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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Giles claim he was unable to do until his wife stopped reading and left the house?

2. When Susan leaves the Parris household she is asked a favor. What is it?

3. What is Parris's relationship to Abigail?

4. What does Abigail call Elizabeth Proctor when discussing her reputation in Act 1?

5. When Hale first enters, who helps him with the things he is carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Rebecca Nurse able to calm Betty?

2. Giles asks Hale about his wife's behavior. What is he concerned about?

3. Is Parris really living in poverty?

4. Where is Betty's mother in Act 1?

5. Were Betty and Abigail really just dancing in the forest?

6. Giles tells Hale that John Proctor doesn't believe in witches. What is John Proctor's response?

7. To what extent is Betty really sick?

8. In Act 1, when Abigail feels cornered by Hale, she shifts the blame. Who does she blame onto and for what?

9. Why do John Proctor and Mr. Putnam not like one another?

10. Why was Abigail really fired from being a servant to the Proctors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the most important lesson to be learned from this play? Use specific examples to support all claims.

Essay Topic 2

Proctor is willing to confess verbally but not on paper. Why? What is it about the act of signing a confession that bothers him so much? Do the student agree or disagree with his logic?

Essay Topic 3

Most of the victims accused of witchcraft in this play are women. Women are often associated with witchcraft more than men in movies and books as well. What are the political, social, or other reasons for this? To what extent is this a positive or a negative gender connection? Use specific examples to explain and support all claims.

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