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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When will the First Tempter remember Becket?
(a) At night when the fires are lit.
(b) On ChristmasEve.
(c) On Christmas Day.
(d) At kissing time below the stairs.

2. What does Becket call "the springtime fancy?"
(a) Ceremony.
(b) The impossible, the undesirable .
(c) Acrimony.
(d) Leave-well-alone.

3. Who does Becket say saved him from the wrath of his enemies?
(a) John, the Dean of Salisbury.
(b) The Pope.
(c) King Henry II.
(d) The King of France.

4. What is one thing the Third Tempter and his party want from Beckett?
(a) The blessing of God.
(b) Money.
(c) Happiness for the People of England.
(d) Favor from the Church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does the Third Priest use to compare the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?

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

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

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

5. According to the Chorus, what does the Archbishop bring into Canterbury?

(see the answer key)

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