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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) Acrimony.
(b) Leave-well-alone.
(c) Ceremony.
(d) The impossible, the undesirable .

2. What metaphor does the Third Priest use to compare the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?
(a) A hammer and an anvil.
(b) A rock and a hard place.
(c) Fire and water.
(d) A wolf and a sheep.

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

4. What does the Third Tempter believe upon his arrival?
(a) He is there to cause confusion.
(b) He was expected.
(c) He is in danger.
(d) He was unexpected.

5. How does the Second Tempter claim real power is purchased?
(a) At price of a certain submission.
(b) At price of his devotion to God.
(c) At price of an uncertain quantity.
(d) At price of his immortal soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character(s) opens the play with the first monologue?

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

3. Who does the Third Tempter represent?

4. According to the Four Tempters, what is man's life?

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

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