2. 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 400 600 800 1000 200 From The Crisis, No. 1 From The Declaration Of Independence The Crucible More Crucible Potpourri

3. Paine argues that the best way to defeat the British is for ___.

4. The troops of all the states to join together in the fight.

5. By comparing the British king to a thief and a housebreaker, Paine suggests that ___.

6. The British are trying to take what is not theirs.

7. In his conclusion, how does Pain intend to inspire his readers?

8. Pointing out the strengths of the Colonial army.

9. When Pain says, “though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire,” he is using analogy to suggest ___.

10. Liberty is a persistent, core virtue

11. Whom doe Paine label a “sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man”?

12. The king of England.

13. Jefferson states that the king has established tyranny over the Colonies. What does he use to back up this statement?

14. Lists several specific actions of the king.

15. Why was the passage condemning Britain’s involvement in the African slave trade struck out of the original Declaration of Independence?

16. Two states wanted to continue importing slaves.

17. Jefferson believes it is important to show how the original version of the Declaration of Independence was amended because ___.

18. He wants people to know the framers’ intentions—both what they included and what they did not.

19. In the opening paragraphs, whom does Thomas Jefferson refer to as “pusillanimous”?

20. Anyone who will not sign the Declaration.

21. In the Declaration of Independence, the words “governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes” and their supporting passages suggest that ___.

22. The overthrow of a government is only justified by serious causes.

23. Abigail stuck a needle into her stomach in order to ___.

24. Accuse Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft.

25. When Abigail says to Danforth, “Think you be so mighty that the power of Hell may not turn your wits? Beware of it!” she is…

26. Using her power to threaten him.

27. At first, Mary Warren enjoys her role in court because she __.

28. Likes the power and status she has in the village.

29. Why is there tension between Elizabeth Proctor and her husband?

30. John had an adulterous affair.

31. Goody Osburn will hang, but Sarah good will not because __.

32. Sarah Good confessed, but Goody Osburn did not.

33. What is Parris’s real reason for wanting Proctor saved?

34. A desire for his own redemption.

35. Elizabeth Proctor did not tell Danforth that Abigail was a harlot because she __.

36. Wanted to save John’s reputation.

37. By the end of Act II, Reverend Hale has begun to worry that…

38. Perhaps innocent people are being accused.

39. Hale denounces the proceedings of the court because he…

40. Believes that Parris has orchestrated the trials.

41. Giles Corey is arrested because he refuses to ___.

42. Name the person who accused Putnam of grabbing land.

43. Because Puritans believed that the arrival of God’s grace was demonstrated by saintly behavior, they ___.

44. Tried to behave in as exemplary a way as possible.

45. When historian Francis Jennings says, “The so-called settlement of America was a resettlement…,” he means that ___.

46. European settlers took over land that American Indians had already settled.

47. Cotton Mather is best remembered in the annals of science as the ___.

48. Experimenter who began a public campaign for inoculation against smallpox.

49. Different worldviews underlie the Native American literary tradition and the Western tradition. Which type of conflict best describes the difference?

50. Cycles versus linear progression

51. What is Edward’s purpose in delivering his sermon?

52. Jolt his congregation into mending their ways and seeking salvation.