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| What kind of government does Salem have in The Crucible? |
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| What is Parris’s position in Salem? |
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| Before the play begins, what did Parris catch his daughter and other girls doing? |
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| Why did Elizabeth Proctor fire Abigail? |
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| She had an affair with John |
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| As the play opens, whom has Parris asked to come to Salem? |
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| What is John Proctor’s chief complaint against Parris’s sermons? |
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| He doesn't believe he represents god well |
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| What does Mrs. Putnam blame on witchcraft? |
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| The death of seven of her children in Infancy |
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| Who is the first person that Abigail claims practiced witchcraft? |
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| In Act II, what does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor when she returns home from the trials? |
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| What news does Mary Warren bring from Salem? |
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| Someone accused Elizabeth of Witchcraft |
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| Which commandment does John Proctor forget when Reverend Hale quizzes him? |
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| Thou shalt not commit adultery |
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| Whom do Ezekiel Cheever and Herrick, the marshal, come to the Proctor home to arrest? |
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| To what does John Proctor convince Mary Warren to testify? |
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| The girls are pretending to be possessed |
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| Who is in charge of the court? |
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| Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty? |
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| On what charge is Giles Corey arrested? |
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| When Mary Warren testifies against them, what do Abigail and her troop of girls do? |
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| They claim that Mary has bewitched them |
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| What does John Proctor do, in a desperate attempt to foil Abigail? |
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| He tells the court about his affair with her |
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| Who is brought in to corroborate John Proctor’s claims about Abigail? |
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| What does Elizabeth do when called upon to testify? |
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| What does the court do with John Proctor? |
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| Arrest him and tries him for witchcraft |
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| When John Proctor is facing death, what does Hale urge him to do? |
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| Confess even though he is innoccent |
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| Why does Proctor retract his confession? |
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| The officials demand he sign his name to it |
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| What does Abigail do at the end of the play? |
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| She flees salem after robbing her uncle |
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| What ultimately happens to John Proctor? |
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