Question

In the opening of Act III of The Crucible, what wrong premise underlies Hathorne's argument in the following exchange?
HATHORNE'S VOICE: Now, Martha Corey, there is abundant evidence in our hands to show that you have given yourself to the reading of fortunes. Do you deny it?
MARTHA COREY'S VOICE: I am innocent to a witch. I know not what a witch is.
HATHORNE'S VOICE: How do you know, then, that you are not a witch?
a. He assumes that Martha Corey knows she is a witch and is lying about it.
b. He suggests that Martha Corey's ignorance of being a witch is evidence that she is one.
c. He asserts that Martha Corey reads fortunes when, in fact, she does not.
d. He assumes that a witch would not know he or she was a witch when, in fact, guilty people always know they are guilty.

Answer 1

The correct answer (d) He assumes that a witch would not know he or she was a witch when, in fact, guilty people always know they are guilty.

The third act opens at the Salem meeting house. The court interrogates and charges Martha Corey with witchcraft. Giles Corey enters the courtroom and declares that Thomas Putnam is "reaching for land!" He is led out of the courtroom and into the vestry room.

The vestry chamber is entered by Judge Hathorne, Deputy Governor Danforth, Ezekiel Cheever, and Parris. Corey claims to own 600 acres of property as well as a substantial amount of timber. Corey also claims that the court has his wife Martha in custody by mistake. Corey informs Danforth that he once asked Hale why Martha read books, but he never accused her of witchcraft.

Corey and Francis Nurse each claim to have proof for the court. They waited three days to provide the evidence, but to no avail. Danforth responds that they must file the necessary paperwork in order for the court to hear their case. Danforth is informed by the nurse that the girls are acting.

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