Q.1
What is the immediate context for this passage?
  • Deputy Governor Danforth has just arrived in Salem
  • Abigail has just persuaded Mary Warren to deny that she and the other young women were pretending
  • John Proctor has been awaiting his hanging, along with several others condemned for witchcraft
  • John Proctor has just been arrested
Q.2
What immediately follows this passage?
  • Elizabeth Proctor speaks with her husband for the final time
  • John Proctor refuses to sign his confession
  • Danforth, Judge Hathorne and Cheever enter the prison cell to begin legal preparations for the executions
  • Reverend Hale demands the release of all the prisoners
Q.3
Sarah Good behaves as if Herrick is Satan. Which of the following does NOT convey her negative view of the marshal?
  • "Tituba, he's here, His Majesty's come!"
  • "Could I have a sip of that cider for me goin'-away?"
  • She "peers up into his face"
  • "Oh, is it you, Marshal!"
Q.4
How might Herrick's attitude to the women best be described?
  • Jocular, but uncaring
  • Jocular, but quietly dismayed
  • Serious and fearful
  • Serious and dismayed
Q.5
Which one of the following lines refers both to hanging and to flying, a stereotypical behavior of witches?
  • "I thought sure you be the devil comin' for us"
  • "A pair of bluebirds wingin' southerly, the two of us!"
  • "You'd best give me that or you'll never rise off the ground"
  • "Take me home, Devil! Take me home!"
Q.6
What is ironic about Hopkins's entry?
  • His entry is a surprise because it is unexpected
  • His entry makes Herrick appear guilty by association
  • He enters as if summoned by the two women, who have been calling the devil
  • All of the above
Q.7
"It be too cold 'round here for that Old Boy. He freeze his soul in Massachusetts." What does Tituba's comment imply?
  • The harsh climate of Massachusetts protects people from the devil, and therefore from evil
  • The people of Massachusetts are more evil than Satan
  • Massachusetts is a godly place, where the devil is not welcome
  • Massachusetts cannot be hellish, because hell is meant to be hot
Q.8
"That's not Satan, just a poor old cow with a hatful of milk." Herrick's comment can be seen as an analogy to which of the following?
  • The accused are not witches, but fairly unremarkable, ordinary people
  • The cows cause more disruption than the witchcraft trials
  • Those making accusations are relatively powerless in the community
  • The women talk of souls roaming to Barbados as a way of expressing their desire for freedom
Q.9
Tituba shouts, "I goin' home!" The word "home" has several meanings in this context. Which one of the following is less likely to be one of those meanings?
  • Reverend Parris's house, Tituba's home before being imprisoned
  • Barbados
  • Hell
  • Heaven
Q.10
Which of the following is true of the women's behavior?
  • The women are merely amusing themselves to pass the time
  • The women have always behaved in this way, which explains why the community believed them to be witches
  • The irrational, contradictory and unpredictable treatment they have received has caused them to respond similarly
  • Their behavior proves that Tituba and Sarah Good were indeed witches
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