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The Crucible
Arthur Miller
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Five Key Questions
What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
Act I: Opening scene to the entrance of John Proctor
Act I: The entrance of John Proctor to the entrance of Reverend Hale
Act I: The entrance of Reverend Hale to the closing scene
Act II
Act III
Act IV–Epilogue
Video Plot Summary
Characters
Character List
John Proctor
Abigail Williams
Reverend Hale
Elizabeth Proctor
Judge Danforth
Mary Warren
Giles Corey
Main Ideas
Themes
Plot Analysis
Protagonist
Antagonist
Setting
Motifs
Symbols
Genre
Style
Point of View
Tone
Foreshadowing
Key Facts
Who is actually on trial in The Crucible?
Quotes
Important Quotations Explained
Quotes By Theme
Ownership and Property
Justice
Absolution
Consequences
Quotes By Section
Act I: Opening Scene to the Entrance of John Proctor
Act I: The Entrance of John Proctor to the Entrance of Reverend Hale
Act I: The Entrance of Reverend Hale to the Closing Scene
Act III
Act IV—Epilogue
Quotes By Character
Abigail Williams
John Proctor
Reverend John Hale
Elizabeth Proctor
Deputy Governor Danforth
Further Study
Context
Arthur Miller and the Red Scare
The Crucible and Political Theater
Movie Adaptations
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Act 1, part 1
Act 1, part 2
Act 1, part 3
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4-Epilogue
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Theme, Motifs, and Symbols
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
Companion Texts
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
Sample A+ Essay
How to Cite This SparkNote
Full Book Quiz
Further study
Full Book Quiz
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1.
What kind of government does Salem have in
The Crucible?
Democracy
Theocracy
Monarchy
Kleptocracy
2.
What is Parris’s position in Salem?
Governor
Judge
Minister
Bailiff
3.
Before the play begins, what did Parris catch his daughter and other girls doing?
Trying to run away from home
Dancing in the forest
Reading Catholic tracts
Conducting a black mass in the church
4.
Why did Elizabeth Proctor fire Abigail?
Abigail was too proud.
Abigail didn’t work hard enough.
Abigail dressed like a prostitute.
Abigail was having an affair with John Proctor.
5.
As the play opens, whom has Parris asked to come to Salem?
Judge Danforth
Reverend Hale
Tituba
John Proctor
6.
What is John Proctor’s chief complaint against Parris’s sermons?
They focus too much on fire and brimstone.
They are too long.
They are heretical.
They are too short.
7
. What does Mrs. Putnam blame on witchcraft?
Her husband’s cancer
The death of seven of her children in infancy
Bad weather
Raids by natives
8.
Who is the first person that Abigail claims practiced witchcraft?
Tituba
John Proctor
Reverend Hale
Mary Warren
9.
In Act II, what does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor when she returns home from the trials?
A cake
A bonnet
A kiss
A little doll
10.
What news does Mary Warren bring from Salem?
That someone accused Elizabeth of witchcraft
That the witch trials have ended
That someone accused John Proctor of witchcraft
That Reverend Hale is ill
11.
Which commandment does John Proctor forget when Reverend Hale quizzes him?
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Honor thy mother and father.
Thou shalt not covet.
12.
Whom do Ezekiel Cheever and Herrick, the marshal, come to the Proctor home to arrest?
John Proctor
Reverend Hale
Mary Warren
Elizabeth Proctor
13.
To what does John Proctor convince Mary Warren to testify?
That the girls are only pretending to be possessed
That Abigail is a witch
That Hale is a warlock
That he and Abigail slept together
14.
Who is in charge of the court?
Giles Corey
Danforth
Hale
Parris
15.
Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty?
Because she is a woman
Because the Puritans do not allow capital punishment
Because she is pregnant
Because John Proctor is well respected
16.
On what charge is Giles Corey arrested?
Witchcraft
Murder
Contempt of court
Slander
17.
When Mary Warren testifies against them, what do Abigail and her troop of girls do?
They all confess.
They attack her.
They claim that Mary is bewitching them.
They claim that John Proctor has bewitched Mary.
18.
What does John Proctor do, in a desperate attempt to foil Abigail?
He tells the court about his affair with her.
He accuses her of witchcraft.
He tries to kill her.
He tells the court that Abigail is a man dressed as a woman.
19.
Who is brought in to corroborate John Proctor’s claims about Abigail?
Elizabeth Proctor
Rebecca Nurse
Mary Warren
Parris
20.
What does Elizabeth do when called upon to testify?
Keeps silent
Tells a lie
Tells the truth
Kills herself
21.
What does the court do with John Proctor?
It frees him and sends him home.
It orders him stoned to death.
It exiles him to Maine.
It arrests and tries him for witchcraft.
22.
When John Proctor is facing death, what does Hale urge him to do?
Kill himself
Blame someone else
Confess, even though he is innocent
Refuse to confess
23.
Why does Proctor retract his confession?
Because the officials demand that he sign his name to it
Because Hale asks him to
Because new evidence has come to light
Because Abigail confesses
24.
What does Abigail do at the end of the play?
She kills herself.
She flees Salem, after robbing her uncle.
She is hanged.
She is revealed as a witch.
25.
What ultimately happens to John Proctor?
He is freed.
He kills himself.
He escapes from prison and flees to Virginia.
He is hanged.
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