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The crucible
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Literature
11th Grade
10/03/2011

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"A person is etiher with tis court or he rmust be counted against it. There be no raod between"
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danforth
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"is the accuser always now? were the born this born morning as clean as god's fingers?"
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proctor
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"There be no blush about my name"
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abigail
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"God is dead"
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proctor
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"I come to do the devil's work. I come to consul Christians that should belie themselves."
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Hale
Term
Ancestor of the author of 'young goodman brown"
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judge hawthorn
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Who lost seven children in infancy?
Definition
anne putnam
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Who is a servant to REv Parris?
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tituba
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Gile Corey has been in court how many times? Always as a ____.
Definition
33; plantiff
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A _____is a release or purging of emotions.
Definition
catharsis
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HOw many people were hanged during the Salem Witch Trials?
Definition
19
Term
_____was the director whose testimony to HUAC prompted the writing of the crucible.
Definition
elia kazan
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What was the year of the salem witch trials?
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1692
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Who drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor?
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Abigail
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What was the evidence that leads to Elizabeth's arrest?
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needle in the poppet
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What was the type of government in Salem?
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theocracy
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Puritans constantly serached for signs of this gift from God in thier daily lives: ____.
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grace
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Who is the author of Puritanical sermon about hte wrath of God?
Definition
jonathan edwards
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Who was the key senator in the communist hunt of the 1950s?
Definition
joseph mccarthy
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Who wrote the crucible?
Definition
arhur miller
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What story reminds humans that they are spiders that God can drop into the fire at any moment?
Definition
'sinners in the hands of an angry god'
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Who is America's first poet. What did she write?
Definition
anne bradstreet; the tenth muse
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What is a description of puritain writing style?
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plain style
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Who wrote huswifery?
Definition
edward taylor
Term
What conversion is compared to in the conceit of huswifery?
Definition
cloth making
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The full name of the congressional committee in which mccarthy's communist trials were held?
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the house of unamerican activities committee
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What are three defintions of a crucible?
Definition
a vessel of used for melting materials at high temps, a severe test, or a place, time or situation characterized by the confluence of political forces
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What is the American dream? Where does it orginate?
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come from nothing and make it; comes from Puritans
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Where and when was arthur miller born?
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nyc on october 17, 1915
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What college did arthur miller attend? What was the name of his first play?
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university of michigan; no villains
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After he graduated, he wrote full time in different venues what were they?
Definition
federal theater project and radio plays for cbs
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What are three of miller's famous plays?
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all my songs, death of a salesmen, and a view from the bridge
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HOw many times did miller marry/
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three
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Who was miller's second wife?
Definition
marilyn monroe
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Did miller have any kids?
Definition
yes one daughter
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When did Miller die? at what age?
Definition
2005; at age of 89
Term
Miller lived in what era?
Definition
cold war era
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What does the House of Unamerican activites commitee try to do?
Definition
find if there are any communists in America
Term
What was established in 1947?
Definition
the hollywood ten
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In 1950 the Hollywood Ten expands to a 213 page book called_____ naming 150 actors, writers, musicians, and other enteratainers with so called communist affiliations.
Definition
Red Channels
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What state was Joseph mccarthy a senator for?
Definition
wisconsin
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What is mccarthism?
Definition
a group of people get together with a list of possible communists and tried to find them
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What are three problems with the coummunist panic?
Definition
communist party isn't illegal, commitee already had the names, blacklisting ended careers
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Does Miller support or oppose the communist panic?
Definition
oppose
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____is the miracle by which God actually changes a person feelings.
Definition
grace
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Poetry appealing to the senses and emotions was seen as ____in puritan soceity.
Definition
dangerous
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What is the opposite of plain style?
Definition
ornate style
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The poems of Taylor and Bradstreet are both expressions of ____, but they are different in the way they adress the ____.
Definition
devotion; beloved
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Taylor's poetry also features ____.
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conceit
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What is conceit?
Definition
an extended metaphor comparing two startling different things
Term
____religious, reform movement that began in England in the 16th century.
Definition
puritanism
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What were the two main goals of the puritans?
Definition
to reform the church of england and to reshape english soceity
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Edward Taylor worked as a ___in England and in 1668 he arrived in ____.
