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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the Knights before they came to Canterbury?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) The Ocean.
(d) In Exile.

2. 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?
(a) Fires devouring the winter season.
(b) Spring melting the winter ice.
(c) Singing at nightfall.
(d) Fluting in the meadows.

3. From what Gospel does Beckett quote in the opening of his sermon?
(a) John
(b) Luke
(c) Michael
(d) Genesis

4. Who are the Knights loyal to?
(a) The King.
(b) The Pope.
(c) Themselves.
(d) The barons.

5. "The wheel" is spoken of time and time again. In one instance Becket says that "Only the fool, fixed in his folly, may think he can turn the wheel on which he turns." What is the idea of a wheel supposed to symbolize?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Fate.
(d) The Past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things that Beckett says they rejoice in?

2. Who does the Third Tempter represent?

3. What does the Chorus continue to reference in the speech that begins, "I have smelt them, the death-bringers..."

4. What are the Priests doing when they enter?

5. What is another way Beckett refuses to define a martyr?

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