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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Messenger call the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?
(a) A violent affair.
(b) A patched-up affair.
(c) A peaceful affair.
(d) A silly affair.

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

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

5. How does the Chorus describe itself?
(a) Lonely folk.
(b) Representative of all people of Canterbury.
(c) Small folk.
(d) Poor folk.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the first scene featuring the three Priests, the Chorus speaks again. What do they wish the Archbishop to do?

2. According to the Third Tempter, what does friendship depend upon?

3. What does the Second Tempter tell Beckett he will be like if he continues on course?

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

5. What does the Chorus claim is their purpose in the action of the play?

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