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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Putnam suggests in Act 1 that Parris be the first to announce this in Salem. What is it?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Famine.
(c) Piety.
(d) Witchcraft.

2. Who is the naked figure Parris sees disappear into the woods in Act 1?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Mercy Lewis.
(c) Tituba.
(d) Elizabeth Proctor.

3. Where does this play take place?
(a) Salem, Massachussetts.
(b) Salem, Oregon.
(c) Salem, New Hampshire.
(d) Salem, Virginia.

4. Giles Corey feels Parris is too concerned with wealth. What does he offer as an example?
(a) Parris wanted to be paid on a monthly basis.
(b) Parris asked for a four bedroom home.
(c) Parris asked for extra firewood.
(d) Parris asked for the deed to his own house.

5. What does John Proctor do for a living?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is a coal miner.
(d) He is owns a grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John Proctor describe Parris' sermons?

2. What year is this play set in?

3. Why does John Proctor threaten to whip Abigail?

4. How many of Mrs. Putnam's children have died?

5. Where are Abigail's parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Reverend Hale first arrives, he enters Parris' home carrying something. What is he carrying and why would the author choose this object for this character?

2. Is Parris's main concern only for his daughter's health?

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

4. Why might John Proctor not attend Parris' sermons?

5. Rebecca Nurse makes a snide comment to Mrs. Putnam before she leaves Parris' home to go home. What is it and what is she implying?

6. Why did Mrs. Putnam ask Ruth and Tituba to go into the forest?

7. Why is Rebecca Nurse able to calm Betty?

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

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

10. Parris asks Hale to come to Salem to figure out why the Betty and Ruth are sick. Why does he call Hale and not another doctor?

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