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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 do Karen and Martha decide about Mary?

2. What is a possible source of Mary's behavioral problems?

3. Whose accusations initiate the witch trials in THE CRUCIBLE?

4. The girls at school are troubled because _________________________.

5. How does Mrs. Tilford initially respond to Mary's accusations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Tilford's demeanor seem to be?

2. How does Mary get caught in her ploy to win over Mrs. Mortar?

3. How is Mary's behavior likened to the behavior of the girls in THE CRUCIBLE?

4. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 2?

5. What is Dr. Cardin's reaction when he hears Mary's allegations from Mrs. Tilford?

6. What does Mrs. Tilford tell Dr. Cardin that he feels is out of place regarding his personal life?

7. What is the "witch hunt" upon which Mary has embarked?

8. How does Mrs. Tilford respond when she realizes that Mary has arrived unexpectedly?

9. How does Act 1 begin?

10. What does Dr. Cardin do that makes Karen know she cannot marry him.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the taboo of homosexuality in the 1930s. Compare and contrast homosexuality in America during the 1930s to homosexuality in America today. What major changes have occurred--both positive and negative?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study on Karen. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 3

As educators, Karen and Martha have many things in common but are also different in many ways. Compare and contrast Karen and Martha. What similarities do they share? How are they different?

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