Murder in the Cathedral Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Murder in the Cathedral Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beckett believe to be the last temptation and what he fears the most?
(a) Doing the wrong thing for the right reason.
(b) Doing the thing you cannot do.
(c) Dying.
(d) Doing the right deed for the wrong reason.

2. What does Beckett claim the Fourth Tempter offers?
(a) Hopes that Die.
(b) Promises of Nothing.
(c) Dreams to Damnation.
(d) An End to Suffering.

3. Where is the Interlude set?
(a) The Cathedral.
(b) The King's palace.
(c) The Archbishop's Hall.
(d) The gates of the Cathedral.

4. 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 you shall see again as an angel.
(c) My Lord, I leave you as a man, whom you shall not see again for seven years.
(d) My Lord, I leave you as a man whom in this life I shall not see again.

5. According to Beckett, who was the Lord speaking to when he said, "My peace I leave you, my peace I give unto you?"
(a) His angels.
(b) His disciples.
(c) Beckett himself.
(d) The people of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first word that Becket speaks on his first entrance?

2. What is the best way to define the style in which T.S. Eliot wrote the Interlude?

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

4. What important message does the Messenger convey to the Priests?

5. What does Becket claim is the "substance of our first act?"

(see the answer key)

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