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The Crucible
Act One
1.
At the beginning of Act One, the Reverend Parris is kneeling beside a bed. Who is in the bed? What is this
person doing?
2.
When Reverend Parris first question his niece Abigail about what she, Betty, and the other girls were doing
in the forest the night before, what does she admit to?
3.
After Parris tells Abigail about “enemies” who would like to “ruin” him, what does he tell her that a faction
has sworn to do?
4.
When Parris asks Abigail about Goody Proctor’s discharging her and speaking ill of her, what does Abigail
say about Goody Proctor?
5.
After talking to Parris about “hurtful, vengeful spirits layin’ hands on these children,” Putnam asks his wife
to tell Parris what she has done. What does she say?
6.
When Mrs. Putnam tells Parris that her babies were murdered, on whom does her husband place the blame?
7.
When Abigail and Mercy Lewis, the Putnams’ servant, are briefly left alone in Betty’s room, they are
joined by Mary Warren, the Proctors’ new servant. Mary urges them to tell what happened in the forest.
What kind of error does she tell them witchery is?
8.
After Abigail rouses Betty from her trance by shaking her furiously, what does Betty say Abigail did in the
forest that she did not tell Parris about?
9.
When John Proctor arrives in Betty’s room, he look at the unconscious Betty and asks Abigail to explain
“this mischief here.” What explanation does Abigail give him for Betty’s condition?
10. After Proctor tells Abigail that she is wicked yet, what does she ask him to give her?
11. When Betty Parris continues to whimper quietly, what course of action does Rebecca Nurse take to calm
her?
12. When Proctor prepares to leave to drag some lumber from his forest by the riverside, who claims that tract
to be in his bounds?
13. At the end of Act One, when the Reverend Hale questions Tituba about her having seen the devil, how
many people does she tell him she saw with the devil?
14. When Tituba, “rocking and weeping,” says that she saw Goody Osburn with the devil, what is Goody
Putnam’s response?