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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 call his congregation?
(a) God's worshippers.
(b) Dear children of God..
(c) Beloved children.
(d) My dearest flock.

2. What may be one of the reasons for this sermon?
(a) To explain his actions to himself and his followers.
(b) To help him forgivethe King.
(c) To make the congregation sad.
(d) To frighten his followers into submission.

3. 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.

4. What is not one of the things that the Tempter describes in his flashback of the "good time" Becket used to enjoy in his service to King Henry?
(a) Fluting in the meadows.
(b) Singing at nightfall.
(c) Spring melting the winter ice.
(d) Fires devouring the winter season.

5. What position did Becket resign when he was made Archbishop?
(a) Ambassador.
(b) King.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Chancellor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people does the Chorus consist of?

2. Who might be the least likely character to show up to Beckett's sermon?

3. Defined by Beckett, who was the first martyr whose sacrifice is celebrated the day after Christmas?

4. What month does the Second Tempter say Beckett will have power?

5. Who does Becket say may have intercepted his letters and planned his demise?

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