The Crucible The introduction states that The Crucible is “an allegory of the anti-Communist “witch-hunts” of the 1950s carried out by Senator Joseph McCarthy.” Which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?

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The Crucible

The Crucible The introduction states that The Crucible is “an allegory of the anti-Communist “witch-hunts” of the 1950s carried out by Senator Joseph McCarthy.” Which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?

A. McCarthy was afraid that America was being taken over by witches. B. Americans in the 1950s were being put on trial in the same way the girls in The Crucible were accused of witchcraft. C. McCarthy’s congressional hearings took place at the same time as the Salem witch trials. D. Soon American children might start practicing “demonic arts” the way they had in 17th-century Salem.

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