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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the reasons Beckett would allow himself to be killed?
(a) For the glory of martyrdom.
(b) For revenge.
(c) To prove the King wrong.
(d) To aid in the salvation of man.

2. Who might be the least likely character to show up to Beckett's sermon?
(a) The Tempters.
(b) Thomas Beckett.
(c) The Priests.
(d) The Chorus..

3. What is the first idea that Becket relates to his audience and what does he insist that the Chorus "know and do not know?"
(a) Action is suffering and suffering is action.
(b) Suffering is everything and everything is suffering.
(c) The world is suffering and they are the world.
(d) Life is suffering and suffering is death.

4. Who is the only one who can bring Beckett peace?
(a) The Tempters..
(b) God.
(c) The Knights.
(d) The Chorus.

5. How does the Chorus describe itself?
(a) Small folk.
(b) Lonely folk.
(c) Representative of all people of Canterbury.
(d) Poor folk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not one of the ways the Chorus, the priests and the Tempters describe an unexpected death?

2. According to the information in the opening monologue, how many years have passed since the Archbishop has left the city?

3. How many visitors did Beckett expect?

4. What is the first action that the Second Priest wants to take to welcome the Archbishop back to Canterbury?

5. What does the First Tempter tell Becket he remembers?

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