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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the first scene featuring the three Priests, the Chorus speaks again. What do they wish the Archbishop to do?
(a) Turn the wheel.
(b) Return to France.
(c) Make peace with the King.
(d) Bless them.

2. What character(s) opens the play with the first monologue?
(a) The Priests.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) The Messenger.
(d) Thomas Becket.

3. What does the First Tempter tell Becket he remembers?
(a) The danger he is in.
(b) The hard times of the poor.
(c) The good time past.
(d) His loyalty to the king.

4. According to the Four Tempters, what is man's life?
(a) A cheat and a disappointment.
(b) An inconvenience to God.
(c) A fleeting moment.
(d) A viscious cycle.

5. What, according to the First Tempter, "should be more than biting Time can sever?"
(a) Hope.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Death.
(d) Loyalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ruler of England does the Second Priest refer to as "the stubborn King?"

2. Who are the first two characters who speak of "the wheel" on separate occasions?

3. What does Becket claim is the "substance of our first act?"

4. What is it that the Second Tempter offers Becket?

5. What is one thing the Third Tempter and his party want from Beckett?

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