The Crucible - Act I Vocab Quiz
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English 10 Quiz on Act I vocabulary for The Crucible.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Read the following quote from Booker T. Washington's book Up from Slavery."During the next half-century and more, my race must continue passing through the severe American crucible."In this sentence, crucible most nearly means:
- A.
Container for melting metals
- B.
Test or trial
- C.
Play
- D.
Dream
- 2.In Act I, Mary Warren bends to the will of others because she is _________________________.
- A.
Malevolent
- B.
Dissembling
- C.
Vindictive
- D.
Subservient
- 3.Because he wants to get revenge upon people, Thomas Putnam is considered _________.
- A.
Subservient
- B.
Dissembling
- C.
Vindictive
- D.
Calumny
- 4.In the beginning of The Crucible, since Abigail is worried about what her uncle believes happened in the woods, she behaves with uncharacteristic __________________, instead of her usual boldness.
- A.
Malevolence
- B.
Propriety
- C.
Calumny
- D.
Crucible
- 5.Francis and Giles think their wives are innocent and are being accused because of the ________ of people in the town.
- A.
Propriety
- B.
Trepidation
- C.
Calumny
- D.
Subservience
- 6.When she thinks Abigail has charged her, Elizabeth feels ______________ because she is so nervous.
- A.
Theocracy
- B.
Iniquity
- C.
Benevolence
- D.
Trepidation
- 7.Once the trials started, the girls were seen as holy vessels, saving the town from ________.
- A.
Propriety
- B.
Iniquity
- C.
Subservience
- D.
Theocracy
- 8.Since it is a religious-based government, the Puritan settlement is considered a _________.
- A.
Heterdoxy
- B.
Junta
- C.
Crucible
- D.
Theocracy
- 9.Abigail is described as being great at dissembling, which means she is good at
- A.
Giving a false or misleading appearance.
- B.
Conforming to established standards of good or proper behavior
- C.
Moving one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps
- D.
To set forth the opinions, feelings, etc., of (oneself), as in speaking, writing, or painting
- 10.Francis, Giles and John feel that the girls in court are ____________________ their innocent wives by accusing them of witchcraft.
- A.
Dissinfecting
- B.
Maligning
- C.
Crucible
- D.
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