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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is it that the Second Tempter offers Becket?
(a) A new life.
(b) His former political position.
(c) A new love.
(d) The English throne.

3. How does the Fourth Tempter claim Beckett can have ultimate glory and power over the King of England?
(a) By becoming the Chancellor again.
(b) By becoming a martyr.
(c) By giving his money to the people.
(d) By killing the King.

4. To Beckett, what is martyrdom?
(a) It is always a request of angels.
(b) It is the result of cruel men.
(c) It is always the design of God.
(d) An act of chance.

5. What would Beckett have the congregation do?
(a) Remember his words.
(b) See the light.
(c) Avenge his death.
(d) Forget his words.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the best way to define the style in which T.S. Eliot wrote the Interlude?

3. "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?

4. According to the information in the opening monologue, how many years have passed since the Archbishop has left the city?

5. What is another observation Beckett has about his approaching murder?

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