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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. When will the First Tempter remember Becket?
(a) At night when the fires are lit.
(b) On ChristmasEve.
(c) On Christmas Day.
(d) At kissing time below the stairs.

2. Why does Beckett believe that the local bishops would not support a power move like regaining his Chancellorship?
(a) Because the Pope would not allow it.
(b) Because the King would not allow it.
(c) Because he excommunicated them.
(d) Because the Pope excommunicated Beckett.

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

4. What is one thing the Third Tempter and his party want from Beckett?
(a) Favor from the Church.
(b) The blessing of God.
(c) Happiness for the People of England.
(d) Money.

5. After the first scene featuring the three Priests, the Chorus speaks again. What do they wish the Archbishop to do?
(a) Turn the wheel.
(b) Bless them.
(c) Return to France.
(d) Make peace with the King.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Third Tempter, what does friendship depend upon?

2. In what year does Murder in the Cathedral take place?

3. 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?

4. How many visitors did Beckett expect?

5. What does the Second Tempter tell Beckett he will be like if he continues on course?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the initial and more general accusation the Knights' hold against the Archbishop?

2. What is life like for the Chorus of women in Canterbury?

3. How do the Knights taunt Becket upon their entrance into the Cathedral?

4. What is the opinion of the three priests on the subject of Becket's homecoming to Canterbury?

5. After the temptations, what do the Priests want Becket to do? Why?

6. What are the tactics that Eliot writes into the speech of the Second Knight to persuade the audience to see their point of view?

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

8. What is the Interlude?

9. After the temptations, what do the Chorus want Becket to do? Why?

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

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