hale asks the Proctor’s if they believe in witches. How do John and Elizabeth reply?
10. Why does Cheever come to the Proctor home?
11. Explain the significance of the needle in the “poppet”
12. What will happen to Proctor if he tries to discredit Abby?
13. Why doesn’t Mary want to testify about the doll?
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Act Three – The Crucible
1. Why do Giles and Francis want to talk to Danforth?
2. What is Parris’s argument against Proctor?
3. What does Mary tell Danforth?
4. When Danforth hears that Elizabeth is pregnant, what does he allow?
5. What paper did ninety-one people sign?
6. What does Proctor do to help Mary stay brave?
7. Of what does Giles accuse Putnam?
8. What is Hale’s problem as Proctor and his friends present evidence to Danforth?
9. Judge Hathorne thinks of a test for Mary. What is it? Can she do it? Why or why not?
10. Proctor calls Abigail a whore, and he confesses his lechery. Danforth tests Proctor’s statement by calling
for Elizabeth and asking he why Abigail was put out of the house. What does Elizabeth say?
11. What do the girls do to Mary? What is her response?
12. What happens to Proctor?
13. What does Hale do?
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Act Four – The Crucible
1. What explanation does Cheever give for Paris’s mad look?
2. What did Abigail do?
3. Paris says, “You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me.” What “sort” does he mean and what is
the danger to him?
4. Explain Danforth’s reason that a pardon would not be just.
5. Why has Hale come back to Salem?
6. What does Hale want Elizabeth to do?
7. What happened to Giles?
8. Proctor says, “My honesty is broke, Elizabeth, I am no good man.” What does this mean?
9. What “confession” did Elizabeth make to John?
10. What did Proctor do after he signed the confession? Why?
11. John says, “I have given you my soul; leave my name!” What does this mean? Why is his name so
important?
12. Elizabeth says, “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!” What does she mean by
this? What “goodness” does John have?
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Hunting for Witches
Salem Witch Trial Virtual Tour
Instructions: Use a computer to visit the following websites and to find the information listed below.
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692
http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/
1. What was Dr. Griggs diagnosis of Rev. Parris’s daughter and niece’s sudden illness?
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2. What was the punishment for practicing witchcraft in 17th century Massachusetts?
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3. What was the name of the special court created in June 1692 to hear the cases of Witchcraft?
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4. Who was the first woman hanged for being an accused witch?
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5. What evidence was not allowed in the Superior Court of Judicature?
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FAQs About The Salem Witch Trials http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/faq.shtml
1. Define the difference between “afflicted” and “accused”.
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2. Name two theories to explain the fits of the afflicted girls?
• _____________________________________
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3. Where was Tituba from before she came to Salem?
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4. Name the person who was pressed to death?
• _____________________________________
5. What was created in 1992 in Salem?
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Salem Witch Trials Overview
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/salem/further.html
1. Before Rev. Samuel Parris arrived in Salem how many ministers left Salem Village?
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2. Why was Rev. Parris unhappy about his job?
• _____________________________________
3. What was an ingredient in the “witches cake” and what was it supposed to do?
• _____________________________________
4. What did the first three women accused of tormenting the girls have in common?
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5. What was different with the next two women accused?
• __________________________________________________________________________
6. What was done in 1711 for restitution to the families of the accused witches?
• __________________________________________________________________________
Instructions: When you are done, please visit the following National Geographic Website’s Virtual Tour and
answer the following questions. (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/)
1. Based on the reading, what do you think it feels like to be accused?
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2. What was some of the evidence brought against you? What charges did people make?
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Charges: _____________________________________
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3. The virtual tour asks you to plead innocent or guilty. Which did you choose first? Why?
• __________________________________________________________________________
4. Go back and pick the alternate ending. What happens if you plead the other way?
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