final lols

Question 1

“petals on a wet, black bough”

Answer 1

symbol/symbolism

Question 2

“in the room the women come and go talking of michelangelo”

Answer 2

allusion

Question 3

“john, it come to naught that I should forgive you, if you’ll not forgive yourself”

Answer 3

theme

Question 4

before I built a wall, I’d ask to know what I was walling in of walling out, and to whom I was like to give offense

Answer 4

Imagery

Question 5

SOMETHING there IS that DOESn’t LOVE a WALL/that sends the frozen-ground-swell UNder it

Answer 5

meter

Question 6

They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys/ And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.? And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: on the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.

Answer 6

parallelism

Question 7

They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys/ And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.? And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: on the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.“I, too, sing America/ I am the darker brother”

Answer 7

speaker

Question 8

“his smile widening: ah, you’re wicked yet, aren’t y”! a trill of expectant laughter escapes her, and she dares come closer, feverishly looking into his eyes.”

Answer 8

stage directions

Question 9

“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

Answer 9

T.S. Eliot

Question 10

“The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter”

Answer 10

Ezra Pound

Question 11

“Mending Wall”

Answer 11

Robert Frost

Question 12

“America”

Answer 12

Claude McKay

Question 13

“I, Too, Sing America”

Answer 13

Langston Hughes

Question 14

The Crucible was written by…

Answer 14

Arthur Miller

Question 15

Who was sentenced on the evidence that they could not name their commandments?

Answer 15

Sarah Good

Question 16

Which of these is not a reason given by Proctor to Hale for not attending Church?

Answer 16

(MAYBE) he does not attend church because he does not like Parris, her sermons, and his wife was sick in the winter.

Question 17

Who was it that made the poppet which was discovered in the Proctor’s house?

Answer 17

Mary Warren

Question 18

In Act III, Giles, Francis, and Proctor try all of these things to free their wives from jail except:

Answer 18

recite the lord’s prayer

Question 19

When questioned about her honesty, what pretense do the judges ask mary warren to perform in front of them?

Answer 19

fainting

Question 20

Which of these men was not an official judge named in the play?

Answer 20

(unsure of the answer) judges ARE danforth, hathorne, and herrick (cheever is NOT)

Question 21

John Proctor tells Danforth and the court that his wife…

Answer 21

Has never told a lie in her life

Question 22

What is the fate of abigail williams?

Answer 22

she runs away with mercy lewis after robbing parris of his life’s savings

Question 23

“And indeed there will be time to wonder, “do I dare?” and, “do I dare?” Time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair—”

Answer 23

Prufrock, the speaker, is talking to himself about his insecurities, debating whether or not he should ask a girl out

Question 24

“Pontius Pilate! God will not let you wash your hands of this!”

Answer 24

John Proctor says this to Hale, implying that what the court is doing is wrong

Question 25

“John, it come to naught that I should forgive you, if you’ll not forgive yourself”

Answer 25

Elizabeth Proctor says this to John Proctor because she knows that he cannot move forward in his life if he doesn't forgive himself, let alone confess to a crime he did not commit in order to save his life

Question 26

What is the "biggest" difference between the play and the movie?

Answer 26

the movie is set on a larger scale

Question 27

What action of Proctor's in act 2 foreshadows his fate at the signing of his name for Danforth?

Answer 27

In Act II, proctor rips up the warrant that was brought to his home, and this action foreshadows his future refusal to sign his name for Danforth, the eventual ripping up of the paper Danforth wanted him to sign.

Question 28

Irony Identification: Francis: these are all covenanted Christians, sir/ Danforth: then I am sure they may have nothing to fear, Hands Cheever the paper, Mr. Cheever, have warrants drawn for all of these- arrest for examination. To proctor: now, mister, what other information do you have for us? You may sit, Mr. Nurse.

Answer 28

situational

Question 29

Irony Identification: There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house but no one has ever seen it.

Answer 29

verbal

Question 30

Irony Identification: Hale: your honor, I cannot think you may judge the man on such evidence/Danforth: I judge nothing

Answer 30

situational

Question 31

Irony Identification: Hale: you have said that twice, sir/ Proctor, lost: aye, he is flailing for it/ Elizabeth, delicately: adultery, john

Answer 31

dramatic

Question 32

Irony Identification: Danforth, reaches out and holds her ace, then: look at me! To your own knowledge, has John Proctor ever committed the crime of lechery? In a crisis of indecision she cannot speak. Answer my question! Us your husband a lecher?/ Elizabeth, faintly: no sir.

Answer 32

dramatic

Question 33

SHORT ESSAY 1: Prompt 1: A crucible is a severe test of faith. In a short essay (1-2 paragraphs) explain how a “test of faith” is demonstrated in many ways throughout the play.

Answer 33

a. Literal sense: Hale literally tested the people’s faith by asking them to recite their commandments. i. Sarah good is sentences based on this b. John didn’t want to lie by confessing to a crime he did not commit c. People are literally dying rather than lying about committing a crime that would save their life, in order for them to save their “eternal lives” (martyrs in a sense) d. John did not accuse other people to simply save himself e. When Elizabeth’s faith/morals are questioned by Danforth, she lies to protect John f. Danforth has the choice between possibly wrongfully convicting people if he ignores possible evidence, or hearing out this new evidence and take the chance of being wrong and destroying his name.

Question 34

SHORT ESSAY 2: Who is the actual “villain” in the Crucible? Is it Abigail Williams or Danforth? In a short essay (1-2 paragraphs) choose one of these persons to write as acting immorally and with evil intent.

Answer 34

a. She blatantly admits to John that she made it all up yet continues to watch people die over her lies b. In the courthouse, she accuses Mary Warren of sending her spirit on the girls, simply because Mary Warren is trying to tell the truth. c. She accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft in an attempt to get John all to herself. d. In the end, she ran away with Parris’ life savings and left the town to clean up the mess she made. e. She happily lets innocent people get hung literally because she didn’t want to get reprimanded for dancing in the woods