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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the First Tempter tell Becket he remembers?
(a) The good time past.
(b) The hard times of the poor.
(c) The danger he is in.
(d) His loyalty to the king.

3. What is the first idea that Becket relates to his audience and what does he insist that the Chorus "know and do not know?"
(a) Suffering is everything and everything is suffering.
(b) The world is suffering and they are the world.
(c) Life is suffering and suffering is death.
(d) Action is suffering and suffering is action.

4. Fill in the blank: "I leave you to the pleasure of your __________, Which will have to be paid for at ______________."
(a) higher vices; higher prices.
(b) piety; reckoning.
(c) lies; the end.
(d) life; your strife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the First Priest believe was Becket's character flaw that ultimately brought an end to his friendship with the King?

2. What does Becket call "the springtime fancy?"

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

4. What does the First Priest compare the women of Canterbury to?

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

(see the answer key)

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