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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the first two characters who speak of "the wheel" on separate occasions?
(a) The First Priest and the First Tempter.
(b) The Chorus and Thomas Becket.
(c) The Third Priest and Thomas Becket.
(d) The First Priest and the Second Priest.

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

3. What are the Priests doing when they enter?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Weeping.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Singing.

4. Finish the thought of the First Tempter: "A man will often love what he ______."
(a) Hates.
(b) Misses.
(c) Sees.
(d) Spurns.

5. How does the First Knight respond when the First Priest offers them dinner?
(a) We must see the Archbishop.
(b) Roast pork is nice.
(c) Business before dinner.
(d) Dinner before business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Beckett, is reenacted during Mass?

2. What does the First Tempter tell Becket he remembers?

3. When the Knights are taunting Beckett, where do they continually ask him to go?

4. Where were the Knights before they came to Canterbury?

5. Why was the Tempter successful?

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