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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Out of the following choices, which would be the least likely reason behind the sermon?
(a) To celebrate martyrdom.
(b) To prepare his followers for his death.
(c) To help define peace for his congregation.
(d) To submit to the Tempters.

2. What is the best way to define the style in which T.S. Eliot wrote the Interlude?
(a) Dialogue
(b) Poetry
(c) Monologue
(d) Blank verse.

3. Why does Beckett believe the thought of the angels bringing peace is strange?
(a) No one listened to them.
(b) The world was already a happy place.
(c) The angels ceased to appear
(d) The world has been struck by war.

4. What literary tool does T.S. Eliot use throughout the Interlude?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Free verse.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) String of consciousness.

5. Looking at the clues in the Interlude, which Tempter proved to be the most successful?
(a) The First.
(b) The Fourth.
(c) The Second.
(d) The Third.

6. Beckett asks the congregation to think about the meaning of what word?
(a) Peace.
(b) War.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) God.

7. In the opening of the Interlude, how does Beckett describe his sermon to the audience?
(a) Important.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Short.
(d) Sad.

8. Who was NOT mentioned in Beckett's sermon?
(a) The Holy Innocents.
(b) The disciples.
(c) St. Stephen.
(d) Shepards of bethlehem.

9. What is an effective speaking tool that Beckett uses in his speech?
(a) Repetition.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Tears.
(d) Hyperbole.

10. Why was the Tempter successful?
(a) Beckett makes peace with the King.
(b) Beckett ends up accepting his fate.
(c) Beckett makes peace with the barons.
(d) Beckett plans for an escape.

11. 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 disciples.
(b) The people of the world.
(c) Beckett himself.
(d) His angels.

12. What is NOT one of the ways Beckett defines peace?
(a) A wife singing to her children.
(b) The Pope at peace with the King.
(c) Barons at peace with the King.
(d) Drinking wine with a friend at a table.

13. What does Beckett believe about the peace that the world was promised?
(a) Nothing, he and the people of Canterbury contnue to lead mundane lives.
(b) It's laughable since no one has ever felt that peace they were promised.
(c) It's frightening since there have been no angels seen since.
(d) It's strange since the world has constantly been at war.

14. What, according to Beckett, is celebrated that day?
(a) The Resurrection of Christ.
(b) The Passion and Death of Christ
(c) The Miracles of Christ.
(d) The Birth of Christ.

15. Which is NOT an adjective you might use to define Beckett's sermon?
(a) Ominous.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Accepting.
(d) Passionate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What may be one of the reasons for this sermon?

2. What is the last word of the Interlude?

3. What Biblical quote does Beckett repeat?

4. What are the words Beckett quotes from the Bible?

5. What would be the most likely reaction of the Canterbury people that this is Beckett's last sermon?

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