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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was NOT mentioned in Beckett's sermon?
(a) St. Stephen.
(b) The Holy Innocents.
(c) The disciples.
(d) Shepards of bethlehem.

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

5. What is not one of the events of the past seven years that the Chorus describes?
(a) A good harvest.
(b) The disappearance of several girls.
(c) The town burning down.
(d) Brewing beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Chorus, what does the Archbishop bring into Canterbury?

2. Which Biblical story does Beckett mention?

3. What, according to the First Tempter, "should be more than biting Time can sever?"

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. What does Beckett call his congregation?

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