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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Pages 21-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Parris's relationship to Abigail?
(a) Abigail is his cousin.
(b) Abigail is his adopted daughter.
(c) Abigail is his little sister.
(d) Abigail is his neice.

2. When John Proctor reminds Mr. Putnam that "votes are not granted by the acre." What is he implying?
(a) Voting means more in a farming community.
(b) In the upcoming election he won't get to vote more than once.
(c) Just because Mr. Putnam is wealthy he doesn't have more say.
(d) Mr. Putnam is trying to use politics to gain land.

3. What does Abigail say is wrong with Betty, when explaining her own actions to Parris?
(a) She says she fainted from surprise when Parris appeared in the forest.q
(b) She says she fainted from the smoke from the fire.
(c) She says she fainted from the heat while they were dancing.
(d) She says she fainted because her dress was too tight.

4. What does Abigail claim John Proctor freed her from?
(a) A well she fell into when she was little.
(b) Salem's false piety.
(c) Her moral shackles.
(d) Work as a servant.

5. What does Abigail threaten to do to the girls if they admit to more than dancing?
(a) She will run away.
(b) She will kill them.
(c) She will beat them.
(d) She will tell on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Abigail's parents?

2. Who is the naked figure Parris sees disappear into the woods in Act 1?

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

4. How does John Proctor describe Parris' sermons?

5. What does John Proctor do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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