PARRIS (pressed, turns on her): And what shall I say to them? That my daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest?
ABIGAIL: Uncle, we did dance; let you tell them I confessed it—and I’ll be whipped if I must be. But they’re speakin’ of witchcraft. Betty’s not witched.
PARRIS: Abigail, I cannot go before the congregation when I know you have not opened with me. What did you do with her in the forest?
ABIGAIL: We did dance, uncle, and when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly, Betty was frightened and then she fainted. And there’s the whole of it.
How does the setting affect the events described in this passage?
Group of answer choices
The bush allows Parris to spy on the village children.
Betty’s bedroom is open to the rest of the house, allowing Parris to be overheard.
Salem, Massachusetts, was known as a hub of witchcraft.
At the time, the forest was seen as a place of danger and evil.
Flag question: Question 2
Question 21 pts
Read this passage from of “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
As they struggled to and fro, the table was overturned, and the vase dashed into a thousand fragments. The precious Water of Youth flowed in a bright stream across the floor, moistening the wings of a butterfly, which, grown old in the decline of summer, had alighted there to die. The insect fluttered lightly through the chamber, and settled on the snowy head of Dr. Heidegger.
“Come, come, gentlemen!—come, Madam Wycherly,” exclaimed the doctor, “I really must protest against this riot.”
They stood still and shivered; for it seemed as if gray Time were calling them back from their sunny youth, far down into the chill and darksome vale of years.
In this passage, the four characters knock over the magical water. How does this event affect them?
Group of answer choices
The characters realize how foolish they have been.
The characters become even more foolish and violent.
The characters become distraught that they have lost their youth.
The characters resolve to be more careful.
Flag question: Question 3
Question 31 pts
Which of the following character traits of the characters in the story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne impacts the plot of the story?
Group of answer choices
The characters believe in magic.
The characters are elderly.
The characters were once friends when they were younger.
The characters are youth