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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 Becket call "the springtime fancy?"
(a) Ceremony.
(b) Acrimony.
(c) Leave-well-alone.
(d) The impossible, the undesirable .

2. Why does Beckett believe that the local bishops would not support a power move like regaining his Chancellorship?
(a) Because the Pope excommunicated Beckett.
(b) Because he excommunicated them.
(c) Because the King would not allow it.
(d) Because the Pope would not allow it.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the first scene featuring the three Priests, the Chorus speaks again. What do they wish the Archbishop to do?

2. What important message does the Messenger convey to the Priests?

3. Who states that "Power is present. Holiness hereafter?"

4. What, according to the First Tempter, "should be more than biting Time can sever?"

5. Who does Becket say may have intercepted his letters and planned his demise?

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