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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing the Third Tempter and his party want from Beckett?
(a) The blessing of God.
(b) Happiness for the People of England.
(c) Money.
(d) Favor from the Church.

2. What does Beckett ask the audience to remember about Christmas mass?
(a) The love of God.
(b) The hope and peace it offers.
(c) Its sadness and greatness.
(d) Its meaning and mystery.

3. What Biblical quote does Beckett repeat?
(a) "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of goodwill."
(b) "God bless us, every one."
(c) "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
(d) "The Lord is My shepard, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures."

4. What ruler of England does the Second Priest refer to as "the stubborn King?"
(a) Edward III.
(b) James I.
(c) Henry II.
(d) Richard I.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beckett call his congregation?

2. How many visitors did Beckett expect?

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

4. What, according to Beckett, is celebrated that day?

5. What does the Chorus claim is their purpose in the action of the play?

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