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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Becket resign when he was made Archbishop?
(a) King.
(b) Ambassador.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Chancellor.

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

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

4. What is the first word that Becket speaks on his first entrance?
(a) Wait.
(b) Peace.
(c) No.
(d) Stay.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is not one of the events of the past seven years that the Chorus describes?

4. What does the Messenger call the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?

5. What character(s) opens the play with the first monologue?

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