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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last thing the Chorus asks Beckett to do?
(a) Smile for them.
(b) Die for them.
(c) Weep for them.
(d) Pray for them .

2. Who is the leader of the group?
(a) The Second Knight.
(b) The Fourth Knights.
(c) The Third Knight.
(d) The First Knight.

3. Beckett asks the congregation to think about the meaning of what word?
(a) Peace.
(b) War.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) God.

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

5. What does Beckett believe about the peace that the world was promised?
(a) Nothing, he and the people of Canterbury contnue to lead mundane lives.
(b) It's frightening since there have been no angels seen since.
(c) It's laughable since no one has ever felt that peace they were promised.
(d) It's strange since the world has constantly been at war.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the first action that the Second Priest wants to take to welcome the Archbishop back to Canterbury?

4. Which Knight does Beckett single out as a Traitor?

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

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