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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season does the Chorus speak of at the beginning of Part II?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

2. "The wheel" is spoken of time and time again. In one instance Becket says that "Only the fool, fixed in his folly, may think he can turn the wheel on which he turns." What is the idea of a wheel supposed to symbolize?
(a) Love.
(b) The Past.
(c) Fate.
(d) Death.

3. What is another way Beckett defines peace?
(a) The setting sun.
(b) The sleeping dog.
(c) The swept hearth.
(d) The stillness of water.

4. Whose words and ideas does Beckett NOT reference in his sermon?
(a) The Four Tempters.
(b) God.
(c) The Three Priests.
(d) God's angels.

5. According to the information in the opening monologue, how many years have passed since the Archbishop has left the city?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leader of the group?

2. How does the Second Knight believe violence is justified?

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

4. According to Beckett, who was the Lord speaking to when he said, "My peace I leave you, my peace I give unto you?"

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

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