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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the ten commandments does John Proctor forget?
(a) Thou shalt not commit adultery.
(b) Thou shalt not covet.
(c) Honor thy mother and father.
(d) Thou shalt not kill.

2. What does Danforth ask Mary to do to prove that she and the girls are lying?
(a) Pretend to be bewitched.
(b) Pretend to be paralyzed.
(c) Pretend to faint.
(d) Pretend to shiver.

3. Who orders John Proctor to be executed despite his confession?
(a) Hale.
(b) Parris.
(c) Cheever.
(d) Danforth.

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

5. Who is the Putnams' servant?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Tituba.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people does Tituba claim to have seen with the devil?

2. How are the people in the trial "tested" for witchcraft?

3. What does Betty wake from her trance to do?

4. Who says that if John Proctor is executed he will consider himself a murderer?

5. Cheever and Herrick arrive at the Proctor's with an arrest warrant. Who is it for?

(see the answer key)

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