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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who might be the least likely character to show up to Beckett's sermon?
(a) The Chorus..
(b) The Tempters.
(c) Thomas Beckett.
(d) The Priests.

2. In what city of England does the story take place?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) London.
(c) York.
(d) Canterbury.

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

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

5. What, according to the First Tempter, "should be more than biting Time can sever?"
(a) Hope.
(b) Death.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Loyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not one of the ways the Chorus, the priests and the Tempters describe an unexpected death?

2. In the opening of the Interlude, how does Beckett describe his sermon to the audience?

3. How many visitors did Beckett expect?

4. Which specific Canterbury martyr does Beckett ask the congregation to remember?

5. What idea does the Fourth Tempter repeat that Beckett voiced on his first entrance?

(see the answer key)

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