Definition
teacher; boston
Term
Where did edward taylor attend college?
Definition
harvard
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In 1630, where did Anne Bradstreet arrive?
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massachusetts bay colony
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1650 what relative of anne bradstreet published the tenth muse?
Definition
her brother in law
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What is a recurring theme in puritan poetry?
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one must not become too attached to things of the world
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Puritans frowned on ____.
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creative expression
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What is justification?
Definition
the gift of God's grace given to the elect
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A _____is a figure of speech being directed to a certain person.
Definition
apostrophe
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What are the names of three of anne bradstreet's poems?
Definition
to my dear and loving husband, the author of her book, verses upon the burning of our hosue
Term
Who wrote the sinners in the hand of an angry god?
Definition
johnathan edwards
Term
What are some of the themes addressed in the crucible?
Definition
hysteria, fear, public life vs. private life, tragifc hero, does the american dream have a cost for others, motivation
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What are six similaraties between the crucible and young goodman brown?
Definition
both puritan, devil in the forest, basis for religious beliefs, satires of religion, hypocrisy, and human nature to do things we shouldn't
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What is the mob mentality?
Definition
blaming someone else
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Who is ruth?
Definition
ann and thomas putnam's last surving daughter
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What will Abigail bring to those breathe a word of truth?
Definition
a pointy reckoning that will shudder you
Term
What will Abigail bring to those breathe a word of truth?
Definition
a pointy reckoning that will shudder you
Term
What is john proctors profession?
Definition
farmer
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What happens to betty when she hears the lord's name?
Definition
she wakes up from her sleep
Term
What is the putnam's grievance over land?
Definition
mr. putnam believes the land is his because his father passed it down to him, but it is really Giles' land
Term
In act two, elizabeth encourages John to go to salem and see _____and tell him what abigail said to proctor in parris' house.
Definition
ezekiel cheever
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What is the gift Mary Warren gives to Elizabeth?
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a doll
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During act two, how many women have been arrested for witchcraft?
Definition
39
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Mary Warren tells Proctor that those accused will not hang if they do something what must they do?
Definition
confess
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Explain why Mary Warren thinks Elizabeth should speak civily to her?
Definition
because mary warren saved eliabeth from getting arrested
Term
Why does rev. hale come to the proctors home?
Definition
to reveal that elizabeth has been mentioned in the trial
Term
HOw are these two ideas connected : walcott buying a pig and martha corey being accused of witchcraft?
Definition
martha corey was accused for bewtiching mr. walcott's pigs so that they cannot live any longer than 4 weeks
Term
What does proctor want mary warren to do after elizabeth is arrested
Definition
Term
Where does the concept of tragedy come from?
Definition
aristotle in the poetics
Term
What are the six parts of a tragedy?
Definition
plot, character, thought, diction, melody, and spectacle
Term
What does Spectacle mean?
Definition
stage presentation
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What are four characteristics of a tragic hero?
Definition
noble, posseses a tragic flaw, reversal of fortune, recogntion of his own guilt
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The tragic hero is usualy seen as someone ____.
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superior
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Another word for tragic flaw is ____.
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hamartia
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What is a common tragic flaw?
Definition
hubris
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HOw does Miller want to change the qualities of a tragic hero?
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does not ahve to be nobility, pride isn't necesarily a bad thing
Term
What is abigail's relationship to reverend parris?
Definition
his niece
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What character danced naked in the forest?
Definition
mercy
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What does Mrs. Putnam blame on witchcraft?
Definition
the loss of seven children in infancy
Term
What is Proctor's main complaint about Parris sermons?
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they focus on fire and brimstone
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What is Proctor's main complaint about Parris sermons?
Definition
they focus on fire and brimstone
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Who is not a member of the salem community?
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reverend hale
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What kind of reputation does rebecca nurse have?
Definition
she is good and charitable
Term
Who is the first person abigail accuses of practicing witchcraft?
Definition
tituba
Term
Why is giles concerned about his wife?
Definition
she reads strange books
Term
Who is the "weak link" among the girls?
Definition
mary warren
Term
to whom does the following refer: "the magistrate sits in your heart that judges you"?
