ased on the previous passage, which of the following pieces of textual evidence BEST prove the characterization of Parris based on the discussion of firewood in The Crucible Act 1, Part 4 by Arthur Miller?
Choose TWO:
Group of answer choices
PARRIS: The salary is sixty-six pound, Mr. Proctor! I am not some preaching farmer with a book under my arm; I am a graduate of Harvard College.
PROCTOR: I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation.
PARRIS: Where is my wood? My contract provides I be supplied with all my firewood. I am waiting since November for a stick and even in November I had to show my frostbitten hands like some London beggar!
PARRIS: I do not preach for children, Rebecca. It is not the children who are unmindful of their obligations toward this ministry.
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Question 302 pts
Read the passage from The Crucible Act 1, Part 4 by Arthur Miller.
PUTNAM: How may we blame ourselves? I am one of nine sons; the Putnam seed have peopled this province. And yet I have but one child left of eight—and now she shrivels!
REBECCA: I cannot fathom that.
MRS. PUTNAM (with a growing edge of sarcasm): But I must! You think it God’s work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one? There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!
PUTNAM (to Parris): When Reverend Hale comes, you will proceed to look for signs of witchcraft here.
What inferences can you make about the Putnams from this passage?
Please select all that apply.
Group of answer choices
Mr. Putnam is in full support of Parris.
Mrs. Putnam is envious of Rebecca Nurse’s large family.
The Putnams presume that their problems must have supernatural causes.
The Putnams have a land dispute with Rebecca Nurse.
- Mrs. Putnam is envious of Rebecca Nurse’s large family.
- The Putnams presume that their problems must have supernatural causes.