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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing the Third Tempter and his party want from Beckett?
(a) Happiness for the People of England.
(b) Money.
(c) The blessing of God.
(d) Favor from the Church.

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

3. What is the best way to describe what Beckett seems to feel for his congregation?
(a) Disdain.
(b) Pity.
(c) Love.
(d) Wonder.

4. What is NOT one of the things that Beckett says they rejoice in?
(a) The sacrifice of Christ for our sins.
(b) The Christmas pageant.
(c) Taking Communion.
(d) Christ coming for the salvation of men.

5. What does the Messenger say were the last words of Thomas Becket to the King of England before the Archbishop's exile?
(a) My Lord, I leave England, a land I shall not see again.
(b) My Lord, I leave you as a man whom in this life I shall not see again.
(c) My Lord, I leave you as a man, whom you shall see again as an angel.
(d) My Lord, I leave you as a man, whom you shall not see again for seven years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the first Knight believe the audience is rooting for?

2. What does the First Priest bring in?

3. What characters make their first appearance in Part II?

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

5. Where was Beckett born?

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