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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another observation Beckett has about his approaching murder?
(a) He may not be the last martyr.
(b) His death will shame the King.
(c) He will be the first martyr of Canterbury.
(d) His murder will shock the world.

2. Why does Beckett believe the thought of the angels bringing peace is strange?
(a) The world has been struck by war.
(b) The world was already a happy place.
(c) No one listened to them.
(d) The angels ceased to appear

3. What, according to Beckett, is reenacted during Mass?
(a) The Miracles of Christ.
(b) The Birth of Christ.
(c) The Resurrection of Christ.
(d) The Passion and Death of Christ.

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

5. What Biblical quote does Beckett repeat?
(a) "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of goodwill."
(b) "The Lord is My shepard, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures."
(c) "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."
(d) "God bless us, every one."

6. How does Beckett feel about martyrs?
(a) He fears them.
(b) He is apathetic about them.
(c) He admires them.
(d) He is confused by them.

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

8. Looking at the clues in the Interlude, which Tempter proved to be the most successful?
(a) The First.
(b) The Second.
(c) The Third.
(d) The Fourth.

9. What is NOT one of the ways Beckett defines peace?
(a) A wife singing to her children.
(b) Drinking wine with a friend at a table.
(c) Barons at peace with the King.
(d) The Pope at peace with the King.

10. 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 angels.
(d) His disciples.

11. What may be one of the reasons for this sermon?
(a) To frighten his followers into submission.
(b) To help him forgivethe King.
(c) To make the congregation sad.
(d) To explain his actions to himself and his followers.

12. What does Beckett call his congregation?
(a) My dearest flock.
(b) Dear children of God..
(c) Beloved children.
(d) God's worshippers.

13. What is NOT one of the things that Beckett says they rejoice in?
(a) Christ coming for the salvation of men.
(b) The Christmas pageant.
(c) The sacrifice of Christ for our sins.
(d) Taking Communion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT one of the events that Becket describes in the lives of the disciples?

2. In the opening of the Interlude, how does Beckett describe his sermon to the audience?

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

4. 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?

5. What would Beckett have the congregation do?

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