1. Which option BEST summarizes how the events in Salem were affected by politics?
(A) Conflict was caused by colonists fleeing war who put a strain on Salem's resources and by
dislike for the newly ordained minister.
(B) The villagers who were not loyal to the church and government of Salem were the only ones
to be convicted of witchcraft
(C) Conflict was caused when the government of Massachusetts decided to formally apologize
for the trials and deaths of 1692.
(D) The villagers grouped together to protest the unfair court proceedings and to lend their
support to those accused of witchcraft.
2. Which of the following sentences from the article BEST supports the idea that the Salem
witch trials were influenced largely by villagers' fear?
(A) Though the Salem trials came on just as the European craze was winding down, local
circumstances explain their onset.
(B) The Puritan villagers believed all the quarreling was the work of the Devil
(C) With the seed of paranoia planted, a stream of accusations followed for the next few
months.
(D) Additionally, numerous hypotheses have been devised to explain the strange behavior that
occurred in Salem in 1692.
3. Which of the following aspects of the article is NOT thoroughly discussed?
(A) the events that caused the initial accusations
(B) the decisions of the court during the witch trials
(C) the specific evidence used against those accused
(D) the lasting results of the trials in the years that followed
4. The author develops the idea that the Salem witch trials were not conducted in a fair manner
in each of the following ways EXCEPT:
(A) naming various members of the community accused of witchcraft
(B) detailing other witch trials that occurred during this time period
(C) noting that arrests were stopped after the governor's wife was questioned
(D) explaining that the trials were later declared unlawful by the court
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