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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Third Tempter, what does friendship depend upon?
(a) Time.
(b) Circumstance.
(c) Peace.
(d) Happiness.

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the first two characters who speak of "the wheel" on separate occasions?

2. What is it that the Second Tempter offers Becket?

3. Finish the thought of the First Tempter: "A man will often love what he ______."

4. How does the chorus define its time in Canterbury since the Archbishop left seven years previous?

5. How many visitors did Beckett expect?

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