Carefully read the passage from the Crucible, Act I, pages 34 – 35, beginning, “Our difficulty in believing” and ending, “... from that of the arbiter to that of the scourge of God” in order to answer the following questions. 1. From the passage, the reader can infer that Erasmus is a(n)
A. Communist proponent from the mid 1900s
B. long-deceased Lutheran leader
C. deceased man openly denounced by Martin Luther
D. ancient Greek philosopher
E. anarchist from the Napoleonic era

Based on the given quotes, we can infer that Erasmus is:

From the given excerpt and quotes, we can see that there is the mention of Erasmus as a person who was the "scourge of God" and had they had a "difficulty believing".

With this in mind, we are aware that Lutheranism was a movement that was started by Martin Luther King Jr where he made mention about his beliefs of how people should approach God and worship and relate to him.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B

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B. long-deceased Lutheran leader

Explanation:

Erasmus is mentioned in the context of the story of a professor of history who would assemble students in the dark, shaded room “commune in the classroom with Erasmus”

. It is said that the professor was a Lutheran, so we can gather that Erasmus too was a Lutheran, and the important figure – ergo, the Lutheran leader.

Desiderius Erasmus was a scholar and philosopher, who lived from 1469. to 1536. (so a century before events in the play take place). His learnings did lead to reformation and parting with Catholics, although he did not consider himself Lutheran and did not agree with Martin Luther’s ideas.

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chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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