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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beckett ask the audience to remember about Christmas mass?
(a) Its meaning and mystery.
(b) The hope and peace it offers.
(c) Its sadness and greatness.
(d) The love of God.

2. Knowing what you know about the situation Beckett is in and his character traits, what might be the most likely way to describe Beckett's state of being after his last speech to his flock?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Resignation.

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

4. What would be the most likely reaction of the Canterbury people that this is Beckett's last sermon?
(a) Apathy and boredom.
(b) None of these.
(c) Happiness and celebration.
(d) Shock and confusion.

5. What is another way Beckett defines peace?
(a) The sleeping dog.
(b) The swept hearth.
(c) The setting sun.
(d) The stillness of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best way to define the style in which T.S. Eliot wrote the Interlude?

2. Who is the only one who can bring Beckett peace?

3. Fill in the blanks: "For who on the world will both _______ and ________ at once and for the same reason?"

4. In what year does the Interlude take place?

5. What is another observation Beckett has about his approaching murder?

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