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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What might the community do if Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor are killed?
(a) The people may leave Salem.
(b) The people may not pay their taxes.
(c) The people may try to kill more witches.
(d) The people may riot and overthrow the court.

2. Who asks Rebecca Nurse to treat his daughter?
(a) Mr. Putnam.
(b) John Proctor.
(c) Giles Corey.
(d) Parris.

3. How are the people in the trial "tested" for witchcraft?
(a) If they float in a lake, they are innocent.
(b) If they dance and the kettle is still they are innocent.
(c) If the girls scream, they are jailed.
(d) If they dance and the kettle moves they are guilty.

4. When Mary returns from court, in Act 2 she complains about something. What is it?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) A swollen ankle.
(c) Illness.
(d) Helplessness.

5. What is Mary afraid will happen to her and her friends if they are found guilty of witchcraft?
(a) They will be hanged.
(b) They will be drowned.
(c) They will be burned at the stake.
(d) They will be grounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parris accuse John Proctor of doing to him?

2. Who is the first person in Act 3 to claim to have proof that the girls are lying?

3. What kind of expertise does Hale have?

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

5. Why is Hathorne suspicious of Hale?

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