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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Giles lose his case accusing Mr. Putnam of making a land grab?
(a) He doesn't have any evidence.
(b) He refuses to identify his witness.
(c) His witnesses are too scared to testify.
(d) He has been bewitched.

2. Why won't Danforth pardon the accused?
(a) He says he doesn't have the power.
(b) He says it wouldn't be fair.
(c) He says they are guilty and must die.
(d) He says they must confess first.

3. Who denounces the court at the end of Act 3?
(a) Hale.
(b) Danforth.
(c) Parris.
(d) Cheever.

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

5. Who is worried that Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor will be executed?
(a) Cheever.
(b) Parris.
(c) Danworth.
(d) Hale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the clerk of the court?

2. Which two women does Tituba say she saw with the devil?

3. What character in Act 1 could be called a hypocrite?

4. Who orders John Proctor to be executed despite his confession?

5. What is incriminating about the doll found in John Proctor's house toward the end of Act 2?

(see the answer key)

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