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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that the Second Tempter offers Becket?
(a) His former political position.
(b) The English throne.
(c) A new love.
(d) A new life.

2. Who is the leader of the group?
(a) The First Knight.
(b) The Second Knight.
(c) The Third Knight.
(d) The Fourth Knights.

3. In Part One, where does the action of the play take place?
(a) The Cathedral.
(b) Outside the gates of the Cathedral.
(c) The King's palace.
(d) The Archbishop's hall.

4. What is NOT a reason that Beckett gives for God choosing to have martyrs?
(a) To lead them.
(b) To instill fear in them.
(c) To warn them.
(d) To being mankind back to His ways.

5. How many visitors did Beckett expect?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't the Third Priest see in "the art of temporal government?"

2. Why does Beckett believe that the local bishops would not support a power move like regaining his Chancellorship?

3. In what year does Murder in the Cathedral take place?

4. What does the First Priest compare the women of Canterbury to?

5. What is one way that Beckett defines peace?

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