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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. Whose idea is being echoed when Beckett talks of the promise of peace being "a disappointment and a cheat?"
(a) The Four Knights.
(b) The Four Tempters.
(c) The Three Priests.
(d) The Chorus.

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

7. What would Beckett have the congregation do?
(a) Avenge his death.
(b) Forget his words.
(c) Remember his words.
(d) See the light.

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

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

10. What, according to Beckett, is celebrated that day?
(a) The Birth of Christ.
(b) The Passion and Death of Christ
(c) The Miracles of Christ.
(d) The Resurrection of Christ.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beckett believe about the peace that the world was promised?

2. What would be the most likely reaction of the Canterbury people that this is Beckett's last sermon?

3. What is another way Beckett defines peace?

4. Where is the Interlude set?

5. Beckett asks the congregation to think about the meaning of what word?

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