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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish the thought of the First Tempter: "A man will often love what he ______."
(a) Sees.
(b) Misses.
(c) Spurns.
(d) Hates.

2. What is the first action that the Second Priest wants to take to welcome the Archbishop back to Canterbury?
(a) Lead a prayer.
(b) Have a feast.
(c) Throw a celebration in his honor.
(d) Have the fires lit in his rooms.

3. What does Beckett believe to be the last temptation and what he fears the most?
(a) Doing the wrong thing for the right reason.
(b) Dying.
(c) Doing the thing you cannot do.
(d) Doing the right deed for the wrong reason.

4. What month does the Second Tempter say Beckett will have power?
(a) The first to the second.
(b) The first.
(c) The last from the first.
(d) The last to the last.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the feeling of the general public in regard to the Archbishop's return?

2. What does the Messenger say were the last words of Thomas Becket to the King of England before the Archbishop's exile?

3. According to the Chorus, what does the Archbishop bring into Canterbury?

4. Fill in the blank: "I leave you to the pleasure of your __________, Which will have to be paid for at ______________."

5. In what year does Murder in the Cathedral take place?

(see the answer key)

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