Quiz  /  Salem Witch Trials Quiz

  • 1. 
    Who was the first person to admit to practicing witchcraft in Salem?

  • Rebecca Nurse
  • Sarah Silverman
  • Sacagawea
  • Tituba

  • 2. 
    Where did the Salem witch trials take place?

  • Rhode Island
  • Ohio territory
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony
  • Plymouth colony

  • 3. 
    How many convicted “witches” were hanged?

  • 107
  • 19
  • 197
  • 7

  • 4. 
    Which of these is an ingredient in a witch cake?

  • Borax
  • Crushed cat’s claws
  • Victims’ urine
  • Bat’s blood

  • 5. 
    What was the denomination of the Salem Village church?

  • Roman Catholic
  • Congregational
  • Baptist
  • Methodist

  • 6. 
    What was it thought that witches could not recite?

  • Ecclesiastes 3:1–15
  • Psalm 23
  • Lord’s Prayer
  • John 3:10

  • 7. 
    Members of which Salem Village family did much of the accusing?

  • Putnam
  • Porter
  • Platter
  • Plumlee

  • 8. 
    Who was the Harvard president and minister who spoke out against the use of spectral evidence?

  • John Winthrop
  • Increase Mather
  • Cotton Mather
  • Cotton Fitzsimmons

  • 9. 
    For refusing to enter a plea, how did Giles Corey die?

  • Drowned
  • Firing squad
  • Crushed beneath rocks
  • Burned at the stake

  • 10. 
    Which famous play tells the story of the Salem witch trials?

  • The Crucible
  • The Witches of Eastwick
  • Our Town
  • The Scarlet Letter
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