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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea does the Fourth Tempter repeat that Beckett voiced on his first entrance?
(a) Action is suffering and suffering is action.
(b) Life is suffering and suffering is death.
(c) Suffering is life and life is action.
(d) Everything is suffering and suffering is everthing.

2. What does the First Priest compare the women of Canterbury to?
(a) Horses in the stalls.
(b) Chickens in a coop.
(c) Frogs in the treetops.
(d) Worms in the belly.

3. What is the name of the First Knight?
(a) Reginald Fitz Urse.
(b) William de Traci.
(c) Hugh de Morville.
(d) Richard Brito.

4. What part of the Knights' claim does Beckett doubt to be true?
(a) That they will realy try to kill him.
(b) That he is prideful.
(c) That his crimes are true.
(d) That the King sent them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first word that Becket speaks on his first entrance?

2. What does the Third Tempter believe upon his arrival?

3. What does the scene change to when the Priests and Beckett exit?

4. What metaphor does the Third Priest use to compare the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?

5. What characters make their first appearance in Part II?

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