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This senior high school English Literature quiz will test you on dialog in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. All direct speech in literature is termed “dialogue”, although technically, the term means a conversation between at least two people. Dialog is a significant aspect of characterisation and provides a great deal of information about a character.
[readmore]Paying attention to the style and content of a person’s speech can help you to build up an image of the character. Characters in The Crucible are distinguished in relatively subtle ways by the style and content of their dialog, with the notable exceptions of Tituba and Sarah Good, whose speech marks them as outsiders.
Ask yourself these questions about dialog whenever you begin studying a work of fiction: in what manner does the speech of each character differ from that of others?
How and why does vocabulary vary between characters? Do you observe any changes in a character’s dialog over time, or perhaps in different situations? Does the speech of a particular character differ depending on who is being addressed?
In a play, most factual information will be conveyed through dialog. Individual characteristics are also developed through speech. In The Crucible most of the action happens off-stage and is reported through characters’ conversations with one another. Speech, in fact, often is the “action” in a world in which invisible powers are believed to have terrible, and concrete, effects.
One very useful way for you to prepare for a literature exam is by memorizing dialog. Create a list for each character of the most significant examples of dialog, paying extra attention to speech which expresses or develops the themes of the text.
The quiz below asks you to work out who is speaking each of these lines. Consider the significance of the dialog before answering the questions. What can you know about the type of character who is speaking? Could another character possibly utter similar lines? If so, what does that information tell you about the play and the relationship between those characters?
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The first Act opens with Reverend Parris showing fear at the thought that his position in the town will be undermined if anyone suspects that his daughter and his niece have been engaging in behavior associated with witchcraft
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Reverend Hale's manner of questioning is suggestive; he plants ideas in Abigail's mind
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Mrs. Putnam turns her grief over her many lost children into a desire to destroy the woman who helped her through labor
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Giles Corey's careless curiosity, which he follows by mentioning his difficulty in praying, leads directly to the condemnation of his wife for witchcraft
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John feels that Elizabeth's avowed refusal to judge him is more harsh and judgemental than her well-deserved anger, which might be followed by true forgiveness
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Abigail is shown to be the ringleader of the other young women. By behaving as if she is experiencing visions, she can put words in the mouths of others (here she implies that Mary has shape-shifted and is ordering her to stop talking) while portraying herself as a servant of righteousness
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John Proctor convinces Mary to tell the truth in order to save her soul. To do so takes enormous courage because it means admitting that others were condemned to death by her lies. Her courage does not last long enough to save anyone
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Bewildered by the trap in which he finds himself, John Proctor declares his loss of faith in humankind and especially in those in charge of the investigation, saying, "You are pulling Heaven down and raising up a whore!"
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Reverend Hale is one of the few characters to change dramatically over the course of the play. He arrives in Salem to investigate witchcraft, but gradually comes to know that the innocent have been condemned and are dying because of his earlier actions
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In the final words of the play, Elizabeth recognizes John's courage and the integrity which will not allow him to sign the confession
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