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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last thing that the Chorus asks from God?
(a) Hope.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Peace.
(d) Death.

2. What does the scene change to when the Priests and Beckett exit?
(a) The gates.
(b) Cheapside.
(c) The Archbishop's hall.
(d) The cathedral.

3. Who are the Knights loyal to?
(a) Themselves.
(b) The King.
(c) The barons.
(d) The Pope.

4. What is the best way to describe what Beckett seems to feel for his congregation?
(a) Wonder.
(b) Pity.
(c) Love.
(d) Disdain.

5. Who does the Third Tempter represent?
(a) English Merchants.
(b) The King.
(c) English barons.
(d) The People of Canterbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another way Beckett defines peace?

2. What is the year in which Part II takes place?

3. According to the Third Tempter, what does friendship depend upon?

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

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

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