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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the chorus define its time in Canterbury since the Archbishop left seven years previous?
(a) Living and partly suffering.
(b) Living and partly dying.
(c) Dying and partly dying.
(d) Living and partly living.

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

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

4. What would be the most likely reaction of the Canterbury people that this is Beckett's last sermon?
(a) Shock and confusion.
(b) None of these.
(c) Apathy and boredom.
(d) Happiness and celebration.

5. What does Beckett see himself as, in reference to his definitions of martyrdom?
(a) A brave man.
(b) A messenger.
(c) A simple man.
(d) An instrument of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the thought of the First Tempter: "A man will often love what he ______."

2. What literary tool does T.S. Eliot use throughout the Interlude?

3. According to Beckett, who condemned the bishops?

4. What does the Chorus claim is their purpose in the action of the play?

5. What, according to Beckett, is celebrated that day?

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