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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) The Pope at peace with the King.
(d) Barons at peace with the King.

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

7. What is not one of the topics of Beckett's sermon in the Interlude?
(a) Temptation.
(b) Peace.
(c) The meaning of Christmas.
(d) Martyrdom.

8. What is one way that Beckett defines peace?
(a) The Pope at peace with the King.
(b) The people of Canterbury at peace with their fate.
(c) The entire world at peace with no war in sight.
(d) The kingdom of England at peace with its neighbors.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might the public react this way?

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

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

4. According to Beckett, what is one way you cannot define a martyr?

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

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