Q.1.
"Here is all the invisible world, caught, defined, and calculated. In these books the Devil stands stripped of all his brute disguises." What is significant about Hale's use of the word "caught"?
Q.2.
DANFORTH: Have you compacted with the Devil? Have you? MARY WARREN: Never, never! GIRLS: Never, never! DANFORTH ( ): Why can they only repeat you? What is the effect of repetition here?
Q.3.
MARY WARREN: We must tell the truth, Abby! You'll only be whipped for dancin', and the other things! ABIGAIL: Oh, be whipped! What effect does Abigail's emphasis on the word "we'll" have?
Q.4.
"Oh, Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer!" What is the meaning of Proctor's metaphor?
Q.5.
"I have this morning signed away the soul of Rebecca Nurse, Your Honour. I'll not conceal it, my hand shakes yet as with a wound!" Which of the following is true of Hale's statement?
Q.6.
PROCTOR: If is innocent! Why do you never wonder if Parris be innocent, or Abigail? Is the accuser always holy now? Were they born this morning as clean as Salem's fingers? I'll tell you what's walking Salem — vengeance is walking Salem. With what is "vengeance" implicitly contrasted?
Q.7.
"Only be sure of this, for I know it now: Whatever you will do, it is a good man does it." What does Elizabeth try to achieve with this statement?
Q.8.
"Believe me, Mr. Nurse, if Rebecca Nurse be tainted, than nothing's left to stop the whole green world from burning." What does Hale's statement imply?
Q.9.
"It's a bitter woman, a lying, cold, snivelling woman, and I will not work for such a woman!" What is significant about Abigail's use of the word "it's"?
Q.10.
Which of the following lines best illustrates the danger to human bodies when too much emphasis is placed on the power and value of the invisible?