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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the only one who can bring Beckett peace?
(a) God.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) The Knights.
(d) The Tempters..

3. Why does Beckett tell the people that he may never preach to them again?
(a) He believes he will be murdered soon.
(b) He doesn't want to give them false hope.
(c) He is out of ideas.
(d) He is too sad to speak any more.

4. What idea does the Fourth Tempter repeat that Beckett voiced on his first entrance?
(a) Everything is suffering and suffering is everthing.
(b) Suffering is life and life is action.
(c) Life is suffering and suffering is death.
(d) Action is suffering and suffering is action.

5. Why was the Tempter successful?
(a) Beckett makes peace with the King.
(b) Beckett plans for an escape.
(c) Beckett makes peace with the barons.
(d) Beckett ends up accepting his fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city of England does the story take place?

2. What might be the purpose of the Interlude?

3. What does Beckett believe about the peace that the world was promised?

4. What is the first action that the Second Priest wants to take to welcome the Archbishop back to Canterbury?

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

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