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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Beckett close his sermon?
(a) God bless us, every one.
(b) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
(c) Peace on earth, and goodwill toward men.
(d) In Christ's name.

2. What image does the Chorus keep referring to in their speech as Thomas Beckett is killed?
(a) Light.
(b) Blood.
(c) Dark.
(d) War.

3. Finish the thought of the First Tempter: "A man will often love what he ______."
(a) Sees.
(b) Spurns.
(c) Hates.
(d) Misses.

4. What are the words Beckett quotes from the Bible?
(a) "The Lord is My shepard, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures."
(b) "God bless us, every one."
(c) "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
(d) "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will."

5. Who does Becket say may have intercepted his letters and planned his demise?
(a) Greedy merchants.
(b) The King of France.
(c) King Henry II.
(d) Rebellious bishops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the First Tempter tell Becket he remembers?

2. What, according to Beckett, is reenacted during Mass?

3. What does the scene change to when the Priests and Beckett exit?

4. What season does the Chorus speak of at the beginning of Part II?

5. What does Becket call "the springtime fancy?"

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