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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What metaphor does the Third Priest use to compare the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?
(a) A hammer and an anvil.
(b) Fire and water.
(c) A wolf and a sheep.
(d) A rock and a hard place.

4. Who does Becket say may have intercepted his letters and planned his demise?
(a) The King of France.
(b) King Henry II.
(c) Rebellious bishops.
(d) Greedy merchants.

5. How does Thomas Beckett's thought end?: "If the Archbishop cannot trust the Throne/ He has good cause to trust none but _____________"
(a) Himself alone.
(b) The Pope alone.
(c) God alone.
(d) His people alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city of England does the story take place?

2. What ruler of England does the Second Priest refer to as "the stubborn King?"

3. When will the First Tempter remember Becket?

4. What idea does the Fourth Tempter repeat that Beckett voiced on his first entrance?

5. Who does the Third Tempter represent?

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