Name _________________________________ I.D. Number _______________________ Unit 5 Evaluation Eleventh Grade English 2 ENGH 040 060 This evaluation will cover the lessons in this unit. It is open book, meaning you can use your textbook, syllabus, and other course materials. You will need to understand, analyze, and apply the information you have learned in order to answer the questions correctly. To submit the evaluation, follow the directions in your online course. Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question. _____ 1. What is Reverend Parris upset about at the opening of Act I of The Crucible? a. rumors of witchcraft circulating in the community b. Abigail’s dismissal from the Proctor household c. his daughter’s condition and the possible connection to her inappropriate activities in the woods d. Tituba’s influence over the children _____ 2. From the comments of Parris in The Crucible, Act I, his concern for his daughter seems primarily based on his a. b. c. d. _____ anxiety about his reputation. fear for the fate of her soul. great love for his only child. terror of the Devil. 3. In The Crucible, Act I, how does Reverend Parris’s belief in the supernatural affect his response to his daughter’s illness? a. b. c. d. _____ He refuses to send for a doctor. He professes his faith that God will heal her. He seeks help from Reverend Hale. He believes Abigail’s assertion that Betty was not bewitched. 4. What can be inferred from Act I of The Crucible about the attitude of Puritans toward their slaves? a. b. c. d. Unit 5 Evaluation They saw their slaves as equals in God’s sight. They saw their slaves as being only a step removed from paganism. They feared and mistrusted their slaves. They treated their slaves as valued members of the household. 1 ENGH 040 _____ 5. In The Crucible, Act I Thomas Putnam’s attitude toward Reverend Parris is one of a. b. c. d. _____ mistrust. respect. pity. contempt. 6. This passage is from the background information at the opening of The Crucible Act I. Determine the detail for which the quote prepares you: “Long-held hatreds of neighbors could now be openly expressed, and vengeance taken, despite the Bible’s charitable injunctions. Land-lust which had been expressed before by constant bickering over boundaries and deeds, could now be elevated to the arena of morality.” a. b. c. d. _____ 7. How does Mrs. Putnam justify sending Ruth to Tituba in the first act of The Crucible? a. b. c. d. _____ Tituba promised to revive Mrs. Putnam’s dead children. Mrs. Putnam didn’t think a little foolish “conjuring” would do any harm. Mrs. Putnam thought it might help Ruth, who seemed to be ailing. Mrs. Putnam feels she deserves to know why she has had to endure the deaths of seven children. 8. Which phrase in Act I of The Crucible best describes Abigail Williams’s character? a. b. c. d. _____ the Putnams arguing with the Nurses about land boundaries Reverend Parris complaining about his salary Abigail’s reluctance to tell the truth about what happened in the woods Abigail’s dismissal from service in the Proctor household kind and caring naive and timid proud and manipulative affectionate and vulnerable 9. From the scene in the first act of The Crucible in which the girls are alone, what can be inferred as the basis of Abigail’s influence over the other girls? a. b. c. d. Unit 5 Evaluation her beauty and cleverly crafted purity her social position as the minister’s niece her charm and magnetic persuasiveness her use of her early experiences to terrorize them 2 ENGH 040 _____ 10. Which word best describes John Proctor’s words and actions in Act I of The Crucible? a. b. c. d. compassionate devout independent strange _____ 11. Consider Tituba’s state of mind when she began naming names in the first act of The Crucible. What can you infer about her motivation? a. She was afraid of Reverend Hale and thought naming names would save her from punishment. b. She actually saw Goody Good and Goody Osburn in the forest and wanted to tell the truth. c. She was confused and was talking about a dream she once had. d. She didn’t like the women she named, and she hoped they’d be punished. _____ 12. Determine what the following quotation says about Tituba’s behavior at the end of Act I: “She enters as one does who can no longer bear to be barred from the sight of her beloved, but she is also very frightened because her slave sense has warned her that, as always, trouble in this house eventually lands on her back.” a. Tituba is so fond of Betty that she’ll try anything to help her. b. Tituba is actually in love with Reverend Parris and confesses to keep him out of trouble. c. Tituba’s “slave sense” is what got her and the girls into trouble in the first place. d. She is so sure that trouble will befall her that she plays along with Hale as he pushes her for information. _____ 13. What is the setting of Act II of The Crucible? a. the following day at the home of John and Elizabeth Proctor b. Reverend Parris’s home, about a week after the accusations of witchcraft have begun c. the Proctors’ home, eight days after the girls have begun to accuse people d. the Salem meeting house, just before Abigail’s trial Unit 5 Evaluation 3 ENGH 040 _____ 14.