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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who states that "Power is present. Holiness hereafter?"
(a) The Second Tempter.
(b) The Second Tempter.
(c) Thomas Beckett.
(d) The Fourth Tempter.

2. Fill in the blank: "I leave you to the pleasure of your __________, Which will have to be paid for at ______________."
(a) higher vices; higher prices.
(b) piety; reckoning.
(c) lies; the end.
(d) life; your strife.

3. What does Beckett claim the Fourth Tempter offers?
(a) An End to Suffering.
(b) Promises of Nothing.
(c) Dreams to Damnation.
(d) Hopes that Die.

4. What does the First Priest compare the women of Canterbury to?
(a) Frogs in the treetops.
(b) Worms in the belly.
(c) Chickens in a coop.
(d) Horses in the stalls.

5. What position did Becket resign when he was made Archbishop?
(a) Bishop.
(b) King.
(c) Ambassador.
(d) Chancellor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beckett believe to be the last temptation and what he fears the most?

2. How does the Chorus describe itself?

3. What group of people does the Chorus consist of?

4. What is not one of the things that the Tempter describes in his flashback of the "good time" Becket used to enjoy in his service to King Henry?

5. Who does Becket say saved him from the wrath of his enemies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems to be Becket's hubris that many characters mention and the Tempters attempt to play upon?

2. Why would Becket say this is his last sermon?

3. What is the importance of the banners that the Priests enter with and the mention of all of Saints?

4. What does Becket decide to do by the end of Part I?

5. How does Becket believe man can "mourn and rejoice at once for the same reason?"

6. How does the Chorus perceive the actions of the play and its part in it?

7. How does Becket believe you cannot define a martyr?

8. How do the Priests define the meaning of "to-day?"

9. What does the First Tempter use to entice Thomas Becket?

10. How does Becket get the Priests to unbar the door and allow the Knights to enter?

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