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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The wheel" is spoken of time and time again. In one instance Becket says that "Only the fool, fixed in his folly, may think he can turn the wheel on which he turns." What is the idea of a wheel supposed to symbolize?
(a) Death.
(b) The Past.
(c) Love.
(d) Fate.

2. According to the Third Tempter, what does friendship depend upon?
(a) Time.
(b) Circumstance.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Peace.

3. How many visitors did Beckett expect?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) None.

4. How does the Chorus describe itself?
(a) Poor folk.
(b) Lonely folk.
(c) Representative of all people of Canterbury.
(d) Small folk.

5. Why does Beckett believe that the local bishops would not support a power move like regaining his Chancellorship?
(a) Because he excommunicated them.
(b) Because the Pope would not allow it.
(c) Because the Pope excommunicated Beckett.
(d) Because the King would not allow it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Chorus claim is their purpose in the action of the play?

2. What are the priests eager to know once the Messenger has delivered his initial message?

3. What position did Becket resign when he was made Archbishop?

4. What is not one of the events of the past seven years that the Chorus describes?

5. What is not one of the ways the Chorus, the priests and the Tempters describe an unexpected death?

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