E3 Act 1 The Crucible

Parris, in fright: How can it be the Devil? Why would he choose my house to strike? We have all manner of ___________ people in the village!

• marrauded

• licentious

• subservient

• blanched

This ________________ for minding other people’s business was time honored among the people of Salem, and it undoubtedly created many of the sus-picions which were to feed the coming madness.

• predilection

• paradox

• prodigious

• providence

Putnam: It is a __________________- the thing is out now!

• predilection

• paradox

• prodigious

• providence

Abigail: I never called him! Tituba, Tituba...

Parris, __________________: She called the Devil?

• marrauded

• licentious

• subservient

• blanched

Rebecca: If so he is, then let us go to God for the cause of it. There is _______________________ danger in the seeking of loose spirits. I fear it, I fear it. Let us rather blame ourselves and -

• iniquity

• vindictive

• prodigious

• trepidation

Mr. Hale is nearing forty, a tight-skinned, eager-eyed intel-lectual. This is a beloved errand for him; on being called here to _______________________ witchcraft he felt the pride of the specialist whose unique knowledge has at last been publicly called for.

• Ascertain

• Licentious

• Blanched

• Corruptions

Use commas to separate __________________ and word groups in a simple series of three or more items.

• Sentences

• Words

• letters

• adjectives

Use a comma to separate two _________________ when the order of the adjectives is interchangeable.

• Adjectives

• Letters

• sentences

• words

Use commas to set off _______________________ words, clauses, and phrases.

• important

• certain

• nonessential

• improper

Use commas to introduce or interrupt direct _________________.

• Sentence

• Verbs

• quotations

• clauses