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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year does Murder in the Cathedral take place?
(a) 1170.
(b) 1710.
(c) 1077.
(d) 1070.

3. What ruler of England does the Second Priest refer to as "the stubborn King?"
(a) James I.
(b) Richard I.
(c) Edward III.
(d) Henry II.

4. What is the feeling of the general public in regard to the Archbishop's return?
(a) Enthusiasm.
(b) Apprehension.
(c) Fear.
(d) Indifference.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What doesn't the Third Priest see in "the art of temporal government?"

4. What is not one of the things that the Tempter describes in his flashback of the "good time" Becket used to enjoy in his service to King Henry?

5. What is not one of the ways the Chorus, the priests and the Tempters describe an unexpected death?

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