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The Crucible Quotes Trivia Quiz

Can you complete these significant quotes from Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"? I'll give you who said them, you fill in the blank.

A multiple-choice quiz by NatalieJ_214. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
NatalieJ_214

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
166,018

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1805

Last 3 plays: Guest 75 (6/10), Guest 73 (5/10), Guest 216 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Abigail: "Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them. I confessed it--and I'll be whipped if I must be. But they're speakin' of witchcraft. Betty's not ________." Hint

the dancin' type.

been touched

evil

witched

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Question 2 of 10

2. Abigail: "I never knew what __________ Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!" Hint

lies

deceit

pretense

wretchedness

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Question 3 of 10

3. Betty: "I saw Martha Bellows ___________! I saw Alice Barrow ___________!" Hint

conjuring spirits

dying

flying

with the devil

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Question 4 of 10

4. Proctor: "Oh, Elizabeth, your justice would ___________." Hint

condemn an innocent man

freeze beer

rival the winter wind

warm the cruelest heart

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Question 5 of 10

5. Hale: "_________, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small." Hint

faith

theology

the church

democracy

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Question 6 of 10

6. Proctor: "Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always _________ ?" Hint

right

holy

pure

trustworthy

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Question 7 of 10

7. Mary: "It were only sport in the beginning, sir, but then the whole world cried ________." Hint

heresy, heresy

Abby, Abby

witchcraft, witchcraft

spirits, spirits

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Question 8 of 10

8. Proctor: "You are pulling Heaven down and raising up a ________." Hint

heretic

liar

whore

invalid

9. Hale: "I came into this village like a _______________________, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up." Hint

father to his children

bridegroom to his beloved

prophet to his people

king to his subjects

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Question 10 of 10

10. Elizabeth: "John, I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, no honest love could come to me! ___________ kissed you when I did." Hint

suspicion

hatred

coldness

Abigail

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Abigail: "Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them. I confessed it--and I'll be whipped if I must be. But they're speakin' of witchcraft. Betty's not ________."

Answer: witched

Betty, Abigal's cousin, has fallen into a delirious state after the girls danced in the woods. The town begins to fear that she has been put into such state by a witch.

2. Abigail: "I never knew what __________ Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!"

Answer: pretense

Abigail pleads for John Proctor to show her kindness once more. When he says he will not reach for her again, she accuses him of taking her virginity and showing her the pretense of Salem.

3. Betty: "I saw Martha Bellows ___________! I saw Alice Barrow ___________!"

Answer: with the devil

Started by Tituba, many Salem girls begin accusing members in their community of witchcraft. Their famous cries are perhaps the most memorable lines in "The Crucible."

4. Proctor: "Oh, Elizabeth, your justice would ___________."

Answer: freeze beer

The marriage of Elizabeth and John Proctor is strained because of John's affair with Abigail. Elizabeth will trust him no longer.

5. Hale: "_________, sir, is a fortress; no crack in a fortress may be accounted small."

Answer: theology

Reverend Hale, the self-appointed 'savior' of Salem, chastises John Proctor for forgetting one of his commandments, saying that the slightest fault of character or faith is a sign of witchcraft.

6. Proctor: "Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always _________ ?"

Answer: holy

Proctor's quote illuminates the injustice of the Puritan courts. Innocents were hanged because of baseless accusations.

7. Mary: "It were only sport in the beginning, sir, but then the whole world cried ________."

Answer: spirits, spirits

When Mary Warren is questioned by Danforth, she begins to break down but maintains that the girls lied about being bewitched.

8. Proctor: "You are pulling Heaven down and raising up a ________."

Answer: whore

After Proctor himself is accused of being allied to the Devil, he shouts his anger with these words.

Answer: bridegroom to his beloved

The Reverend Hale is a dynamic character in "The Crucible" who changes significantly as a result of his participation in the Salem Witch trials. He comes to understand his mistakes, and joins the side of John Proctor.

10. Elizabeth: "John, I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, no honest love could come to me! ___________ kissed you when I did."

Answer: suspicion

Elizabeth and John have a reconciliation before John's death.

Source: Author NatalieJ_214

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