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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another way Beckett refuses to define a martyr?
(a) Someone who does not desire anything for himself.
(b) Someone who has lost his will to a higher one.
(c) An accident of chance.
(d) Someone both mourned and celebrated.

2. On what date does the Interlude take place?
(a) December 30th.
(b) December 29th.
(c) December 24th.
(d) December 25th.

3. What does Becket call "the springtime fancy?"
(a) Ceremony.
(b) The impossible, the undesirable .
(c) Acrimony.
(d) Leave-well-alone.

4. Which Biblical story does Beckett mention?
(a) The fall of Azrael the angel from Heaven.
(b) The Snake appearing to Eve in the Garden of Eden.
(c) The angels appearing to the sheperds of Bethlehem on Christmas.
(d) Moses parting the Red Sea.

5. According to Beckett, what is one way you cannot define a martyr?
(a) A Christian killed because he is a Christian.
(b) A man given peace by God.
(c) Someone killed for the glory of God.
(d) An instrument of God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Beckett believe about the peace that the world was promised?

3. According to Beckett, who was the Lord speaking to when he said, "My peace I leave you, my peace I give unto you?"

4. How does the Chorus describe itself?

5. What is one of the reasons Beckett would allow himself to be killed?

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