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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Beckett, what is one way you cannot define a martyr?
(a) A Christian killed because he is a Christian.
(b) Someone killed for the glory of God.
(c) A man given peace by God.
(d) An instrument of God.

2. "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?
(a) The Past.
(b) Fate.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.

3. How do the priests finally get Beckett to go to the altar?
(a) They leave him.
(b) They plead with him
(c) The persuade him.
(d) They force him.

4. What does the Second Tempter tell Beckett he will be like if he continues on course?
(a) An old stag, circled with hounds.
(b) An old fox, circled with hounds.
(c) A young doe, circled with wolves.
(d) An old dog, circled with wolves.

5. Who might be the least likely character to show up to Beckett's sermon?
(a) The Priests.
(b) The Tempters.
(c) Thomas Beckett.
(d) The Chorus..

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beckett insist that the crimes against him should be formally stated?

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

3. What is NOT one of the crimes the Knights accuse Beckett of?

4. Whose idea is being echoed when Beckett talks of the promise of peace being "a disappointment and a cheat?"

5. What does the Third Tempter believe upon his arrival?

(see the answer key)

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