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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the Four Tempters, what is man's life?
(a) An inconvenience to God.
(b) A viscious cycle.
(c) A cheat and a disappointment.
(d) A fleeting moment.

3. What does Becket claim is the "substance of our first act?"
(a) Temptation, and the life with temptation.
(b) God and his mercy.
(c) Shadows, and the strife with shadows.
(d) God and his greatness.

4. What does Beckett claim the Fourth Tempter offers?
(a) Promises of Nothing.
(b) An End to Suffering.
(c) Hopes that Die.
(d) Dreams to Damnation.

5. "The wheel" is spoken of time and time again. In one instance Becket says that "Only the fool, fixed in his folly, may think he can turn the wheel on which he turns." What is the idea of a wheel supposed to symbolize?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) The Past.
(d) Fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Becket say may have intercepted his letters and planned his demise?

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

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

4. What does the Messenger call the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?

5. What are the priests eager to know once the Messenger has delivered his initial message?

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