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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When will the First Tempter remember Becket?
(a) At kissing time below the stairs.
(b) At night when the fires are lit.
(c) On Christmas Day.
(d) On ChristmasEve.

2. What does Beckett see himself as, in reference to his definitions of martyrdom?
(a) A simple man.
(b) An instrument of God.
(c) A brave man.
(d) A messenger.

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

4. What are the priests eager to know once the Messenger has delivered his initial message?
(a) Where the Archbishop is staying.
(b) If the King and the Archbishop have made peace.
(c) If the King has learned of the Archbishop's return from France.
(d) How much time they have before the Archbishop arrives.

5. What does Beckett believe about the peace that the world was promised?
(a) It's frightening since there have been no angels seen since.
(b) It's laughable since no one has ever felt that peace they were promised.
(c) It's strange since the world has constantly been at war.
(d) Nothing, he and the people of Canterbury contnue to lead mundane lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the ways Beckett defines peace?

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

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

4. Fill in the blank:" ...so in Heaven the Saints are most _______, having made themselves most _______..."

5. What may be one of the reasons for this sermon?

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