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Summative test

Summative test

Marked out of 20: questions 1 to 6, 2 points each; question 7, 8 points.

  1. Where and when does the play take place? (2)
  2. Who is John Proctor? (2)
  3. Why does Abigail accuse Elizabeth? (2)
  4. Who is Danforth? (2)
  5. Why did Miller write the play? (2)
  6. Find the figure of speech: "as clean as God's fingers". (2)
  7. Write 80 words: is Proctor a hero? (8)
Answer key and marking
  1. In Salem, in 1692.
  2. A farmer, Elizabeth's husband.
  3. She is jealous.
  4. The judge.
  5. To compare Salem with McCarthyism in the 1950s.
  6. A simile.
  7. Marking: clear opinion (2), two reasons (4), language (2).

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