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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is not one of the ways the Chorus, the priests and the Tempters describe an unexpected death?
(a) Slipping on a step.
(b) Drowning in a ditch.
(c) Attacked by dogs.
(d) Taking a shock to the skull.

3. What does the Messenger call the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?
(a) A violent affair.
(b) A silly affair.
(c) A peaceful affair.
(d) A patched-up affair.

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

5. What does the Third Tempter believe upon his arrival?
(a) He was unexpected.
(b) He was expected.
(c) He is in danger.
(d) He is there to cause confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Third Tempter describe himself?

2. How does Thomas Beckett's thought end?: "If the Archbishop cannot trust the Throne/ He has good cause to trust none but _____________"

3. "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?

4. What does the First Tempter predict for Becket if he does not "leave well alone?"

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

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