The Crucible Introduction

Who wrote The Crucible?

• Beverly Miller

• Arthur Miller

• John Proctor

• Rev. Samuel Parris

An Act is a major unit of action in a play, similar to a chapter in a book.  The Crucible has 4 acts.

• True

• False

Reorder the introduction of characters (far left is first)

• Reverend Parris

• Abigail Williams

• Mrs. Putnam

• Mr. Putnam

• Rebecca Nurse

17-year-old niece of Reverend Parris, drank blood in the woods

• Mary Warren

• Tituba

• Elizabeth Proctor

• Abigail Williams

Which character is Abigail's Friend, a little younger, one of the "afflicted girls."

• Mercy Lewis

• Ruth Parris

• Mary Warren

• Susanna Walcott

10-year-old daughter of Reverend Parris who is unconscious at the beginning of the play

• Betty Parris

• Tituba

• Rebecca Nurse

• Abigail Williams

minister called in as an expert on witchcraft

• Reverend Parris

• Reverend Hale

• Reverend Giles

• Reverend Proctor

How is critical information primarily conveyed in a play?

• Through stage directions

• Through dialogue 

• Through the narrator's voice 

• Through character descriptions

Who is brought into Salem to help discover the witches?

• Reverend Hale

• John Proctor

• Judge Danforth

• Tituba

What is the primary setting of 'The Crucible'?

• A) Salem, Massachusetts

• B) Boston, Massachusetts

• C) New York City, New York

• D) Plymouth, Massachusetts