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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 claim is the "substance of our first act?"
(a) God and his greatness.
(b) God and his mercy.
(c) Temptation, and the life with temptation.
(d) Shadows, and the strife with shadows.

2. What character(s) opens the play with the first monologue?
(a) The Messenger.
(b) Thomas Becket.
(c) The Priests.
(d) The Chorus.

3. In what city of England does the story take place?
(a) York.
(b) London.
(c) Canterbury.
(d) Cambridge.

4. What is the first action that the Second Priest wants to take to welcome the Archbishop back to Canterbury?
(a) Lead a prayer.
(b) Have a feast.
(c) Throw a celebration in his honor.
(d) Have the fires lit in his rooms.

5. What doesn't the Third Priest see in "the art of temporal government?"
(a) Intrigue.
(b) Violence.
(c) Frequent Malversation.
(d) Duplicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thomas Beckett's thought end?: "If the Archbishop cannot trust the Throne/ He has good cause to trust none but _____________"

2. What is the feeling of the general public in regard to the Archbishop's return?

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

4. Why is the fourth visitor the most successful Tempter?

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

(see the answer key)

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