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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Beckett born?
(a) Cheapside.
(b) King's Cross.
(c) Camden .
(d) Chiswick.

2. How does Beckett feel about martyrs?
(a) He is confused by them.
(b) He admires them.
(c) He fears them.
(d) He is apathetic about them.

3. What are the words Beckett quotes from the Bible?
(a) "God bless us, every one."
(b) "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will."
(c) "The Lord is My shepard, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures."
(d) "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."

4. Where were the Knights before they came to Canterbury?
(a) France.
(b) In Exile.
(c) England.
(d) The Ocean.

5. What is NOT one of names Beckett calls out to before he dies?
(a) Paul.
(b) Peter.
(c) Mary.
(d) Stephen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the scene change to when the Priests and Beckett exit?

2. How does the Third Tempter describe himself?

3. What does Beckett see himself as, in reference to his definitions of martyrdom?

4. Beckett asks the congregation to think about the meaning of what word?

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

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