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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why might the public react this way?
(a) They hate the dictator Archbishop.
(b) They have great love and loyalty for Thomas Beckett.
(c) They don't care what happens to Thomas Beckett.
(d) They hate the English King.

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

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

4. What does Beckett ask the audience to remember about Christmas mass?
(a) Its sadness and greatness.
(b) Its meaning and mystery.
(c) The hope and peace it offers.
(d) The love of God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the chorus define its time in Canterbury since the Archbishop left seven years previous?

2. How does the structure of the dialogue change during Becket's first temptation?

3. What is not one of the things that the Tempter describes in his flashback of the "good time" Becket used to enjoy in his service to King Henry?

4. To Beckett, what is martyrdom?

5. In what year does Murder in the Cathedral take place?

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