Test 1
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I: Choose the correct answer in light of your study of Restoration drama and
Miller’s The Crucible (50 Marks).
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1. Is Act 1 of The Crucible, who tries to
jump out of a window?
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Mary Warren
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Abigail
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Betty
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Ruth
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2. “There is a faction that is sworn to
drive me from my pulpit.” Identify the speaker.
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Parris
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Putnam
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Proctor
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Danforth
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3. The opening scene of The Crucible took
place in …
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Parris home
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Proctor’s home
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The courtroom
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Tituba’s home
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4. “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.” Who is the speaker?
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Arthur Miller
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Rebecca
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Hale
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Proctor
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5. “Ours is a divided empire in which certain
ideas and emotions and actions are of God, and their opposite are of
Lucifer.” These words are said by …
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Arthur Miller
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Proctor
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Proctor
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Hale
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6. The Country Wife (1675) was written by …
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Thomas killigrew
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William wycherley
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John Vanburgh
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William Congreve
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7. “You forget nothin’ and forgive nothin’ …
Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me, and judge me not.” Identify
the speaker.
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Proctor
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Parris
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Putnam
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Abigail
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8. When Hale questions John Proctor, he asks
about all of the following EXCEPT …
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Commandments
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Baptized children
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Complracy against authority
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Church attendance
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9. “Let you fear nothing! Another judgment
waits us all!” These words are said by …
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Abigail
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Rebecca
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Elizabeth
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Proctor
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10. “Nobody wants to be a hero … but in every
man there is something he cannot give up and still remain himself.” These
words are said by …
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Arthur Miller
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Elizabeth
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Proctor
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Rebecca
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11. At the end of Art 4 in The Crucible, what
does Hale want Elizabeth to do ?
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12. What “confusionss”
does Elizabeth make to Proctor in their last conversation in The Crucible?
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13. In Act 2 of The Crucible, why does Cheeverr come to Proctor’s house?
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14. What does the word “crucible” in the
title or Arthur Miller’s The Crucible mean?
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15. “He had a sharp and biting way with
hypocrites.” To whom does this line refer?
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16. John Proctor screams at Judge Danforth to
leave him at least not shred of dignity by leaving him his …
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17. “A person is either with this court or he
must be counted against it. there be no between” These words are said by …
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18. “He have his goodness now, God forbid I
take it from him!” Who is the speaker?
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19. Abigail pretended Mary Warren took the
shape of what in the courtroom?
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20. Identify the speaker. “I never knew what
pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these
Christian women and their covenanted men!”
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21. Identify the speaker. ”your house is not
a church, your theology must tell you that.”
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22. Which character from The Crucible sues
the witch tales to carry out personal revenge?
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23. Which character from The Crucible in a
valuable and worthy woman put to death as a witch?
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24. Which character from The Crucible has a
false appearance that conceals his reality?
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25. Which character from The Crucible wants
to do the right thing but feels pressure from the other girls?
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26. The Way of the World is a Restoration
comedy written by…
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27. “You know yourself I must do as I’m told.” Identify the
speaker.
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28. “The Devil is alive in Salem, and we dare
not quail to follow wherever the accusing finger points!” The speaker here is
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29. The opportunistic fox in Ahmed Shawqi’s
poem “The Fox and the Miller’s The Crucible?
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30. The Cruible mostly informs the reader
about which of the following?
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31. In what year did the Salem Witch Trials
take place?
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32. “I never heard you worried so on this
society, Mr. Proctor, I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow
flew,” These words are said by …
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33. “They’ve come to overthrow the court,
sir! The speaker here is …
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34. Arthur Miller used Salem Witch Trials as
an allegory for …
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35. “Man, remember, until an hour before the
Devil fell, God thought him beautiful in Heaven,” The speaker in this
quotation is …
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36. Identify the speaker.” I think of you
softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach
for you again.”
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37. “She is blackening my name in the
village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold. sniveling woman.” These
words are said ABOUT …
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38. “I like not the smell of this authority,”
The speaker here is …
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39. How many people were hung for witchcraft
during the Salem Witch Trials?
