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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the structure of the dialogue change during Becket's first temptation?
(a) The First Tempter speaks in verse.
(b) All of the characters speak in riddles.
(c) The play becomes one monologue.
(d) All of the characters other than Beckett fall silent.

2. Why does Beckett tell the people that he may never preach to them again?
(a) He is too sad to speak any more.
(b) He is out of ideas.
(c) He believes he will be murdered soon.
(d) He doesn't want to give them false hope.

3. What doesn't the Third Priest see in "the art of temporal government?"
(a) Intrigue.
(b) Frequent Malversation.
(c) Violence.
(d) Duplicity.

4. What character(s) opens the play with the first monologue?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The Priests.
(c) Thomas Becket.
(d) The Messenger.

5. Which specific Canterbury martyr does Beckett ask the congregation to remember?
(a) Archbishop Beckett.
(b) John the Baptist.
(c) Archbishop Elphage.
(d) St. John the Apostle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is not one of the topics of Beckett's sermon in the Interlude?

3. Who was NOT mentioned in Beckett's sermon?

4. How many visitors did Beckett expect?

5. What does Beckett call his congregation?

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