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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last word of the Interlude?
(a) God.
(b) Amen.
(c) Peace.
(d) Canterbury.

2. On what date does the Interlude take place?
(a) December 25th.
(b) December 29th.
(c) December 24th.
(d) December 30th.

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

4. According to Beckett, who was the Lord speaking to when he said, "My peace I leave you, my peace I give unto you?"
(a) Beckett himself.
(b) The people of the world.
(c) His disciples.
(d) His angels.

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

6. Why was the Tempter successful?
(a) Beckett makes peace with the barons.
(b) Beckett ends up accepting his fate.
(c) Beckett plans for an escape.
(d) Beckett makes peace with the King.

7. Why does Beckett tell the people that he may never preach to them again?
(a) He is too sad to speak any more.
(b) He is out of ideas.
(c) He doesn't want to give them false hope.
(d) He believes he will be murdered soon.

8. Why might the public react this way?
(a) They have great love and loyalty for Thomas Beckett.
(b) They don't care what happens to Thomas Beckett.
(c) They hate the dictator Archbishop.
(d) They hate the English King.

9. Whose words and ideas does Beckett NOT reference in his sermon?
(a) The Four Tempters.
(b) God.
(c) God's angels.
(d) The Three Priests.

10. How was the Tempter unsuccessful?
(a) Beckett is not dying for glory.
(b) Beckett chooses to live.
(c) Beckett is dying for love.
(d) Beckett is not dying for the King.

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

12. Who is the only one who can bring Beckett peace?
(a) God.
(b) The Tempters..
(c) The Chorus.
(d) The Knights.

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

14. Why does Beckett believe we should celebrate martyrs?
(a) Both.
(b) They die for the salvation of men.
(c) They do it for the glory of God.
(d) Neither.

15. What are the words Beckett quotes from the Bible?
(a) "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will."
(b) "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
(c) "The Lord is My shepard, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures."
(d) "God bless us, every one."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a reason that Beckett gives for God choosing to have martyrs?

2. What is the best way to define the style in which T.S. Eliot wrote the Interlude?

3. Whose idea is being echoed when Beckett talks of the promise of peace being "a disappointment and a cheat?"

4. Out of the following choices, which would be the least likely reason behind the sermon?

5. Fill in the blanks: "For who on the world will both _______ and ________ at once and for the same reason?"

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