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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month does the Second Tempter say Beckett will have power?
(a) The first.
(b) The last to the last.
(c) The last from the first.
(d) The first to the second.

2. On what date does the Interlude take place?
(a) December 30th.
(b) December 24th.
(c) December 29th.
(d) December 25th.

3. What is not one of the events of the past seven years that the Chorus describes?
(a) The disappearance of several girls.
(b) Brewing beer.
(c) The town burning down.
(d) A good harvest.

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

5. What does Becket call "the springtime fancy?"
(a) Ceremony.
(b) Acrimony.
(c) Leave-well-alone.
(d) The impossible, the undesirable .

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city of England does the story take place?

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

4. In what city is Beckett's birthplace located?

5. What is one of the reasons Beckett would allow himself to be killed?

(see the answer key)

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