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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season does the Chorus speak of at the beginning of Part II?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

2. What is the last thing that the Chorus asks from God?
(a) Death.
(b) Hope.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Peace.

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

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

5. When is Holy Innocents Day?
(a) December 26th.
(b) Deceber 29th.
(c) December 28th.
(d) December 25th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the Tempter successful?

2. What do the Priests compare the Knights to?

3. What does Becket claim is the "substance of our first act?"

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

5. According to Beckett, what is one way you cannot define a martyr?

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