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

2. What are the priests eager to know once the Messenger has delivered his initial message?
(a) If the King has learned of the Archbishop's return from France.
(b) If the King and the Archbishop have made peace.
(c) Where the Archbishop is staying.
(d) How much time they have before the Archbishop arrives.

3. What is the best way to define the style in which T.S. Eliot wrote the Interlude?
(a) Dialogue
(b) Poetry
(c) Blank verse.
(d) Monologue

4. Finish the sentence: "I am not in danger..."
(a) "...only near to the Void."
(b) "...only alone."
(c) "...only near to God."
(d) "... only near to Death."

5. How does the structure of the dialogue change during Becket's first temptation?
(a) All of the characters other than Beckett fall silent.
(b) All of the characters speak in riddles.
(c) The play becomes one monologue.
(d) The First Tempter speaks in verse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the blank:" ...so in Heaven the Saints are most _______, having made themselves most _______..."

2. What literary tool does T.S. Eliot use throughout the Interlude?

3. What is the last thing the Chorus asks Beckett to do?

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

5. What is the name of the Third Knight?

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