Definition
john proctor
Term
What commandment does proctor forget?
Definition
committing adultery
Term
who are three characters that visit proctors home during act II?
Definition
ezekiel cheever, giles corey, and reverend hale
Term
What evidence do the deputies find that puts elizabeth in jail?
Definition
a doll with a needle in it
Term
What three characters are arrested at some point in act Ii?
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rebecca nurse, martha corey, and elizabeth proctor
Term
In addition to her confession, what reason does Mary warren give to explain why sarah good will be protected and not hung?
Definition
she's pregnant
Term
What are three concerns that reverend hale has about the proctors?
Definition
their children have not all been baptized, they do not know all their commandments, they have infrequent attendance in church
Term
What does proctor wnat mary warren to do?
Definition
testify against abigail
Term
Who says the following line about abigail williams: "the girl is murder. she must be ripped out of the world"?
Definition
elizabeth proctor
Term
"a child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and for love it will soon itself come back."
Definition
rebecca nurse
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I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. and she close her book...and suddenly mark this--I could pray again."
Definition
Giles Corey
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"ill not be ordered to bed no more, mr. proctor! I am eighteen and a woman, however single!"
Definition
mary warren
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"I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you."
Definition
abigail
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"here is all of of the invisible world, caught, defined, and calculated...We shall find him out if he has come among us, and I mean to crush him utterly if he has shown his face at all.
Definition
reverend hale
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"but I'll plead no more! I see now your spirit twists around the single error of my life, and I will never tear it free!"
Definition
John Proctor
Term
Who wrote the tragedy and the common man?
Definition
arthur miller
Term
What does arthur miller define as flawless?
Definition
those who accept thier lot without retaliation
Term
____truly is the mode for the pessimist according to miller.
Definition
pathos
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What is a motif in half hanged mary?
Definition
birds
Term
Who wrote have half hanged marry?
Definition
margaret atwood, a canadian
Term
Who is the "half hanged mary"
Definition
mary webster
Term
How is God characterized in half hanged mary?
Definition
an evil, cruel God
Term
mccarthyism
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Term
Why did MIller write the crucible
Definition
he was afraid of being accused of communism
Term
Why does elizabeth fire abigail?
Definition
she is having an affair with her husband
Term
What does Proctor convince mary warren to testify?
Definition
that the girls are only pretending to be possessed
Term
Who is in charge of the court?
Definition
danforth
Term
Why will elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty?
Definition
because she is pregnant
Term
On what charge is giles arrested?
Definition
contempt of the court
Term
When Mary Warren testifies against them, what do abigail and her troop of girls do?
Definition
they claim that mary is bewitching them
Term
What John Proctor do in a desperate attempt to foil abigail?
Definition
tells the court about his affair with her
Term
What does the court do with John Proctor?
Definition
it arrests and tries him for witchcraft
Term
When Proctor is facing death, what does hale force him to do?
Definition
confess even though he is innocent
Term
Why does proctor retract his confession?
Definition
because the officials demand that he sign his name
Term
What does abigail do at the end of the play?
Definition
flees to salem after robbing her uncle
Term
what ultimately happens to proctor?
Definition
he is hanged
Term
What two people arrest elizabeth?
Definition
cheever and herrick
Term
What is the name of rebecca nurse's husband?
Definition
francis nurse
Term
What is teh other occupation of Judge danforth other than being a judge of the witch trials?
Definition
the deputy governor of massachusetts
Term
What is giles corey famous for?
Definition
filing lawsuits
Term
Why does thomas putnam hold a grudge against francis nurse?
Definition
for preventing putnam's brother in law from being elected to the office of minister
Term
Tituba agrees to perform ____at abigails request. where is tituba from?
Definition
voodoo; barbados
Term
Who is the current servant in the proctor household after abigail was fired?
Definition
mary warren
Term
HOw old is betty parris?
Definition
10
Term
Martha Corey is Giles ___wife.
Definition
third
Term
Ezekiel Cheever acts as a ____during the witch trials.
Definition
clerk of the court
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What is the name of the other judge along with danforth?
Definition
hathorne
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Who is the marshal of salem?
Definition
herrick
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