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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Four Tempters, what is man's life?
(a) A viscious cycle.
(b) A fleeting moment.
(c) A cheat and a disappointment.
(d) An inconvenience to God.

2. Who was NOT mentioned in Beckett's sermon?
(a) The disciples.
(b) The Holy Innocents.
(c) Shepards of bethlehem.
(d) St. Stephen.

3. What are the words Beckett quotes from the Bible?
(a) "The Lord is My shepard, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures."
(b) "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
(c) "God bless us, every one."
(d) "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will."

4. What is not one of the ways the Chorus, the priests and the Tempters describe an unexpected death?
(a) Drowning in a ditch.
(b) Attacked by dogs.
(c) Slipping on a step.
(d) Taking a shock to the skull.

5. According to the Third Tempter, what does friendship depend upon?
(a) Circumstance.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Peace.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way that Beckett defines peace?

2. What would be the most likely reaction of the Canterbury people that this is Beckett's last sermon?

3. When the Knights speak, how does the format of the play change?

4. What is the irony that Beckett points out to the Priests upon his entrance in Part II?

5. What is NOT one of the crimes the Knights accuse Beckett of?

(see the answer key)

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