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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mary gives Elizabeth a gift after spending all day at court. What is it?
(a) A gavel.
(b) A candied apple.
(c) A stuffed bear.
(d) A doll.

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

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

4. What might the community do if Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor are killed?
(a) The people may not pay their taxes.
(b) The people may leave Salem.
(c) The people may try to kill more witches.
(d) The people may riot and overthrow the court.

5. Which of the ten commandments does John Proctor forget?
(a) Thou shalt not kill.
(b) Thou shalt not commit adultery.
(c) Thou shalt not covet.
(d) Honor thy mother and father.

6. Who is worried that Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor will be executed?
(a) Danworth.
(b) Parris.
(c) Cheever.
(d) Hale.

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

8. Who orders John Proctor to be executed despite his confession?
(a) Parris.
(b) Hale.
(c) Cheever.
(d) Danforth.

9. When John Proctor is doubtful of Rebecca Nurse's guilt, Hale reminds him of something. What is it?
(a) That Rebecca Nurse killed those poor children.
(b) That satan too, was once an angel.
(c) That Rebecca Nurse has had conversations with Satan.
(d) The Rebecca Nurse was no angel.

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

11. Why is Hathorne suspicious of Hale?
(a) He believes Hale contributed to the uprising in Andover.
(b) He believes Hale is trying to help Tituba escape.
(c) He thinks Hale is under the devil's spell.
(d) He thinks Hale is a crook.

12. Danforth asks John Proctor if he has seen Rebecca Nurse with someone. Who is it?
(a) Mr. Putnam.
(b) Reverand Parris.
(c) Tituba.
(d) Satan.

13. What is incriminating about the doll found in John Proctor's house toward the end of Act 2?
(a) A woman of Elizabeth's age shouldn't be playing with dolls.
(b) Elizabeth created the doll as a Voodoo tool.
(c) It has a needle in it and Abigail was found with a needle in her stomach.
(d) Mary stuck the doll with a needle in order to hurt Abigail.

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

15. Mary is upset and crying at the end of Act 2. Why?
(a) John Proctor insists that she take the doll back.
(b) John Proctor insists that she not go to court ever again.
(c) John Proctor insists that she appear in court.
(d) John Proctor insists that she cook for everyone in the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cheever and Herrick arrive at the Proctor's with an arrest warrant. Who is it for?

2. John Proctor says people will admit to anything when this is the alternative. What is it?

3. What are the farmers fighting over when Parris is trying to help them?

4. If the accused character is found to be pregnant, how long will she be spared?

5. How many people are initially on trial for witchcraft?

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