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AP English Literature

Crucible Exam Mock

Shared by shashankc · Nov 3, 2026 · 0 plays

50-question mock exam on Arthur Miller's The Crucible covering all four acts: recall, analysis, quote meaning, and themes.

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50 questions. After every answer you’ll see why each choice is right or wrong, not just the one you picked.

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Which of these characters is NOT on stage when Abigail and Betty begin crying out names at the end of Act One?
  1. A. Ann Putnam
  2. B. Tituba
  3. C. Reverend Hale
  4. D. John Proctor ✓

Correct answer: D. Proctor leaves soon after Hale arrives ('I hope you'll leave some of it in Salem'). Mrs. Putnam brings Tituba upstairs, and Hale leads the questioning.

What was Parris's occupation before he entered the ministry?
  1. A. A merchant in Barbados ✓
  2. B. A farmer near Beverly
  3. C. A clerk of the Boston court
  4. D. A Harvard lecturer in theology

Correct answer: A. Miller's stage direction: Parris spent 'some years as a merchant' in Barbados. He says he 'left a thrifty business in the Barbados.' He graduated from Harvard but did not lecture there.

In Miller's description, Proctor 'is always marked for calumny.' What does 'calumny' mean?
  1. A. Religious punishment
  2. B. Heavy taxation
  3. C. Public honor and praise
  4. D. False and damaging statements; slander ✓

Correct answer: D. Act One commentary: in Proctor's presence 'a fool felt his foolishness,' so such a man attracts slander.

Miller describes Abigail as having 'an endless capacity for dissembling.' This means she:
  1. A. argues constantly with adults
  2. B. falls easily into fits and fainting spells
  3. C. hides her true feelings and intentions behind a false appearance ✓
  4. D. forgets what she has said before

Correct answer: C. Act One stage direction. Her lies to Parris, Hale and the court prove it.

In Act One, what does Proctor say about Parris's sermons?
  1. A. He preaches only hellfire and bloody damnation and hardly ever mentions God ✓
  2. B. He reads sermons copied from Boston ministers
  3. C. He preaches too long about the Indians
  4. D. He preaches only about charity and forgiveness

Correct answer: A. Act One: 'to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation... you hardly ever mention God any more.'