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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thomas Beckett's thought end?: "If the Archbishop cannot trust the Throne/ He has good cause to trust none but _____________"
(a) Himself alone.
(b) God alone.
(c) His people alone.
(d) The Pope alone.

2. Why does Beckett believe that the local bishops would not support a power move like regaining his Chancellorship?
(a) Because he excommunicated them.
(b) Because the Pope excommunicated Beckett.
(c) Because the King would not allow it.
(d) Because the Pope would not allow it.

3. What is one thing the Third Tempter and his party want from Beckett?
(a) The blessing of God.
(b) Favor from the Church.
(c) Happiness for the People of England.
(d) Money.

4. "The wheel" is spoken of time and time again. In one instance Becket says that "Only the fool, fixed in his folly, may think he can turn the wheel on which he turns." What is the idea of a wheel supposed to symbolize?
(a) Love.
(b) Fate.
(c) Death.
(d) The Past.

5. According to the Third Tempter, what does friendship depend upon?
(a) Peace.
(b) Time.
(c) Circumstance.
(d) Happiness.

6. What idea does the Fourth Tempter repeat that Beckett voiced on his first entrance?
(a) Suffering is life and life is action.
(b) Action is suffering and suffering is action.
(c) Everything is suffering and suffering is everthing.
(d) Life is suffering and suffering is death.

7. What does Becket claim is the "substance of our first act?"
(a) Shadows, and the strife with shadows.
(b) God and his mercy.
(c) God and his greatness.
(d) Temptation, and the life with temptation.

8. What is the feeling of the general public in regard to the Archbishop's return?
(a) Enthusiasm.
(b) Apprehension.
(c) Fear.
(d) Indifference.

9. How does the Fourth Tempter claim Beckett can have ultimate glory and power over the King of England?
(a) By becoming the Chancellor again.
(b) By killing the King.
(c) By becoming a martyr.
(d) By giving his money to the people.

10. What does the First Tempter predict for Becket if he does not "leave well alone?"
(a) HIs goose may be cooked.
(b) His fat lady will sing.
(c) God will show his wrath.
(d) Everything will be set right.

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

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

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

14. How does the Second Tempter claim real power is purchased?
(a) At price of an uncertain quantity.
(b) At price of his immortal soul.
(c) At price of his devotion to God.
(d) At price of a certain submission.

15. What does the Messenger call the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?
(a) A peaceful affair.
(b) A violent affair.
(c) A silly affair.
(d) A patched-up affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the first two characters who speak of "the wheel" on separate occasions?

2. What, according to the First Tempter, "should be more than biting Time can sever?"

3. What is not one of the events of the past seven years that the Chorus describes?

4. When will the First Tempter remember Becket?

5. What is the first word that Becket speaks on his first entrance?

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