The Crucible Study Guide, Act I

1.	What is the setting of this story?

2.	How would you describe reverend Parris?

3.	How were the native Indians, and the forest in general, viewed by the Puritans?

4.	What had Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam done to make some feel they were bewitched?

5.	What had Reverend Parris viewed in the woods that caused him great alarm?

6.	Why had Abigail been fired from her job as housemaid to the Proctors?

7.	How did the Putnams feel about charges of witchcraft? How did Parris feel?

8.	What does Betty do when she “wakes up”? What does this part reveal about her? About Abigail?

9.	Who seems to be controlling the girls?

10.	Describe John Proctor.

11.	Describe Tituba.

12.	Why does Tituba “confess”?

13.	What happens as a result of her “confession”?