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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 4, Elizabeth tells John that a number of people have already confessed. How many?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) One hundred.

2. Who says that if John Proctor is executed he will consider himself a murderer?
(a) Danforth.
(b) Giles.
(c) Hale.
(d) Parris.

3. How many people are initially on trial for witchcraft?
(a) Four.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Thirty-nine.
(d) Twelve.

4. What is Hale doing at the prison in Act 4?
(a) Trying to get the girls to come back to the trials with him.
(b) Trying to convince the girls to admit they lied.
(c) Trying to get the girls to confess to save them from execution.
(d) Trying to convince the girls to try to escape with him.

5. Who is the first person in Act 3 to claim to have proof that the girls are lying?
(a) Francis.
(b) Parris.
(c) Mr. Putnam.
(d) Hale.

6. When John Proctor is doubtful of Rebecca Nurse's guilt, Hale reminds him of something. What is it?
(a) The Rebecca Nurse was no angel.
(b) That Rebecca Nurse killed those poor children.
(c) That satan too, was once an angel.
(d) That Rebecca Nurse has had conversations with Satan.

7. According to Parris, how many days per month does John Proctor attend church?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

8. John Proctor tears something to pieces in Act 2. What is it?
(a) The arrest warrant.
(b) A love note from Abigail.
(c) The deed to Parris' house.
(d) The newspaper.

9. How was Giles Corey tortured?
(a) Stoned to death.
(b) With water.
(c) With fire.
(d) In a press.

10. What is Rebecca Nurse charged with?
(a) The murder of Ruth and Betty.
(b) The murder of Elizabeth Proctor.
(c) The murder of Giles Corey.
(d) The murder of the Putnam children.

11. Danforth asks John Proctor if he has seen Rebecca Nurse with someone. Who is it?
(a) Tituba.
(b) Mr. Putnam.
(c) Reverand Parris.
(d) Satan.

12. Who physically attacks Abigail in court?
(a) John Proctor.
(b) Mercy Lewis.
(c) Mary Warren.
(d) Elizabeth Proctor.

13. How old is Mary Warren?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Seventeen.

14. Danforth complains that Hale has no business in Salem after what he did. What did he do?
(a) Allowed Abigail to trick everyone.
(b) Quit the trials.
(c) Demanded more firewood.
(d) Let his daughter conjure the devil.

15. Who is surprised that the people of Salem haven't overthrown the courts already?
(a) Parris.
(b) Giles.
(c) Danforth.
(d) Hale.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was stolen from Parris' strongbox?

2. Giles regrets telling Hale that his wife did something. What is it?

3. What does Tituba say she and her "roommate" are doing in the room in Act 4?

4. Mary is upset and crying at the end of Act 2. Why?

5. What does Danforth ask Mary to do to prove that she and the girls are lying?

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