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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be the most likely reaction of the Canterbury people that this is Beckett's last sermon?
(a) Happiness and celebration.
(b) Shock and confusion.
(c) None of these.
(d) Apathy and boredom.

2. At what time of day does the sermon take place?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Morning.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Evening.

3. What is one of the reasons Beckett would allow himself to be killed?
(a) For the glory of martyrdom.
(b) To aid in the salvation of man.
(c) To prove the King wrong.
(d) For revenge.

4. Out of the following choices, which would be the least likely reason behind the sermon?
(a) To submit to the Tempters.
(b) To prepare his followers for his death.
(c) To help define peace for his congregation.
(d) To celebrate martyrdom.

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

6. According to Beckett, what is one way you cannot define a martyr?
(a) A man given peace by God.
(b) Someone killed for the glory of God.
(c) An instrument of God.
(d) A Christian killed because he is a Christian.

7. What is the best way to describe what Beckett seems to feel for his congregation?
(a) Disdain.
(b) Love.
(c) Wonder.
(d) Pity.

8. From what Gospel does Beckett quote in the opening of his sermon?
(a) Michael
(b) Luke
(c) Genesis
(d) John

9. What literary tool does T.S. Eliot use throughout the Interlude?
(a) String of consciousness.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Hyperbole.

10. Who might be the least likely character to show up to Beckett's sermon?
(a) The Tempters.
(b) The Priests.
(c) The Chorus..
(d) Thomas Beckett.

11. Fill in the blank:" ...so in Heaven the Saints are most _______, having made themselves most _______..."
(a) Low; high
(b) Dead; alive.
(c) High; low.
(d) At peace; at war

12. According to Beckett's speech, what was the fate of the disciples?
(a) A happy ending.
(b) Peace in Heaven.
(c) Death by crucifixion.
(d) Death by martyrdom.

13. In what year does the Interlude take place?
(a) 1117.
(b) 1070.
(c) 1007.
(d) 1170.

14. In the opening of the Interlude, how does Beckett describe his sermon to the audience?
(a) Important.
(b) Short.
(c) Sad.
(d) Joyful.

15. What is another way Beckett refuses to define a martyr?
(a) Someone who does not desire anything for himself.
(b) An accident of chance.
(c) Someone who has lost his will to a higher one.
(d) Someone both mourned and celebrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What may be one of the reasons for this sermon?

2. What is an effective speaking tool that Beckett uses in his speech?

3. Whose words and ideas does Beckett NOT reference in his sermon?

4. What is not one of the topics of Beckett's sermon in the Interlude?

5. What is another way Beckett defines peace?

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