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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Tituba say she and her "roommate" are doing in the room in Act 4?
(a) Waiting for Hale to bless them.
(b) Waiting for a visit from Abigail.
(c) Waiting for the devil to fly them to Barbados.
(d) Waiting for the jailer to set them free.

4. John Proctor says people will admit to anything when this is the alternative. What is it?
(a) Torture.
(b) Exile.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mary Warren?

2. John Proctor tears something to pieces in Act 2. What is it?

3. What is Hale doing at the prison in Act 4?

4. In Act 4, Elizabeth tells John that a number of people have already confessed. How many?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Parris visits the prison, he appears tired and stressed out. Why?

2. Why is Danforth suspicious of Hale?

3. Why is John Proctor angry at Mary Warren?

4. Why does Elizabeth lie when asked about her husband's relationship with Abigail?

5. John Proctor will confess verbally, but won't sign the confession. Why?

6. Danforth asks Mary to do something to prove that she was faking with the other girls. What is it and does she do it?

7. What will happen to Elizabeth now that she might be pregnant?

8. What is Giles' wife accused of when she is arrested for witchcraft?

9. Describe Tituba's state of mind at the opening of Act 4.

10. Why doesn't Hale believe John Proctor when he tells Hale that Abigail admitted they were just dancing and not practicing any witchcraft?

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