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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea does the Fourth Tempter repeat that Beckett voiced on his first entrance?
(a) Life is suffering and suffering is death.
(b) Action is suffering and suffering is action.
(c) Suffering is life and life is action.
(d) Everything is suffering and suffering is everthing.

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

3. What does the First Priest believe was Becket's character flaw that ultimately brought an end to his friendship with the King?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Cowardliness.
(c) Self-loathing.
(d) Pride.

4. Who states that "Power is present. Holiness hereafter?"
(a) Thomas Beckett.
(b) The Second Tempter.
(c) The Second Tempter.
(d) The Fourth Tempter.

5. How does the Third Tempter describe himself?
(a) A rough and angry follower of the king
(b) A surly English peasant
(c) A man who is rich in spirit
(d) A rough, straightforward Englishman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part One, where does the action of the play take place?

2. When will the First Tempter remember Becket?

3. According to the information in the opening monologue, how many years have passed since the Archbishop has left the city?

4. What does Beckett believe to be the last temptation and what he fears the most?

5. What is one thing the Third Tempter and his party want from Beckett?

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