The Crucible
Act I QUIZ
Matching- Match the character with the description.
1. ______Mercy Lewis A. was in the forest, but only looked
2. ______Putnam B. an orphan, lives with uncle
3. ______Mary Warren C. sent daughter to conjure the dead
4. ______Rev. John Hale D. daughter of a Salem minister
5. ______John Proctor E. ran naked in the forest
6. ______Rebecca Nurse F. intellectual, academic
7. ______Ann Putnam G. slave from Barbados
8. ______Betty Parris H. had an affair with a 17 year old girl
9. ______Abigail Williams I. vindictive, land owner
10. ______Tituba J. morally superior, family owns land
True or False- Put a T or F in the blank to indicate if the statement is true (T) or false (F).
11. ______Abigail is in love with Mr. Putnam.
12. ______The conflict between the Nurse family and the Parris family is based on land.
13. ______Eight of Mrs. Putnam’s children died at child birth.
14. ______Tituba never admits to being a witch.
Multiple Choice- Circle the correct answer to the follow questions.
15. In what year did the play take place?
A. 1692
B. 1800
C. 1952
D. 2011
E. 1750
16. According to Dr. Griggs, what is a possible cause of Rev. Parris’s daughter’s illness?
A. pneumonia
B. natural causes
C. laziness
D. dancing
E. fear
17. What were Betty and Abigail doing in the forest when Rev. Parris frightened them?
A. playing hide and seek
B. gathering firewood
C. making soup
D. camping
E. dancing and conjuring spirits with Tituba
18. What do the Putnams and Rev. Parris have in common?
A. Both hate going to church
B. Both have 300 acres of land
C. Both have sick/bewitched daughters
D. Both take care of orphaned nieces
E. Both think that their daughters are frauds
19. What mission did Abigail have concerning the wife of John Proctor?
A. To get her job back from her
B. To apologize for her inappropriate behavior
C. To help her with her mending and sewing
D. To have her sent off to live with her mother
E. To get rid of her so she could be with John Proctor
20. What are the locations of the first act?
A. The Putnam’s home in Ruth’s room
B. Connecticut, Massachusetts
C. Rev. Parris’s home in Betty’s room
D. New York, New York
E. Reverend Hale’s home
21. Why did Mrs. Putnam send her daughter to Tituba?
A. To put a charm on John Proctor
B. To put a charm on Rev. Parris
C. To have Ruth make a deal with the devil
D. To kill Abigail
E. To have her conjure the spirits of the seven dead Putnam babies
22. If you make a pretense of working, you are being
A. hard-working
B. annoying
C. deceptive (lying)
23. Someone who acts in a subservient capacity might be a(n)
A. personal assistant
B. president
C. business owner
24. To compromise a group of people is to
A. refuse to help them
B. believe in their guilt
C. risk their reputation
25. Because of the contention, the meeting broke up with
A. angry words
B. generous promises
C. high hopes