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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor does the Third Priest use to compare the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?
(a) A hammer and an anvil.
(b) Fire and water.
(c) A rock and a hard place.
(d) A wolf and a sheep.

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

3. In what city is Beckett's birthplace located?
(a) England.
(b) London.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the chorus define its time in Canterbury since the Archbishop left seven years previous?

3. What character(s) opens the play with the first monologue?

4. What, according to the First Tempter, "should be more than biting Time can sever?"

5. What does the First Priest compare the women of Canterbury to?

(see the answer key)

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