Act II Study Guide
The Crucible
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- "The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you."
- Elizabeth Proctor says this to john when he says that she is still judging him because of the affair he had with Abigail. He feels that she has not forgiven him as she has claimed to have done. She states that it is his own guilty conscious that he is sensing.
- Why does Elizabeth doubt John Proctor's word?
- John Proctor lied to her before. John has been unfaithful and now there is always doubt in Elizabeth's mind.
- What gift does Mary Warren give Goody Proctor?
- A poppet.
- How did the judge catch Goody Sarah Good in a lie?
- She claims that her mumbling was only repetition of her commandments, but when the judge asks her to repeat them, she was unable to recite even one.
- What was Sarah Good's pregnancy surprising?
- "She's near to sixty"
- How did mary Warren save Elizabeth's life?
- When Elizabeth is accused in court Mary Warren recounts, "But I said I never see no sign you ever sent your spirit out to hurt no one, and seeing I do live so closely with you, they dismissed it."
- How many times has Proctor been to church in the last seventeen months?
- 26 times
- When asked by Rev. hale to recite his commandments, which one does John forget?
- Adultery
- How many warrants were issued the night Rev. hale visited the Proctors?
- 16
- List four women arrested and their charges.
- Goody Rebecca - "for the marvelous and supernatural murder of Goody Putnam's babies." Goody Martha Corey - bewitching pigs Goody Elizabeth Proctor - attempted murder of Abigail Williams Goody Sarah Good - trafficking with the Devil Goody Osburn - trafficking with the Devil Tituba - conjuring spirits
- What knowledge does Mary Warren reveal to John?
- That she knows about his affair with Abigail. "She'll charge lechery on you, Mr proctor!" I have known it, sir. She'll ruin you with it, I know she will."
- What does John demand of Mary Warren?
- "We will slide together into our pit; you will tell the court what you know."
- What does John vow?
- "My wife will never die for me! I will bring your guts into your mouth but that goodness will not die for me!"