Independent Reading Questions:



Independent Reading Questions: Name _________________

Begin at the description of Rev. Hale and conclude at the description of Giles Corey.

1. Give a physical description of Reverend Hale.

2. Why is Rev. Hale brought to Salem?

3. Reverend Hale “encountered a witch in his parish not long before.” Explain what happened and what he found.

4. Miller uses this section to emphasize the idea that “Ours is a divided empire in which certain ideas and emotions and actions are of God, and their opposites are of Lucifer.” What is Miller saying here? Consider his context (McCarthy Hearings).

5. Read the last paragraph of the description of Rev. Hale. What is his purpose in Salem? How is it similar or different to other members of the Puritan community?

6. How does Rev. Hale know Rebecca Nurse?

7. Does Proctor have an opinion on witches?

8. What does Hale mean when he says “we cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone, and I must tell you all that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of Hell upon her.”

9. What does Parris tell Hale about what happened before he arrived in the town?

10. What does Mrs. Putnam admit to Rev. Hale?

11. What does Giles Corey ask Rev. Hale? Why?

Begin at the description of Giles Corey in Act 1 of the play.

12. Why is Giles Corey the suspect of so much blame in the village?

13. How does Rev. Hale first test Betty for signs of the Devil?

14. What is in the kettle?

15. Who is the first person accused of communicating with the devil? Who is the accuser?

16. How does Abigail excuse herself from laughing at prayer?

17. Why does Tituba confess to witchcraft?

18. Who suggests possible witches to Tituba?

19. What does Rev. Hale's say happens to a person that has confessed to witchcraft?

20. Why does Mrs. Putnam think Goody Osburn is a witch?

21. What happens to make Betty finally rise from bed?

22. Describe the mood at the end of Act 1.

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