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Literature: Senior High School: 11th and 12th Grade Quiz - The Crucible - Illustrating and Supporting Points (Questions)

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This senior high school English Literature quiz will test you on illustrating and supporting points in Arthur Miller's The Crucible. When you write about a text, your argument will be all the stronger if you are able to offer evidence for the points you make. When you refer specifically and accurately to evidence from a text, you make your writing much more persuasive.

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This useful, but complex, skill takes some practice and attention if you wish to quote accurately and elegantly from a text. This quiz is designed to test these vital literary skills. How well can you can identify the answers which have supported a point by referring to evidence from the text accurately and grammatically?

Of course, when you write your own essays or exam answers, you’ll need to remember to follow up your quotation with an explanation, too!

How to use evidence to support a point:

The three primary methods of using evidence when writing about a text are firstly, by paraphrasing; secondly, by quoting single words or short phrases; and finally, by quoting longer sections of text. One of the easiest, and most neglected, methods is the paraphrase. Practice this skill, which is an essential aspect of good writing. When you paraphrase, you clearly demonstrate your knowledge of a text, even in the absence of direct quotation. This method is especially effective when you do not have the text to hand, such as during an exam.

Another effective method of using evidence from the text is by selecting single words or phrases to quote. If you wish to draw attention to language choice or to minor details in the text, this is the most useful method. It is worth practicing using combinations of methods, for example by mixing paraphrase and a short quotation in the same sentence. Learning to be flexible in this way is preferable to writing long sentences full of multiple quotations. A sentence filled with multiple short quotations can be awkward and very difficult to read.

Finally, another correct way to use evidence is to quote a full sentence or more. If a short phrase will not make sense on its own, or you plan to discuss a longer quotation in detail, this is the method to use.

It’s important to remember that you should only use quotation marks around a single word if that word is unusual or significant in itself. An ordinary word, such as “coat” does not require quotation marks unless there is something especially significant about its use (for example, if “coat” were being used metaphorically, you might use quotation marks). Quotation marks are required whenever you use an exact phrase or sentence from the text.

Have a go at this quiz on the best way to use evidence from The Crucible. Remember, the aim of this quiz is to test your ability to quote and to paraphrase; your knowledge of the text is not being tested here. One helpful tip is that it might be easier to eliminate the incorrect answers first!

