The crucible book act 1 questions 1)In his introduction to the play, how does Miller explain what really motivated the people of Salem to accuse the neighbors, friends, and relatives of witchcraft?

2)What were Abigail and the girls doing in the forest when Reverend Parris saw them?

3)Why is Parris so worried about the evidence of witchcraft being discovered in his own house?

4)What does Rebecca Nurse think is wrong with the girls?

5)Why would Mrs. Putnam be so eager to prove there is witchcraft in the village?

6)What is the source of the conflict between Parris and Proctor?

7)What is the relationship between Abigail and John Proctor?

8)How does Abigail feel about John’s wife, Elizabeth?

9)What is unusual about Giles Corey?

10)Why is Thomas Putnam such a bitter man?

11)Who is Reverend Hale, and what does he accomplish?

12)Why does Tituba confess so readily? What does her confession initiate?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.