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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the fourth visitor the most successful Tempter?
(a) He helps Beckett find peace.
(b) He voices Beckett's own desires.
(c) He makes peace between Beckett and the King.
(d) He represents the people.

2. In Part One, where does the action of the play take place?
(a) The Cathedral.
(b) Outside the gates of the Cathedral.
(c) The King's palace.
(d) The Archbishop's hall.

3. In what year does Murder in the Cathedral take place?
(a) 1710.
(b) 1077.
(c) 1070.
(d) 1170.

4. What group of people does the Chorus consist of?
(a) The Hand of God.
(b) The Ghosts of Canterbury.
(c) The Poor of Canterbury.
(d) The Women of Canturbury.

5. What character(s) opens the play with the first monologue?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The Priests.
(c) The Messenger.
(d) Thomas Becket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the First Priest compare the women of Canterbury to?

2. What does the Messenger say were the last words of Thomas Becket to the King of England before the Archbishop's exile?

3. What are the priests eager to know once the Messenger has delivered his initial message?

4. What doesn't the Third Priest see in "the art of temporal government?"

5. How does the Second Tempter claim real power is purchased?

(see the answer key)

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