Question
Act I
1. How might the witch-hunt time have been about revenge?
2. Who is Tituba?
3. Abigail Williams?
4. Betty Parris?
5. Why does Mrs. Putnam believe there are witches in Salem?
6. Describe John Proctor.
7. What happened between Abigail and John prior to the opening of the play?
8. What is wrong with Betty?
9. Explain the relationship between the Nurses and the Putnams.
10. What is Rebecca’s explanation for the girls’ behavior?
11. Describe Rebecca Nurse.
12. Why doesn’t Proctor regularly attend church?
13. What kind of man is Parris? Explain.
14. Who is John Hale?
15. Why is Hale coming to Salem?
16. What do the girls do at the end of the act?
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1. How might the witch-hunt time have been about revenge?
2. Who is Tituba?
3. Abigail Williams?
4. Betty Parris?
5. Why does Mrs. Putnam believe there are witches in Salem?
6. Describe John Proctor.
7. What happened between Abigail and John prior to the opening of the play?
8. What is wrong with Betty?
9. Explain the relationship between the Nurses and the Putnams.
10. What is Rebecca’s explanation for the girls’ behavior?
11. Describe Rebecca Nurse.
12. Why doesn’t Proctor regularly attend church?
13. What kind of man is Parris? Explain.
14. Who is John Hale?
15. Why is Hale coming to Salem?
16. What do the girls do at the end of the act?
make easy and one sentcne
Answers
GPT-5 mini
1. The witch-hunt gave people a way to accuse enemies and get revenge while claiming moral righteousness.
2. Tituba is Reverend Parris’s slave from Barbados who is blamed for witchcraft.
3. Abigail Williams is Parris’s niece who manipulates the other girls and sparks the accusations.
4. Betty Parris is Reverend Parris’s young daughter who falls into a strange, coma‑like state.
5. Mrs. Putnam believes witches are responsible because she lost seven babies and her daughter is ill.
6. John Proctor is a strong, honest farmer who has a guilty past (an affair) and distrusts the court.
7. Abigail and John had an affair while she worked for the Proctors, which Elizabeth Proctor discovered.
8. Betty is unresponsive and acting as if she is bewitched or possessed.
9. The Nurses and the Putnams are longtime rivals in Salem, often clashing over land and influence.
10. Rebecca thinks the girls are just being silly and seeking attention, not really bewitched.
11. Rebecca Nurse is a respected, elderly, calm, and pious woman in the community.
12. Proctor rarely attends church because he dislikes Reverend Parris’s preachings and greed.
13. Parris is a self‑centered, paranoid minister who worries more about his reputation and salary than his flock.
14. John Hale is a learned minister and supposed expert on witchcraft called in to investigate.
15. Hale is coming to Salem because the town has reported strange behavior and possible witchcraft.
16. At the end of Act I, the girls start naming and accusing people in the village of witchcraft.
2. Tituba is Reverend Parris’s slave from Barbados who is blamed for witchcraft.
3. Abigail Williams is Parris’s niece who manipulates the other girls and sparks the accusations.
4. Betty Parris is Reverend Parris’s young daughter who falls into a strange, coma‑like state.
5. Mrs. Putnam believes witches are responsible because she lost seven babies and her daughter is ill.
6. John Proctor is a strong, honest farmer who has a guilty past (an affair) and distrusts the court.
7. Abigail and John had an affair while she worked for the Proctors, which Elizabeth Proctor discovered.
8. Betty is unresponsive and acting as if she is bewitched or possessed.
9. The Nurses and the Putnams are longtime rivals in Salem, often clashing over land and influence.
10. Rebecca thinks the girls are just being silly and seeking attention, not really bewitched.
11. Rebecca Nurse is a respected, elderly, calm, and pious woman in the community.
12. Proctor rarely attends church because he dislikes Reverend Parris’s preachings and greed.
13. Parris is a self‑centered, paranoid minister who worries more about his reputation and salary than his flock.
14. John Hale is a learned minister and supposed expert on witchcraft called in to investigate.
15. Hale is coming to Salem because the town has reported strange behavior and possible witchcraft.
16. At the end of Act I, the girls start naming and accusing people in the village of witchcraft.