Act One Characters

Question 1

Respected and feared man of Salem who feels the shame of a sinner

Answer 1

John Proctor

Question 2

Parris’s seventeen-year-old niece

Answer 2

Abigail Williams

Question 3

Reverend of Salem

Answer 3

Parris

Question 4

Married to John Proctor

Answer 4

Elizabeth Proctor

Question 5

Has buried seven of her children

Answer 5

Mrs. Ann Putnam

Question 6

Old woman who is highly respected and religious

Answer 6

Rebecca Nurse

Question 7

Argues with people over land

Answer 7

Thomas Putnam

Question 8

Old man who likes to sue people

Answer 8

Giles Corey

Question 9

Had an affair

Answer 9

Abigail Williams and John Proctor

Question 10

The Proctors’ servant

Answer 10

Mary Warren

Question 11

Parris’s daughter

Answer 11

Betty

Question 12

The Putnams’ servant

Answer 12

Mercy Lewis

Question 13

Parris’s slave from Barbados

Answer 13

Tituba

Question 14

Threatens to hurt the girls if they tell the truth

Answer 14

Abigail Williams

Question 15

Discovered the girls in the woods

Answer 15

Parris

Question 16

Threatens to kill Tituba if she doesn’t confess to witchcraft

Answer 16

Parris

Question 17

Midwife who is accused of murdering babies

Answer 17

Sarah Osburn

Question 18

Comes from Beverly to determine if what is happening in Salem is witchcraft

Answer 18

Reverend Hale

Question 19

Farmer in his middle 30s

Answer 19

John Proctor

Question 20

Calms Betty with her presence

Answer 20

Rebecca Nurse

Question 21

Says his wife reads strange books that stop his prayer

Answer 21

Giles Corey

Question 22

Abigail tells this person that the events have nothing to do with witchcraft.

Answer 22

John Proctor

Question 23

Abigail Williams drank a charm to kill this person.

Answer 23

Elizabeth Proctor

Question 24

Cares more about his reputation than his family

Answer 24

Parris

Question 25

Angry with people in Salem because his brother-in-law didn't become minister

Answer 25

Thomas Putnam

Question 26

Believes the children will stop this game when they are tired of playing it

Answer 26

Rebecca Nurse

Question 27

Introduces the idea of spectral evidence to the people of Salem

Answer 27

Reverend Hale

Question 30

The Putnams' daughter

Answer 30

Ruth