Q 01/05

The Salem witch trials began in February 1692 and ended in which month of 1693?

A) January

B) May

C) August

D) November

Answer · why

B) May

More than 200 people were accused, and it remains the deadliest witch hunt in the history of colonial North America.

Q 02/05

How many people were executed by hanging during the Salem witch trials?

A) Seven

B) Thirteen

C) Nineteen

D) Thirty-one

Answer · why

C) Nineteen

Fourteen were women and five were men; thirty in all were found guilty.

Q 03/05

The accusations began in Salem Village, which is known today by what name?

A) Beverly

B) Peabody

C) Marblehead

D) Danvers

Answer · why

D) Danvers

Salem Village had a strained relationship with Salem Town, where the trials and hangings actually took place.

Q 04/05

Which two colonial courts conducted the Salem trials, in 1692 and 1693 respectively?

A) A Court of Star Chamber, then a Court of Assize

B) A Grand Inquisition, then a Church Council

C) A Court of Oyer and Terminer, then a Superior Court of Judicature

D) A Vice-Admiralty Court, then a Court of Chancery

Answer · why

C) A Court of Oyer and Terminer, then a Superior Court of Judicature

Both sat in Salem Town, and the second court refused to accept the spectral evidence that had condemned so many before it.

Q 05/05

The trials began after local women were accused by four young girls. Which of these was one of them?

A) Mary Sibley

B) Elizabeth Hubbard

C) Sarah Osborne

D) Deliverance Hobbs

Answer · why

B) Elizabeth Hubbard

The others were Betty Parris, aged 9, her cousin Abigail Williams, 11, and a 12-year-old who publicly repented years later.