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The Crucible Act 1

The Crucible Act 1. Pre-reading Review Questions: Answer the question that corresponds to your number on your desk. Who are Reverend Parris, Betty, and Abigail? What is their relationship? Who is Tituba ? What is her relationship to the family? What is wrong with Betty?

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The Crucible Act 1

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  1. The Crucible Act 1

  2. Pre-reading Review Questions:Answer the question that corresponds to your number on your desk • Who are Reverend Parris, Betty, and Abigail? What is their relationship? • Who is Tituba? What is her relationship to the family? • What is wrong with Betty? • Why does Parris suggest calling in Reverend Hale? • Who are Ann and Thomas Putnam? What do they suggest is wrong with the Betty and Ruth? • Who is Ruth? What is her relationship to the Putnams? What is wrong with her? • Who is Mercy Lewis? What is her relationship to the Putnams? • What does the conversation between Abigail, Mercy Lewis, Mary Warren, and Betty reveal about their recent activities? • What do you know about the Puritan lifestyle so far?

  3. Answer as you read • What is Mary Warren’s relationship to John Proctor? • What do we discover has happened between Abigail and John Proctor? • How does John feel about Abigail? • What does Rebecca Nurse think about the girls’ “sickness”? • Why doesn’t John Proctor go to church? • What is Reverend Parris complaining about? • Why would Abigail single out Tituba instead of one of the other girls who were in the forrest? • How does Hale confuse Tituba? What is the significance of their conversation? • How and by whom are the other villagers accused of witchcraft? What is the motivation for the girls' accusations? • Why does Hale want the marshal to come with “irons”? Which Salemites do you think the marshal will visit?

  4. Class Activities • Group activity (20-30 minutes) • Get in baseball groups • Your group will be assigned a character • Discuss what you all have written in the character sheet about this character – add to/revise your sheet as needed • Create a poster with important details, quotes, actions, and information about this character • Continue reading page 157 – 162 (end of Act I)

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