The Crucible (solved quizzes)

where and when is the opening scene of the play set? correct answers 1692, small upper bedroom in rev. parris' house, Salem, Massachusetts why is reverend parris so distraught at the beginning of act 1? what unnerves him about the report susanna walcott brings from doctor griggs? why has parris sent for reverend hale fom beverly? correct answers his daughter betty is inert upon the bed. he has no cure. he believes hale will find a cure. what do we learn in the exposition of the play about the events in the forest? about abigail williams' past connections with the proctor family? correct answers they danced in the nude, they drank chicken blood and potions. she worked for them and had an affair with john proctor. what information about thomas putnam does arthur miller tell us in his expository aside? what does ann putnam claim in the play about her dead babies? correct answers his brother got rejected for the reverend job. someone had murdered them. before the arrival of john hale, what are some of the subjects for petty disagreement among john proctor, giles corey, thomas putnam, and samuel parris? correct answers proctor and putnam argued over lumber according to the stage directions, how does john hale enter for the first time? correct answers he carries heavy books. what happens when john hale interrogates tituba? how does the atmosphere of the scene become hysterical at the end act one? correct answers she confesses and blames it on the devil. the girls, abigail and betty, accuse several women of witchcraft. what is the meaning of the word crucible in the title of the play? what kind of play does this title lead you to expect? correct answers test and trial. DRAMATIC in the course of act one, miller includes a number of commentaries, or expository asides, in the published version of the play. in the first aside, what does miller say about the puritans' outlook toward the virgin forest? what does he mean when he characterizes the puritan community in salem at this period as a theocracy? correct answers it is the devils last preserve. consider the stage directions that describe the physical setting of the play as the curtain rises on act one. together with the opening lines of dialogue, what atmosphere or mood does this setting create? correct answers mysterious, tense in the stage directions, what does miller suggest about each of these characters: abigail, ann putnam, and mercy lewis? correct answers abigail- disembling , ann- twisted soul , mercy- fat, sly, emotional what duty has mary warren been performing in salem? correct answers official of the court