2. Vocab 1Vocab 2The PlayLit TermsPotpurri 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 This word would describe the sound a feather makes when it hits a pile of cotton.

4. Answer 1 – 10 What is imperceptible?

5. Question 1 - 20 If someone asked Mrs. Stockwell if she likes Disney, her response would be an NO.

6. Answer 1 – 20 What is adamant?

7. Question 1 - 30 This would describe the tone a husband might use when telling his wife, “ Yes, those jeans DO make your butt look big.”

8. Answer 1 – 30 What is callous?

9. Question 1 - 40 After insulting his wife, the husband may make a trip to the jewelry store in an effort to the situation.

10. Answer 1 – 40 What is ameliorate?

11. Question 1 - 50 This word describes a society who is isolated and makes all of its own decisions independently.

12. Answer 1 – 50 What is autocratic?

13. Question 2 - 10 This word might be used to describe the tone a husband would use to say, “Honey, I’m sorry that I said those jeans make your butt look big.”

14. Answer 2 – 10 What is conceding?

15. Question 2 - 20 This word is an apt synonym for “catastrophe”.

16. Answer 2 – 20 What is calamity?

17. Question 2 - 30 The fact that she was able to fool an entire town is proof that Abigail has lots of this; a synonym for “cleverness”.

18. Answer 2 – 30 What is guile?

19. Question 2 - 40 This is the way a student might behave if a teacher began questioning them about whether they cheated on a test.

20. Answer 2 – 40 What is evasive?

21. Question 2 - 50 “Insolence” and “impudence” are synonyms for this word

22. Answer 2 – 50 What is effrontery?

23. Question 3 - 10 These two female characters serve as the strongest example of foils in the play.

24. Answer 3 – 10 Who are Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams?

25. Question 3 - 20 Miller fabricated this element of the plot that was not an actual event in the real Salem witch trials.

26. Answer 3 – 20 What is the relationship between Proctor and Abigail?

27. Question 3 - 30 Because he changes his beliefs about witchcraft drastically, Hale’s character could be described as…

28. Answer 3 – 30 What is dynamic?

29. Question 3 - 40 Because he remains selfish and paranoid throughout the play, Parris’ character could be described as…

30. Answer 3 – 40 Flat, or static

31. Question 3 - 50 When Elizabeth lies for the first time at the very moment when her and John’s fates hinge on her honesty, this is a powerful example of this literary device at work.

32. Answer 3 – 50 What is situational irony?

33. Question 4 - 10 The point on the plot diagram where characters and events are introduced.

34. Answer 4 – 10 What is the exposition?

35. Question 4 - 20 Which character in The Crucible best fits the definition of antagonist?

36. Answer 4 – 20 Who is Abigail Williams?

37. Question 4 - 30 Term used to describe two characters whose opposite traits are intended to highlight one character’s virtues

38. Answer 4 – 30 What are foils?

39. Question 4 - 40 The point of highest emotional intensity within a story

40. Answer 4 – 40 What is the climax?

41. Question 4 - 50 Term used to describe an extended speech given by a character alone onstage.

42. Answer 4 – 50 What is a soliloquy?

43. Question 5 - 10 Which device was demonstrated when John forgot the one commandment he was guilty of breaking, and Hale was unaware of his sin?

44. Answer 5 – 10 What is dramatic irony?

45. Question 5 - 20 Miller was accused of associating with this political party, and was eventually blacklisted for refusing to “name names”.

46. Answer 5 – 20 What is the Communist Party?

47. Question 5 - 30 In The Crucible, Miller warns against the dangers of this government system, in which religious doctrine and legal code are one and the same.

48. Answer 5 – 30 What is a theocracy?

49. Question 5 - 40 Miller wrote The Crucible to compare Salem with this 1950’s anti-communist hysteria

50. Answer 5 – 40 What is the Red Scare?

51. Question 5 - 50 A container used to heat metals at high temperatures for the purpose of drawing out impurities.

52. Answer 5 – 50 What is a crucible?