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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Pages 1-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was lying on the ground in the forest?
(a) A doll.
(b) An apple.
(c) A knife.
(d) A dress.

2. Who believes Ruth's condition is the work of Satan?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Putnam.
(b) Hale.
(c) Elizabeth Proctor.
(d) John Proctor.

3. Why does Abigail claim she was fired from serving the Proctor household?
(a) She says Elizabeth Proctor wanted her to do the work of a slave.
(b) She says John Proctor was unhappy with her cooking.
(c) She says Elizabeth Proctor didn't like her.
(d) She says Elizabeth Proctor didn't like her cooking.

4. Toward the end of Act 1, Betty wakes from her trance-like state and calls out for someone. Who is it?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Her dead mother.
(c) The devil.
(d) Parris.

5. What year is this play set in?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1672.
(c) 1682.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Susana claim Dr. Griggs thinks might be the cause of Betty's illness?

2. Where are Abigail's parents?

3. What is Parris's relationship to Abigail?

4. What does Abigail tell Parris that she and the girls where doing in the woods?

5. Mrs. Putnam suggests in Act 1 that Parris be the first to announce this in Salem. What is it?

(see the answer key)

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