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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who are the first two characters who speak of "the wheel" on separate occasions?
(a) The First Priest and the First Tempter.
(b) The Third Priest and Thomas Becket.
(c) The Chorus and Thomas Becket.
(d) The First Priest and the Second Priest.

4. On what date does the Interlude take place?
(a) December 24th.
(b) December 25th.
(c) December 30th.
(d) December 29th.

5. What does the First Tempter tell Becket he remembers?
(a) The hard times of the poor.
(b) The danger he is in.
(c) His loyalty to the king.
(d) The good time past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the First Priest bring in?

2. In Part One, where does the action of the play take place?

3. Why does Beckett believe we should celebrate martyrs?

4. What is NOT one of the instructions of the First Knight to the other three?

5. What is the first action that the Second Priest wants to take to welcome the Archbishop back to Canterbury?

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