The Crucible, Act 4 study guide
1. The act opens in the _________________ with the prisoners talking about meeting and seeing the Devil.
They have confessed to witchcraft to save their lives.
2. _______________ and _________________ enter the jail and begin to discuss _______________ going to
the jail to pray with those condemned to hang.
3. _______________ is brought to Danforth and Hathorne revealing that Rev. Hale is with Rebecca Nurse
hopefully bringing her to God. Also, Danforth learns that ______________ and _____________ are
missing.
4. Parris tells that _________________ has been stolen believing that they have fled by ship.
5. Parris also reveals that he fears a ________________ is near because those now accused have a great
deal of weight in the town. He proposes that they ______________ the executions.
6. __________________ rejects the proposition but asks if one would consider confessing to the crime
changing the others to confess.
7. ________________ reveals that a __________________ was found at his house. He fears for his life at
night because of these sentenced to die.
8. ________________ enters revealing that Rebecca Nurse will not admit to witchcraft. These must be
pardoned. ________________ refuses reminding them that _______________ have already been
executed.
9. The men decide to allow _______________ to see his wife since it has been three months since they have
seen each other. Also, she is with child and may be able to convince him to _________.
10. _________________ agrees to speak with John Proctor but promises no confession. He is brought into
the court room, and they are left alone.
11. John Proctor learns that some have confessed but Rebecca did not. He also learns that ____________
was crushed to death because he would not reveal who spoke against Thomas Putnam.
12. ____________ says that he has been thinking about confessing. ________________ says that she will not
judge him that only God can judge. He asks for her forgiveness. She then asks for forgiveness because
she was not a warm and loving wife to him.
13. As _______________ enters, ________________ says that he will confess. The others enter so that the
confession will be recorded for all in Salem to see.
14. _______________ is brought into the court to witness he confession hoping that she too will confess and
save her life. Instead, she asks for _________________ on him.
15. ________________ denies that he ever saw anyone else with the Devi. Rev. Hale encourages the court to
let him sign the paper so that his life will be _______________. After signing the confession, he
______________ the paper refusing to give it to the court for other to see and then ________________
up the confession.
16. ______________ refuses to accept the confession unless it is put on the ________________. Proctor
realizes that his fate is __________________ with the others.
17. _________________ and _________________ beg Elizabeth to save John’s life, but she refuses.
18. The play ends with _______________, _________________, and ______________ going to their death.
Jail
Parris
Danforth
Rev. Hale
Parris
Abigail
Mary
31 Pound
Riot
Postpone
Danforth
Parris
Dagger
Rev. Hale
Danforth
Others
John
Confess
Elizabeth
Giles
John
Elizabeth
Danforth
John
Nurse
Mercy
John
Saved
Rips
Steal
Danforth
Death
Church
Rev. Hale
Parris
John
Nurse
Corey
