GERMAN 363: WITCHES. MYTH & HISTORICAL REALITY. FALL 2007
Professor Susan Cocalis

Review Sheet for In-Class Examination II: Salem & New England (100 points)
Tues. Nov. 13. 4-5.30 pm. A-L Hasbrouck 124, 19; M-Z ESCS II, Rm 119 (our classroom) [Make-up: Tues. Nov. 27: 6-7.30 pm. Bartlett 202]

I. Multiple Choice (opscan): (40 points total) The questions will be taken from the readings assigned for the Salem/New England section of the course.

Location of Witch Trials prior to 1692 (Salem)

Dominion of New England
Edmund Andros
Metacomet’s War, King Philip's War
Increase Mather
Samuel Willard
Illustrious Providences
Cases of Conscience
Robert Calef
Cotton Mather
Quakers
Wampanoag Indians
Oyer & Terminer
Phips family
Spectral Evidence
Yellow Bird
witch cake
fortune telling

Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Cloyse, Mary Easty
Israel Porter
Giles & Martha Corey
John & Elizabeth Proctor
Samuel Parris, Betty Parris
Abagail Williams
Mary Warren
John Hathorne
Joseph Putnam
Thomas Putnam, Ann Putnam Sr. & Jr.
George Burroughs
John Hale
Tituba & John Indian
Elizabeth Knapp
Mercy Short
Sarah Good, Dorcas Good
Sarah Osbourne
John Alden

Jonathan Edwards
Little Awakening
Northampton, Hadley, Springfield

Laurie Cabot
Witch City
Danvers, MA
Andover, MA

Boyer & Nissenbaum
3 Sovereigns for Sarah
spectral evidence
Godbeer
Karlsen
Breslaw
Arthur Miller, Crucible (play & book)
McCarthy Hearings

Short-Answer Essay Questions. You will be asked to answer three questions from a choice of five topics. All topics will come from the following possible questions. They will count 20 points apiece. You can list points in bullet or chart form. Try to be as thorough as possible. Try not to confuse actual events with fictional accounts.

1. How does Arthur Miller explain the cause & effect of the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible? (Who does he blame and why? Role of the afflicted girls?) How do the historical records disprove Miller’s arguments?

2. How do the witch trials in Salem in 1692 compare to earlier witch trials in New England? Where did trials tend to occur? Relative severity of the trials? Why were the Salem trials the last witch trials in New England?

3.  How do Boyer & Nissenbaum ("Some New Perspectives," Salem Possessed) compare the events in Salem to similar circumstances in other towns? What happened there and why did that not happen in Salem?

4. How does Karlsen explain the phenomenon of the "afflicted girls" in her article “Brands Plucked From the Burning"? Do you agree with her explanation? Explain.

5. According to Godbeer's article, what political factors may have contributed to the Salem Witch Trials?

6. How might the relationship of the Puritans in the New England colonies to the Native Americans have affected the Salem Witch Trials in 1692? Please refer to the relevant readings.

7. What role did Tituba play in the events leading up to the Salem Witch Trials and the trials themselves? Refer specifically to arguments from Breslaw’s Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem and the trial transcripts of Tituba in your answer.