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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Parris reveal that Abigail disappeared with?
(a) Mary Warren.
(b) Rebecca Nurse.
(c) Tituba.
(d) Mercy Lewis.

3. Why does Elizabeth blame herself for John's infidelity?
(a) She says she wasn't pretty enough.
(b) She says she was frigid toward him.
(c) She says that she hired Abigail.
(d) She says she wasn't home enough.

4. Who is Tituba sharing a room with?
(a) Goody Osbourne.
(b) Sarah Good.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Rebecca Nurse.

5. What is Martha Corey accused of?
(a) Cursing Elizabeth Proctor.
(b) Cursing a local farmer's pigs.
(c) Making a Voodoo doll of Abigail.
(d) Killing a Mrs. Putnam's children.

6. Cheever and Herrick arrive at the Proctor's with an arrest warrant. Who is it for?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Parris.
(d) Mary.

7. How much was stolen from Parris' strongbox?
(a) Thirty-one pounds.
(b) Three hundred pounds.
(c) Thirty pounds.
(d) Thirty-three pounds.

8. What surprising thing is learned about Elizabeth Proctor in Act 3?
(a) She is having an affair.
(b) She is really a witch.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She planned to leave John Proctor.

9. Who denounces the court at the end of Act 3?
(a) Hale.
(b) Parris.
(c) Cheever.
(d) Danforth.

10. Who claims the list of witnesses is an attack on the court?
(a) Hale.
(b) Mr. Putnam.
(c) Giles.
(d) Parris.

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

12. Why doesn't Elizabeth admit that she fired Abigail for having an affair with her husband?
(a) She is protecting her husband's reputation.
(b) She doesn't know about the affair.
(c) She believes that Abigail put a spell on her husband.
(d) She doesn't care about the affair.

13. Why won't Danforth pardon the accused?
(a) He says he doesn't have the power.
(b) He says they are guilty and must die.
(c) He says they must confess first.
(d) He says it wouldn't be fair.

14. Who is the clerk of the court?
(a) Mr. Cheever.
(b) Mr. Herrick.
(c) Giles Corey.
(d) Mr. Putnam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Proctor refuse to do for Danforth?

2. What does Cheever accuse John Proctor of doing on the Sabbath?

3. Who says that if John Proctor is executed he will consider himself a murderer?

4. Who orders John Proctor to be executed despite his confession?

5. Mary gives Elizabeth a gift after spending all day at court. What is it?

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