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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 Beckett claim the Fourth Tempter offers?
(a) Hopes that Die.
(b) An End to Suffering.
(c) Dreams to Damnation.
(d) Promises of Nothing.

2. 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 you as a man whom in this life I shall not see again.
(b) My Lord, I leave you as a man, whom you shall see again as an angel.
(c) My Lord, I leave you as a man, whom you shall not see again for seven years.
(d) My Lord, I leave England, a land I shall not see again.

3. "The wheel" is spoken of time and time again. In one instance Becket says that "Only the fool, fixed in his folly, may think he can turn the wheel on which he turns." What is the idea of a wheel supposed to symbolize?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) The Past.
(d) Fate.

4. What does Beckett believe to be the last temptation and what he fears the most?
(a) Dying.
(b) Doing the thing you cannot do.
(c) Doing the right deed for the wrong reason.
(d) Doing the wrong thing for the right reason.

5. How does the Third Tempter describe himself?
(a) A rough, straightforward Englishman.
(b) A rough and angry follower of the king
(c) A surly English peasant
(d) A man who is rich in spirit

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Becket resign when he was made Archbishop?

2. What does the First Tempter predict for Becket if he does not "leave well alone?"

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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