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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who thinks Ruth and Betty are simply suffering from a childish fit?
(a) Rebecca Nurse.
(b) Abigail.
(c) John Proctor.
(d) Tituba.

2. Who doesn't believe Mary when she says she created the doll?
(a) Mrs. Putnam.
(b) Hale.
(c) Cheever.
(d) Marshall Herrick.

3. When John Proctor gets home from seeding the farm, he learns that Mary has been gone all day. Where was she?
(a) Shopping in a nearby city.
(b) Hiding in the cellar.
(c) In town at the witch trials.
(d) Dancing in the forest.

4. What convinces Hale that the supernatural is involved, and the girls weren't just dancing?
(a) Parris says he saw something moving in the kettle.
(b) Parris says he saw a naked figure disappear into the forest.
(c) Mrs. Putnam says Sarah Good was her midwife.
(d) Mrs. Putnam says seven of her children died at birth.

5. What is John Proctor's excuse for not attending church often?
(a) He says Parris' sermons are not worth the long trip.
(b) He says he goes to another church closer to his home.
(c) He says he is too busy chopping firewood.
(d) He says he has too much work to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abigail threaten to do to the girls if they admit to more than dancing?

2. Who has heard that Hale has a "reputation for rationality" and tells him so?

3. What is Mary afraid will happen to her and her friends if they are found guilty of witchcraft?

4. At the end of Act 1, what does Mr. Putnam threaten to do?

5. Who suggests that Parris deny the rumor of witchcraft?

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