The Crucible
The Crucible Act Four Questions
Short Response Answer the following questions based on your knowledge of the drama. Write a response on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Where does Tituba think that the Devil is going to take her?
2. Give one example of how Abigail shows her dishonesty in this act.
3. What effect do the trials have on Salem? Use three details from the drama to support your answer.
4. When first arrives at the Salem jail, Danforth complains, “There is a prodigious stench in this place.” How might this line be read to mean something besides a comment on the smell?
5. How is Giles Corey’s character reflected in his death? Use one detail from the drama to support your response.
6. What qualities does Proctor find within himself that prevent him from at last saving himself and signing the confession? Use details from the text to support your response.
7. Explain how Proctor is right or wrong for refusing to sign the confession. Use details to support your response.
8. A tragic hero’s fate, according to Aristotle, inspires pity and horror. Name the tragic hero in The Crucible, and describe how his or her fate inspires both pity and horror.
9. People accused of being Communists had a difficult time getting jobs; some even moved out of the United States in order to try to resume normal lives. How is Proctor’s situation like that of the people accused of Communist activities?
10. Based on the conversation involving Tituba, Sarah Good, and Herrick at the beginning of Act IV of The Crucible, what obsession of the day is weighing heavily on these characters?
11. In Act IV of The Crucible, Cheever comments on the “many cows wanderin’ the highroads, now their masters are in jail and much disagreement who they will belong to now.” What does the report of wandering cows symbolize about the effects of the witch trails on the society of Salem?
12. In Act IV of The Crucible, Parris complains to Danforth about the disappearance of Abigail and
Short Response Answer the following questions based on your knowledge of the drama. Write a response on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Where does Tituba think that the Devil is going to take her?
2. Give one example of how Abigail shows her dishonesty in this act.
3. What effect do the trials have on Salem? Use three details from the drama to support your answer.
4. When first arrives at the Salem jail, Danforth complains, “There is a prodigious stench in this place.” How might this line be read to mean something besides a comment on the smell?
5. How is Giles Corey’s character reflected in his death? Use one detail from the drama to support your response.
6. What qualities does Proctor find within himself that prevent him from at last saving himself and signing the confession? Use details from the text to support your response.
7. Explain how Proctor is right or wrong for refusing to sign the confession. Use details to support your response.
8. A tragic hero’s fate, according to Aristotle, inspires pity and horror. Name the tragic hero in The Crucible, and describe how his or her fate inspires both pity and horror.
9. People accused of being Communists had a difficult time getting jobs; some even moved out of the United States in order to try to resume normal lives. How is Proctor’s situation like that of the people accused of Communist activities?
10. Based on the conversation involving Tituba, Sarah Good, and Herrick at the beginning of Act IV of The Crucible, what obsession of the day is weighing heavily on these characters?
11. In Act IV of The Crucible, Cheever comments on the “many cows wanderin’ the highroads, now their masters are in jail and much disagreement who they will belong to now.” What does the report of wandering cows symbolize about the effects of the witch trails on the society of Salem?
12. In Act IV of The Crucible, Parris complains to Danforth about the disappearance of Abigail and