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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the first scene featuring the three Priests, the Chorus speaks again. What do they wish the Archbishop to do?
(a) Turn the wheel.
(b) Make peace with the King.
(c) Bless them.
(d) Return to France.

2. Finish the thought of the First Tempter: "A man will often love what he ______."
(a) Sees.
(b) Hates.
(c) Misses.
(d) Spurns.

3. What does the First Priest compare the women of Canterbury to?
(a) Chickens in a coop.
(b) Worms in the belly.
(c) Frogs in the treetops.
(d) Horses in the stalls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Third Tempter describe himself?

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

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

4. How does the Fourth Tempter claim Beckett can have ultimate glory and power over the King of England?

5. What is the first idea that Becket relates to his audience and what does he insist that the Chorus "know and do not know?"

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