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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Priests doing when they enter?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Weeping.

2. What word do the Priests continually mull over?
(a) Today.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) Moment.
(d) Peace.

3. According to Beckett, who condemned the bishops?
(a) The Knights.
(b) Himself.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The King.

4. Which specific Canterbury martyr does Beckett ask the congregation to remember?
(a) St. John the Apostle.
(b) Archbishop Elphage.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) Archbishop Beckett.

5. What is NOT one of the crimes the Knights accuse Beckett of?
(a) Breaking his oath to the King.
(b) Lying.
(c) Betraing the Pope.
(d) Betraying the King.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Beckett believe the thought of the angels bringing peace is strange?

3. What does the Second Priest bring in?

4. What is not one of the things the Knights ask Thomas Beckett to do?

5. How might you define the Knights on their entrance?

(see the answer key)

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