Question

What is characterization?
Group of answer choices

the way a character’s choices affect the plot

adjectives that are explicitly stated

the way an author reveals a character's traits

dialogue that expresses emotions


Read the passage from The Crucible, Act 1, Part 3 by Arthur Miller.

ABIGAIL (with hushed trepidation): How is Ruth sick?

MERCY: It’s weirdish, I know not—she seems to walk like a dead one since last night.

ABIGAIL (turns at once and goes to Betty, and now, with fear in her voice): Betty? (Betty doesn’t move. She shakes her.) Now stop this! Betty! Sit up now!

(Betty doesn’t stir. Mercy comes over.)

MERCY: Have you tried beatin’ her? I gave Ruth a good one and it waked her for a minute. Here, let me have her.

What word best describes the character of Mercy as she is characterized in this passage?



Group of answer choices

fearful

violent

clever

nurturing

Answer 1

clever