"An Overture" Open book quiz (pp. 1258-1261)
The Crucible
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In the modem theater, an overture is a short piece of music that is played before the
curtain goes up on Act I of an opera or a musical play. They often consist of melodies
and motits that will be heard later in the show.'
What could the playwright Arthur Miller be suggesting about Act 1 of The Crucible" by
labeling it as an overture?
How did Parris feel wherever he went? What does that suggest about his character?
Was Parris married?
How did Parris feel about children?
How did Parris and the rest of Salem, Massachusetts think that children should
behave?
What type of activities that resembled vain enjoyment were Puritans forbade to do?
What was involved with "raising-the-roof?
In reference to "minding other people's business", what was considered as "ame
honored among the people of Salem?
Whom did Miller suggest would rebel against this (character from the play)?
Why was the forest and the west feared by the people?
Paraphrase the motives Miller ascribes for the Puritan way of life in New England.
What do you think might happen to any Puritans whose behavior did not conform to
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the community's beliefs?
What is the main idea behind the paragraph beginning with The Salem tragedy' on
page 12607
What is Miller suggesting about various motives for the accusation of witchcraft?
Describe how land-ust could be expressed.
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the transfiguration of jesus is an event reported in the new testament when god: the meeting place of the temporal and the eternal, with jesus himself as the connecting point,

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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