The Crucible Acts 1 and 2 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Why has Reverend Parris sent for a doctor as the play begins? ✔✔Because his daughter (Betty)
is sick
What advice does the doctor send back? ✔✔To look for the "un-natural reason" of Betty's
sickness
What does Parris question his niece Abigail about? ✔✔He questions if her name is still "white"
as in pure
What is Parris' main concern? ✔✔His reputation as a minister and natural posessions
What did Parris see in the woods the previous night? ✔✔He saw Abigail and Betty dancing in
the woods along with other girls and one was naked.
What has Elizabeth Proctor said about Abigail? ✔✔That Elizabeth spreads rumors about the
affair
, Why does Abigail say she was dismissed by the Proctors? ✔✔Because she refused to be treated
like a slave
What rumors have circulated the town about Betty and Abigail? ✔✔That Abigail was flying over
the barn and Betty is so stricken with evil that she can't even hear God's word
Why did Mrs. Putnam contact Tituba? ✔✔She wanted to know who killed her seven kids.
Who does Abigail accuse of conjuring spirits at this point? ✔✔Tituba
What does Betty Parris reveal about what happened in the woods? ✔✔That Abigail drank blood
as a charm to kill Elizabeth Proctor
What threat does Abigail make to the other girls? ✔✔To kill them or hurt them if they tell
What happened in the past between John Proctor and Abigail? How do each of them feel about it
now? ✔✔John and Abigail had an affair while she was working for them. John tries to put a stop
to it.
Answers 100% Pass
Why has Reverend Parris sent for a doctor as the play begins? ✔✔Because his daughter (Betty)
is sick
What advice does the doctor send back? ✔✔To look for the "un-natural reason" of Betty's
sickness
What does Parris question his niece Abigail about? ✔✔He questions if her name is still "white"
as in pure
What is Parris' main concern? ✔✔His reputation as a minister and natural posessions
What did Parris see in the woods the previous night? ✔✔He saw Abigail and Betty dancing in
the woods along with other girls and one was naked.
What has Elizabeth Proctor said about Abigail? ✔✔That Elizabeth spreads rumors about the
affair
, Why does Abigail say she was dismissed by the Proctors? ✔✔Because she refused to be treated
like a slave
What rumors have circulated the town about Betty and Abigail? ✔✔That Abigail was flying over
the barn and Betty is so stricken with evil that she can't even hear God's word
Why did Mrs. Putnam contact Tituba? ✔✔She wanted to know who killed her seven kids.
Who does Abigail accuse of conjuring spirits at this point? ✔✔Tituba
What does Betty Parris reveal about what happened in the woods? ✔✔That Abigail drank blood
as a charm to kill Elizabeth Proctor
What threat does Abigail make to the other girls? ✔✔To kill them or hurt them if they tell
What happened in the past between John Proctor and Abigail? How do each of them feel about it
now? ✔✔John and Abigail had an affair while she was working for them. John tries to put a stop
to it.
