Acts 2-3 Crucible Review

What is the setting of Act II of The Crucible?

• Reverend Parris' home

• The day after the play opens at the home of the Proctor family

• 8 days after the girls start accusing people at the Proctors' home

• The courtroom

What is Elizabeth and John's relationship like in Act II?

• Hostile and bitter

• Deeply in love

• They care about each other, but there's still tension

• They don't speak to each other at all

In Act II, when John Proctor tells Mary Warren "It's strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women," he implies that Mary's behavior is

• irrational

• cowardly

• strange

• hypocritical

Which of the following words best characterizes Mary Warren in Act II?

• vicious

• jealous

• pious

• gullible

In Act II of The Crucible, when Elizabeth says that the crowd parted for Abigail like the sea for Israel, she makes a

• Political reference

• A joke

• An uncalled-for comment about Abigail

• Biblical allusion

Why did Mary give the "poppet" to Elizabeth in Act II?

• She wants Elizabeth to see her as innocent

• To plant evidence and frame her for witchcraft

• As a peace offering for being defiant

• To make friends with Elizabeth

Why did Hale show up to the Proctors'?

• To warn them about Abigail

• To arrest Elizabeth

• To question them on suspicions of witchcraft

• To arrest Mary Warren

Hale's interview with John Proctor in Act II reveals Hale to be

• kind but foolish

• a mean person

• blinded by power

• troubled but rigid

What commandment did John Proctor ironically forget?

• Thou shalt not kill

• Thou shalt not commit adultery

• Thou shalt not steal from thy neighbors

• Thou shalt not use the Lord's name in vain

In Act II, when Rebecca Nurse is charged with witchcraft, what point does Hale hope to make with his allusion to the Biblical story that the Devil was once an angel?

• People can change for the worst as they get older

• Beauty is no indicator of goodness

• The Devil is very deceptive

• It is impossible to determine God's fate for Rebecca