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Read the text from The Crucible and then choose the answer which best uses evidence in support of a point.
1. MRS. PUTNAM: This is no silly season, Rebecca. My Ruth is bewildered, Rebecca; she cannnot eat
REBECCA: Perhaps she is not hungered yet
[ ] Rebecca demonstrates her common sense with her response to Mrs. Putnam's worry about Ruth's inability to eat, reasonably suggesting, "Perhaps she is not hungered yet"
[ ] Faced with Mrs. Putnam's worry over her daughter's loss of appetite, Rebecca sensibly suggests that perhaps she is not hungered yet
[ ] Faced with Mrs. Putnam's worry over that "she cannot eat", Rebecca sensibly suggests that perhaps she is not hungered yet
[ ] Rebecca demonstrates her common sense with her response to Mrs. Putnam's worry about Ruth's inability "to eat", reasonably suggesting, "Perhaps she is not hungered yet"
2. PROCTOR: To ask ownership is like you shall own the meeting house itself; the last meeting I were at you spoke so long on deeds and mortgages I thought it were an auction
[ ] Referring to the language of business, such as "deeds", "mortgages", and "auction", Proctor emphasizes how worldly the "church" has become under Parris's leadership
[ ] Referring to the language of business, such as deeds, mortgages, and auction, Proctor emphasizes how worldly the church has become under Parris's leadership
[ ] Referring to the language of business, such as "deeds", "mortgages", and "auction", Proctor emphasizes how worldly the church has become under Parris's leadership
[ ] Referring to the language of "business", such as deeds, mortgages, and auction, Proctor emphasizes how worldly the church has become under Parris's leadership
3. ABIGAIL: She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer!
PARRIS: She have often laughed at prayer!
[ ] Parris repeats his niece's words, "laughed" at prayer, as if they were evidence of witchcraft
[ ] Parris repeats his niece's words, laughed at prayer, as if they were evidence of witchcraft
[ ] Repeating his niece's words as if they were proof, Parris naively agrees that witchcraft could be the cause for her having often laughed at prayer
[ ] Repeating his niece's words as if they were proof, Parris naively agrees that witchcraft could be the cause for her having "often laughed at prayer"
4. MARY WARREN: When she come into the court I say to myself, I must not accuse this woman, for she sleep in ditches, and so very old and poor. But then - then she sit there, denying and denying, and I feel a misty coldness climbin' up my back, and the skin on my skull begin to creep, and I feel a clamp around my neck and I cannot breathe air; and then - (entranced) - I hear a voice, a screamin' voice, and it were my voice - and all at once I remembered everything she done to me!
[ ] Mary's long, breathless sentence, beginning with but then - then she sit there, demonstrates the rapid acceleration of the girls' group hysteria
[ ] Mary's long, breathless sentence, beginning with "but then -"; then she sit there, demonstrates the rapid acceleration of the girls' group hysteria
[ ] Mary's long, breathless sentence, beginning with but then - then she sit there, demonstrates the rapid acceleration of the girls' group "hysteria"
[ ] Mary's long, breathless sentence, beginning with "But then - then she sit there", demonstrates the rapid acceleration of the girls' group hysteria
5. HALE: Let you counsel among yourselves; think on your village and what may have drawn from heaven such thundering wrath upon you all
[ ] Hale believes the events in Salem are God's punishment for hidden acts which the people of the town have committed
[ ] Hale's use of the word "drawn" indicates that he blames the people of Salem for the terrible events
[ ] Hale presumes that the terrible events in Salem are evidence of punishment, described as heaven's "thundering wrath"
[ ] All of the above
6. DANFORTH: In an ordinary crime, how does one defend the accused? One calls up witnesses to prove his innocence. But witchcraft is ipso facto, on its face and by its nature, an invisible crime, is it not? Therefore, who may possibly be witness to it? The witch and the victim. None other. Now we cannot hope the witch will accuse herself; granted?
[ ] Interestingly, Danforth refers to "proving innocence" instead of "proving guilt"
[ ] Because "witchcraft" is not an "ordinary crime", there are few "witnesses" to provide "evidence"
[ ] Danforth trusts "vicitms" over "witches" to prove the occurrence of an invisible crime
[ ] Danforth's inexorable logic blinds him to the irony of relying on the testimony of victims to prove the occurrence of an "invisible crime"
7. MARY WARREN: I'll not hang with you! I love God, I love God
[ ] Recognizing that Proctor is now in danger, Mary disassociates herself from him, declaring that she'll "not hang with you"
[ ] Recognizing that Proctor is now in danger, Mary disassociates herself from him, repeating her declaration that she loves God
[ ] Recognizing that Proctor is now in danger, Mary disassociates herself from him, repeating her declaration that "I love God! I love God!"
