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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the chorus define its time in Canterbury since the Archbishop left seven years previous?
(a) Living and partly suffering.
(b) Living and partly dying.
(c) Dying and partly dying.
(d) Living and partly living.

2. According to Beckett's speech, what was the fate of the disciples?
(a) Peace in Heaven.
(b) A happy ending.
(c) Death by martyrdom.
(d) Death by crucifixion.

3. Who states that "Power is present. Holiness hereafter?"
(a) The Fourth Tempter.
(b) The Second Tempter.
(c) Thomas Beckett.
(d) The Second Tempter.

4. According to the information in the opening monologue, how many years have passed since the Archbishop has left the city?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

5. What is the first idea that Becket relates to his audience and what does he insist that the Chorus "know and do not know?"
(a) Suffering is everything and everything is suffering.
(b) The world is suffering and they are the world.
(c) Life is suffering and suffering is death.
(d) Action is suffering and suffering is action.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a reason that Beckett gives for God choosing to have martyrs?

2. What is an effective speaking tool that Beckett uses in his speech?

3. What is not one of the ways the Chorus, the priests and the Tempters describe an unexpected death?

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

5. Out of the following choices, which would be the least likely reason behind the sermon?

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