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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thomas Beckett's thought end?: "If the Archbishop cannot trust the Throne/ He has good cause to trust none but _____________"
(a) His people alone.
(b) The Pope alone.
(c) God alone.
(d) Himself alone.

2. How does the Third Tempter describe himself?
(a) A rough, straightforward Englishman.
(b) A rough and angry follower of the king
(c) A man who is rich in spirit
(d) A surly English peasant

3. When will the First Tempter remember Becket?
(a) At night when the fires are lit.
(b) On ChristmasEve.
(c) At kissing time below the stairs.
(d) On Christmas Day.

4. How does the Fourth Tempter claim Beckett can have ultimate glory and power over the King of England?
(a) By giving his money to the people.
(b) By becoming a martyr.
(c) By becoming the Chancellor again.
(d) By killing the King.

5. Why is the fourth visitor the most successful Tempter?
(a) He helps Beckett find peace.
(b) He represents the people.
(c) He voices Beckett's own desires.
(d) He makes peace between Beckett and the King.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beckett claim the Fourth Tempter offers?

2. What does the Third Tempter believe upon his arrival?

3. What does the Chorus claim is their purpose in the action of the play?

4. Who does the Third Tempter represent?

5. "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?

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