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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was NOT one of the events that Becket describes in the lives of the disciples?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Travel.
(c) Peace.
(d) Imprisonment.

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

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

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

5. What might be the purpose of the Interlude?
(a) To show the audience how unwilling Beckett is concerning his fate.
(b) To prepare the audience for the events of Part II.
(c) To allow the audience a break .
(d) To instill the fear of God .

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

7. What is another way Beckett defines peace?
(a) The stillness of water.
(b) The swept hearth.
(c) The setting sun.
(d) The sleeping dog.

8. To Beckett, what is martyrdom?
(a) It is the result of cruel men.
(b) It is always a request of angels.
(c) It is always the design of God.
(d) An act of chance.

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

10. Where is the Interlude set?
(a) The Archbishop's Hall.
(b) The gates of the Cathedral.
(c) The King's palace.
(d) The Cathedral.

11. Who was NOT mentioned in Beckett's sermon?
(a) The disciples.
(b) St. Stephen.
(c) Shepards of bethlehem.
(d) The Holy Innocents.

12. What is NOT a reason that Beckett gives for God choosing to have martyrs?
(a) To warn them.
(b) To being mankind back to His ways.
(c) To lead them.
(d) To instill fear in them.

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

14. How does Beckett close his sermon?
(a) In Christ's name.
(b) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
(c) God bless us, every one.
(d) Peace on earth, and goodwill toward men.

15. Fill in the blanks: "For who on the world will both _______ and ________ at once and for the same reason?"
(a) Mourn; rejoice.
(b) Stay; go.
(c) Laugh; weep.
(d) Rejoice; weep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT an adjective you might use to define Beckett's sermon?

2. From what Gospel does Beckett quote in the opening of his sermon?

3. Knowing what you know about the situation Beckett is in and his character traits, what might be the most likely way to describe Beckett's state of being after his last speech to his flock?

4. What Biblical quote does Beckett repeat?

5. What is one way that Beckett defines peace?

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