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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who might be the least likely character to show up to Beckett's sermon?
(a) The Chorus..
(b) The Tempters.
(c) The Priests.
(d) Thomas Beckett.

2. 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.

3. Which specific Canterbury martyr does Beckett ask the congregation to remember?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Archbishop Beckett.
(c) St. John the Apostle.
(d) Archbishop Elphage.

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

5. What group of people does the Chorus consist of?
(a) The Poor of Canterbury.
(b) The Ghosts of Canterbury.
(c) The Hand of God.
(d) The Women of Canturbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the priests eager to know once the Messenger has delivered his initial message?

2. What is NOT one of the ways Beckett defines peace?

3. What is the last word of the Interlude?

4. Whose idea is being echoed when Beckett talks of the promise of peace being "a disappointment and a cheat?"

5. What month does the Second Tempter say Beckett will have power?

(see the answer key)

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