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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Four Tempters, what is man's life?
(a) A viscious cycle.
(b) A fleeting moment.
(c) An inconvenience to God.
(d) A cheat and a disappointment.

2. What does Becket claim is the "substance of our first act?"
(a) Temptation, and the life with temptation.
(b) God and his greatness.
(c) God and his mercy.
(d) Shadows, and the strife with shadows.

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

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

5. What does Beckett believe to be the last temptation and what he fears the most?
(a) Doing the wrong thing for the right reason.
(b) Dying.
(c) Doing the right deed for the wrong reason.
(d) Doing the thing you cannot do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people does the Chorus consist of?

2. How does the Third Tempter describe himself?

3. Defined by Beckett, who was the first martyr whose sacrifice is celebrated the day after Christmas?

4. Whose words and ideas does Beckett NOT reference in his sermon?

5. According to Beckett's speech, what was the fate of the disciples?

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