Reviewing Act I of The Crucible. As stated, we will have our first reading quiz on Act I, Scene I of The Crucible This Friday!!!! You may answer the following questions with a partner. If you don’t have your text, please consult the online pdf. You can click this link: https://1.cdn.edl.io/2FVtYRcc5msx0nUiIMXNv0vaBgRKEu5RaMRKSmYJNmK1jdJn.pdf
You will also have to RE-read parts of the play.
- Newsflash: How did McCartyism influence Arthur Miller to write the Crucible? (You may use your green reflective journals or notes you took)
- Identify the following characters: Revered Parris; Betty; Abigail, Thomas Putnam, John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor; Reverend Hale; Sarah Good? Identify them by telling who they are or something about them.
- How are Betty, Abigail and Reverend Parris related?
- What is wrong with Betty when the play begins?
- Why does Mrs. Putnam think there are witches in Salem?
- What do you think the death of children had to do with suspicion of witches? (pg 14-15)
- What happened between Abigail and John Proctor prior to the opening of the play?
- What was the "sign" that Betty was bewitched?
- Identify Francis and Rebecca Nurse.
- What did Rebecca do to Betty?
- Who is Rev. John Hale, and why does he come to Salem?
- What is Rebecca's explanation of the girls' behavior?
- "Why doesn’t Reverend Parris want Reverend Hale to come to Salem?
- What do Putnam and Proctor argue about? What does this show? (see and re-read pages 16-17 in our play).
- In what way was Titutba’s “back against the wall”? Explain how she had nothing to loose and consequently confessed.
- Who else was implicated by the girls at the end of Scene I. Identify at least 5 characters. Were all of the women or girls?
- Re-read pages 26-27 of Scene 2 and respond: Do you think John Proctor loves his wife Elizabeth? Why? Support your answer with evidence from the play.
- How do you think Elizabeth feels? Do you think she feels loved by her husband? Why do you say this?
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