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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is NOT an adjective you might use to define Beckett's sermon?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Accepting.
(d) Ominous.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Beckett, is reenacted during Mass?

2. To Beckett, what is martyrdom?

3. Which Biblical story does Beckett mention?

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

5. What is another way Beckett refuses to define a martyr?

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