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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the Tempter successful?
(a) Beckett makes peace with the King.
(b) Beckett makes peace with the barons.
(c) Beckett ends up accepting his fate.
(d) Beckett plans for an escape.

2. Fill in the blank: "I leave you to the pleasure of your __________, Which will have to be paid for at ______________."
(a) lies; the end.
(b) life; your strife.
(c) piety; reckoning.
(d) higher vices; higher prices.

3. What is the best way to define the style in which T.S. Eliot wrote the Interlude?
(a) Poetry
(b) Monologue
(c) Blank verse.
(d) Dialogue

4. What is the first word that Becket speaks on his first entrance?
(a) Stay.
(b) Wait.
(c) Peace.
(d) No.

5. What season does the Chorus speak of at the beginning of Part II?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beckett believes he has already conquered the beasts; how will he have his final triumph?

2. Why does Beckett tell the people that he may never preach to them again?

3. Looking at the clues in the Interlude, which Tempter proved to be the most successful?

4. Why might the public react this way?

5. What is NOT one of the ways Beckett defines peace?

(see the answer key)

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