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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Messenger say were the last words of Thomas Becket to the King of England before the Archbishop's exile?
(a) My Lord, I leave England, a land I shall not see again.
(b) My Lord, I leave you as a man, whom you shall not see again for seven years.
(c) My Lord, I leave you as a man, whom you shall see again as an angel.
(d) My Lord, I leave you as a man whom in this life I shall not see again.

2. Who states that "Power is present. Holiness hereafter?"
(a) The Second Tempter.
(b) The Fourth Tempter.
(c) Thomas Beckett.
(d) The Second Tempter.

3. What is the first idea that Becket relates to his audience and what does he insist that the Chorus "know and do not know?"
(a) Action is suffering and suffering is action.
(b) Suffering is everything and everything is suffering.
(c) The world is suffering and they are the world.
(d) Life is suffering and suffering is death.

4. What important message does the Messenger convey to the Priests?
(a) The Archbishop has arrived at the city.
(b) The King has ordered the execution of Thomas Becket.
(c) The Pope has excommunicated the King
(d) The Archbishop has left France.

5. How does the Chorus describe itself?
(a) Lonely folk.
(b) Small folk.
(c) Poor folk.
(d) Representative of all people of Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What group of people does the Chorus consist of?

3. Why does Beckett believe that the local bishops would not support a power move like regaining his Chancellorship?

4. How does the chorus define its time in Canterbury since the Archbishop left seven years previous?

5. How does Thomas Beckett's thought end?: "If the Archbishop cannot trust the Throne/ He has good cause to trust none but _____________"

(see the answer key)

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