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40. “Theology, sir, is a fortress; one crack
in a fortress may be accounted small,” These words are said by …
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41. “Do that which is good and no harm shall
come to thee.” Whom does Proctor address?
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42. The Provoked Wife (1697) was written by …
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43. Which character from The Crucible
proclaims that Abigail Williams should be “ripped out of the World”?
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44. What does the commandment that John
Proctor forgets concern?
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45. “There is either obedience or the church
will burn like Hell is burning!” Identify the speaker.
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46. “We are only what we always were, but
naked now.” These words are said by …
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47. “He regarded himself as the intellectual
superior of most of the people around him.” To whom does this line refer?
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48. “There is a party in this church. I am
not blind; there is a faction and a party.” Who is the speaker?
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49. “He believed he was being persecuted
wherever he went, despite his best efforts to win people and God to his
side.” These words are used by Miller to describe …
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50. The first professional female playwright
in England was …
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Question II: Indicate whether of the following
statements related to Restoration drama and Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is
true or false (40 Marks):
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1. In seventeenth century Salem, anybody who did not
wholeheartedly uphold the dominant beliefs of the society was seen as a
traitor.
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2. The people of Salem developed a theocracy.
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10. The puritans as portrayed in The Crucible are
tolerant of other texts.
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11. Writing The Crucible was Arthur Miller’s way of
pretesting against mass conformity and lack of individual opinions.
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13. Restoration Drama appeared in England before the
rule of the Puritans.
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14. The Crucible is a historical play that has nothing
to do with Arthur Miller’s own society.
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15. Proctor’s final message in The crucible is that it
is better to take death than let anyone shame your reputation in life.
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16. In seventeenth century Massachusetts under the
Puritan regime, people who opposed the authorities were seen to be agents of
the Devil.
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17. John Proctor died for his insistence to be himself
and his refusal to give up his identity as a free and independent.
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18. The puritan government in Massachusetts used to be
hysterically violent against dissenters and all those who were dedicated to a
belief in personal freedom.
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19. Proctor does not attend church regularly because he
is an atheist with no belief in God.
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20. The theological preaching of Parris focuses on love
and justice.
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21. Restoration drama refers to late seventeenth century
American drama.
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22. The events of The Crucible took place in London.
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23. Restoration drama was far superior to Elizabethan
drama.
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24. The Puritan society as portrayed in Arthur Miller’s
The Crucible is based on pluralism.
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25. Accusing innocent people without real evidence is a
common problem in Karnak Café by Naguib Mahfouz and The Crucible by Arthur
Miller.
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26. The event which Miller uses as the historical
background of his drama is Salem Witch trials which took place in London
between February 1692 and May 1693.
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27. Arthur Miller and John Proctor, the protagonist of
The Crucible, had similar beliefs and did similar things and both were targeted
by the governments of their time.
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28. John Proctor is able to discover in his life’s
darkest moments the admirable qualities of his character.
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29. Restoration drama is best known for the comedy of
manners.
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30. Arthur Miller sees art only as an aesthetic creation
used to entertain and elevate the sense of beauty.
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31. The character of Hale in The Crucible is shown from
the very beginning as an open-minded person who critically examines all
claims and does not have blind trust in the authority.
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32. The group of Puritans who settled in Massachusetts
in the seventeenth century insisted on the ultimate and complete authority of
the scriptures.
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33. Open-mindedness and acceptance of the other were
dominant characteristics in the Puritan colony in Massachusetts.
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34. The Crucible is concerned only with history.
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35. The predilection for minding other people’s business was rejected
among the people of Salem.
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36. In order to save his life, John Proctor agrees to sign a written
confession to be hung on the church door.
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37. The term “restoration” in Restoration drama refers to the return of
the monarchy to England after several years of Puritan rule.
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38. In Miller’s The Crucible, Rebecca Nurse is respected only by few
people in her society.
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39. The puritans in Miller’s The Crucible are portrayed as snobbish people
with extreme sense of self-righteousness.
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40. Miller found many parallels between America in the late seventeenth
century and America in the 1950s.
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