Q.1
What is meant by the term 'McCarthyism'?
  • A strict religion modeled on Puritanism
  • The fervent repudiation of Puritanism
  • A U.S. government investigation into black magic and those who practiced it
  • A relentless search for Communists and Communist sympathizers in the U.S. government
Q.2
was first performed in which year?
  • 1692
  • 1921
  • 1953
  • 1978
Q.3
In his notes to the play, Miller writes, "In the countries of the Communist ideology all resistance of any import is linked to the totally malign capitalist succubi, and in America any man who is not reactionary in his views is open to the charge of alliance with the Red hell." What does this mean?
  • On both sides of the Cold War, it is easy for anyone who does not fully support the prevailing ideology to be demonized
  • Communists and capitalists both equally believe in the reality of witches and the satanic
  • Communists and capitalists are completely different in their approach to enemies
  • Capitalists are succubi and Communists live in hell
Q.4
The form of government in seventeenth-century Massachusetts Bay Colony is known as which of the following?
  • Communism
  • Fascism
  • Theocracy
  • Representative Democracy
Q.5
Which of the following is true, according to Miller's notes in the text?
  • Miller believed that the Salem witchcraft trials were based on utter fantasy
  • Miller believed that the people of Salem were all engaged in devil worship
  • Miller believed that Tituba and the girls had engaged in activities they understood to be sorceries
  • Miller believed that the people of Salem knew the stories about witchcraft to be fabricated
Q.6
Which of the following caused Miller's father to lose his business?
  • World War I
  • The Great Depression
  • World War II
  • The House Un-American Activities Committee
Q.7
What information does Miller add to the end of the play, in the section entitled, "Echoes Down the Corridor"?
  • Elizabeth Proctor's subsequent marriage
  • Abigail's fate
  • The intervention of the state government in ensuring compensation for victims
  • All of the above
Q.8
Which one of the following is the term associated with the optimism prevalent in the United States in the mid-twentieth century?
  • The American Hope
  • The American Dream
  • The American Fantasy
  • American Realism
Q.9
Why was Miller held in contempt of the U.S. Congress?
  • He gave a false confession to the House Un-American Activities Committee
  • He gave a list of false names of Communists to the House Un-American Activities Committee
  • He refused to give the names of suspected Communists present at meetings he had attended
  • He confessed to spying for the Soviet Union before retracting his confession
Q.10
The actions of which of the following bodies is represented in the play by Reverend Hale's investigations as well as the trials conducted by Danforth, Hathorne and the other judges?
  • The United States Supreme Court
  • The House Un-American Activities Committee
  • The United States Senate
  • New York City Council
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