[ ] Recognizing that Proctor is now in danger, Mary disassociates herself from him, repeating her declaration that "she loves God"
8. PROCTOR: A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth!
[ ] Proctor sees that evil lies with the townspeople; the devil's filthy face has become their own
[ ] Proctor sees that evil lies with the townspeople; the devil's "filthy face" has become "their own"
[ ] Proctor sees that evil lies with the townspeople; the devil's "filthy face" has become "my face" and "your face"
[ ] Proctor sees that evil lies with the townspeople; the devil's "filthy face" has become their own
9. REBECCA: Why, it is a lie, it is a lie!; how may I damn myself? I cannot, I cannot
[ ] Ironically, Rebecca's speech is like incantation as she repeats the phrases it is a "lie" and "I cannot"
[ ] Ironically, Rebecca's speech is like incantation as she repeats the phrases "it is a lie" and "I cannot"
[ ] Ironically, Rebecca's speech is like incantation as she repeats the phrases it is a lie and I cannot
[ ] Ironically, Rebecca's speech is like "incantation" as she repeats the phrases "it is a lie" and "I cannot"
10. PROCTOR: I have confessed myself! Is there no good penitence but it be public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are! It is enough!
[ ] Proctor sees that the value of his "confession" is not to save his "soul", but to provide "public" proof of his "sins"
[ ] Proctor sees that the value of his confession is not to save his soul, but to provide public proof of his sins
[ ] Proctor sees that the value of his "confession" is not to "save" his soul, but to provide public proof of his sins
[ ] Proctor sees that the value of his confession is not to save his "soul", but to provide public proof of his "sins"
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Literature: Senior High School: 11th and 12th Grade Quiz - The Crucible - Illustrating and Supporting Points (Answers)
1. MRS. PUTNAM: This is no silly season, Rebecca. My Ruth is bewildered, Rebecca; she cannnot eat
REBECCA: Perhaps she is not hungered yet
[x] Rebecca demonstrates her common sense with her response to Mrs. Putnam's worry about Ruth's inability to eat, reasonably suggesting, "Perhaps she is not hungered yet"
[ ] Faced with Mrs. Putnam's worry over her daughter's loss of appetite, Rebecca sensibly suggests that perhaps she is not hungered yet
[ ] Faced with Mrs. Putnam's worry over that "she cannot eat", Rebecca sensibly suggests that perhaps she is not hungered yet
[ ] Rebecca demonstrates her common sense with her response to Mrs. Putnam's worry about Ruth's inability "to eat", reasonably suggesting, "Perhaps she is not hungered yet"
Quote accurately and be sure that your own sentence makes sense and is grammatically correct
2. PROCTOR: To ask ownership is like you shall own the meeting house itself; the last meeting I were at you spoke so long on deeds and mortgages I thought it were an auction
[ ] Referring to the language of business, such as "deeds", "mortgages", and "auction", Proctor emphasizes how worldly the "church" has become under Parris's leadership
[ ] Referring to the language of business, such as deeds, mortgages, and auction, Proctor emphasizes how worldly the church has become under Parris's leadership
[x] Referring to the language of business, such as "deeds", "mortgages", and "auction", Proctor emphasizes how worldly the church has become under Parris's leadership
[ ] Referring to the language of "business", such as deeds, mortgages, and auction, Proctor emphasizes how worldly the church has become under Parris's leadership
Quoting single words is effective in a list, and when the use of those particular words is important
3. ABIGAIL: She sends her spirit on me in church; she makes me laugh at prayer!
PARRIS: She have often laughed at prayer!
[ ] Parris repeats his niece's words, "laughed" at prayer, as if they were evidence of witchcraft
[ ] Parris repeats his niece's words, laughed at prayer, as if they were evidence of witchcraft
[ ] Repeating his niece's words as if they were proof, Parris naively agrees that witchcraft could be the cause for her having often laughed at prayer
[x] Repeating his niece's words as if they were proof, Parris naively agrees that witchcraft could be the cause for her having "often laughed at prayer"
Remember to place the quotation marks around the entire phrase that appears in the text and in your own sentence
4. MARY WARREN: When she come into the court I say to myself, I must not accuse this woman, for she sleep in ditches, and so very old and poor. But then - then she sit there, denying and denying, and I feel a misty coldness climbin' up my back, and the skin on my skull begin to creep, and I feel a clamp around my neck and I cannot breathe air; and then - (entranced) - I hear a voice, a screamin' voice, and it were my voice - and all at once I remembered everything she done to me!
[ ] Mary's long, breathless sentence, beginning with but then - then she sit there, demonstrates the rapid acceleration of the girls' group hysteria
