The Crucible Act One Quiz

1. Act One takes place in whose house?

• Rev. Hale
• Rev. Smith
• Rev. Parris
• Rev. Putnam

2. An ordeal or trial that can cause someone to change is called a...

• Paradox
• Reckoning
• Crucible
• Pretense

3. Tituba is from the Caribbean island of ________________.

• Barbados
• Bahamas
• Bermuda
• Bimini

4. If someone has their wits about them, they are....

• Clueless and troubled
• Cleaver and witty
• Knowledgable and alert
• Brave and confident

5. The two that had an affair were?

• Betty and Giles Corey
• Abigail and Thomas Putnam
• Abigail and John Proctor
• Betty and Rev. Hale

6. A paradox occurs when...

• Two things self-contradict and create nonsense
• Two things seemingly self-contradict, but actually don't
• Two characters come together to create panic
• Two characters come together to create harmony

7. Who are the two oldest members of the village?

• Rev. Parris and Rev. Hale
• John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor
• Thomas Putnam and Mary Warren
• Rebecca Nurse and Giles Corey

8. If Betty is pretending to being controlled by witchcraft, she is putting up a ________________

• Crucible
• Pretense
• Reckoning
• Sport

9. The girls were seen as practicing witchcraft and/or being "witched" because they were caught....

• flying across the village
• stealing from their neighbors
• reading when they were not supposed to
• dancing and making "charms" in the woods

10. If you enter into a room with trepidation, you enter a room feeling....

• Excited to see what is in there
• Bravely to overcome whatever might come after you
• Fearfully and on high alert
• Calm as you quietly enter