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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month does the Second Tempter say Beckett will have power?
(a) The last to the last.
(b) The first.
(c) The last from the first.
(d) The first to the second.

2. What is not one of the events of the past seven years that the Chorus describes?
(a) The disappearance of several girls.
(b) The town burning down.
(c) A good harvest.
(d) Brewing beer.

3. In Part One, where does the action of the play take place?
(a) The Archbishop's hall.
(b) Outside the gates of the Cathedral.
(c) The Cathedral.
(d) The King's palace.

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

5. What does the Second Tempter tell Beckett he will be like if he continues on course?
(a) An old stag, circled with hounds.
(b) An old dog, circled with wolves.
(c) An old fox, circled with hounds.
(d) A young doe, circled with wolves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first action that the Second Priest wants to take to welcome the Archbishop back to Canterbury?

2. How does the structure of the dialogue change during Becket's first temptation?

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

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

5. How does the Chorus describe itself?

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