[ ] Mary's long, breathless sentence, beginning with "but then -"; then she sit there, demonstrates the rapid acceleration of the girls' group hysteria
[ ] Mary's long, breathless sentence, beginning with but then - then she sit there, demonstrates the rapid acceleration of the girls' group "hysteria"
[x] Mary's long, breathless sentence, beginning with "But then - then she sit there", demonstrates the rapid acceleration of the girls' group hysteria
Sometimes, rather than quoting an entire sentence, it is possible to quote a part of the sentence, making it clear which section of the text you are discussing. Here the point depends on the length and style of sentence used
5. HALE: Let you counsel among yourselves; think on your village and what may have drawn from heaven such thundering wrath upon you all
[ ] Hale believes the events in Salem are God's punishment for hidden acts which the people of the town have committed
[ ] Hale's use of the word "drawn" indicates that he blames the people of Salem for the terrible events
[ ] Hale presumes that the terrible events in Salem are evidence of punishment, described as heaven's "thundering wrath"
[x] All of the above
It is useful to practice different ways of making similar points
6. DANFORTH: In an ordinary crime, how does one defend the accused? One calls up witnesses to prove his innocence. But witchcraft is ipso facto, on its face and by its nature, an invisible crime, is it not? Therefore, who may possibly be witness to it? The witch and the victim. None other. Now we cannot hope the witch will accuse herself; granted?
[ ] Interestingly, Danforth refers to "proving innocence" instead of "proving guilt"
[ ] Because "witchcraft" is not an "ordinary crime", there are few "witnesses" to provide "evidence"
[ ] Danforth trusts "vicitms" over "witches" to prove the occurrence of an invisible crime
[x] Danforth's inexorable logic blinds him to the irony of relying on the testimony of victims to prove the occurrence of an "invisible crime"
Be careful to quote accurately. "Proving innocence", for example, is not the same as "prove his innocence"
7. MARY WARREN: I'll not hang with you! I love God, I love God
[ ] Recognizing that Proctor is now in danger, Mary disassociates herself from him, declaring that she'll "not hang with you"
[x] Recognizing that Proctor is now in danger, Mary disassociates herself from him, repeating her declaration that she loves God
[ ] Recognizing that Proctor is now in danger, Mary disassociates herself from him, repeating her declaration that "I love God! I love God!"
[ ] Recognizing that Proctor is now in danger, Mary disassociates herself from him, repeating her declaration that "she loves God"
Pronouns can be a bit tricky when using quotations from the text. Here, the entire sentence, including the quotation, should refer to Mary, as well as John, in the third person. The use of "you" and "I" becomes grammatically incorrect here
8. PROCTOR: A fire, a fire is burning! I hear the boot of Lucifer, I see his filthy face! And it is my face, and yours, Danforth!
[ ] Proctor sees that evil lies with the townspeople; the devil's filthy face has become their own
[ ] Proctor sees that evil lies with the townspeople; the devil's "filthy face" has become "their own"
[ ] Proctor sees that evil lies with the townspeople; the devil's "filthy face" has become "my face" and "your face"
[x] Proctor sees that evil lies with the townspeople; the devil's "filthy face" has become their own
Remember to make a point about the quotation you are using. Often this point will be in a previous sentence, or perhaps in the sentence following the quote
9. REBECCA: Why, it is a lie, it is a lie!; how may I damn myself? I cannot, I cannot
[ ] Ironically, Rebecca's speech is like incantation as she repeats the phrases it is a "lie" and "I cannot"
[x] Ironically, Rebecca's speech is like incantation as she repeats the phrases "it is a lie" and "I cannot"
[ ] Ironically, Rebecca's speech is like incantation as she repeats the phrases it is a lie and I cannot
[ ] Ironically, Rebecca's speech is like "incantation" as she repeats the phrases "it is a lie" and "I cannot"
Remember to pay attention to the features of language and imagery in the text. Talking about these is a good method of using evidence too
10. PROCTOR: I have confessed myself! Is there no good penitence but it be public? God does not need my name nailed upon the church! God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are! It is enough!
[ ] Proctor sees that the value of his "confession" is not to save his "soul", but to provide "public" proof of his "sins"
[x] Proctor sees that the value of his confession is not to save his soul, but to provide public proof of his sins
[ ] Proctor sees that the value of his "confession" is not to "save" his soul, but to provide public proof of his sins
[ ] Proctor sees that the value of his confession is not to save his "soul", but to provide public proof of his "sins"
Remember that paraphrase is a very useful way to refer to the text