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

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.

jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2022-01-04T11:45:08+01:00

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

B. A long-deceased Lutheran leader

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