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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first word that Becket speaks on his first entrance?
(a) Stay.
(b) No.
(c) Peace.
(d) Wait.

2. What group of people does the Chorus consist of?
(a) The Hand of God.
(b) The Women of Canturbury.
(c) The Poor of Canterbury.
(d) The Ghosts of Canterbury.

3. What was NOT one of the events that Becket describes in the lives of the disciples?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Travel.
(c) Peace.
(d) Disappointment.

4. What are the words Beckett quotes from the Bible?
(a) "The Lord is My shepard, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures."
(b) "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will."
(c) "God bless us, every one."
(d) "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

5. What literary tool does T.S. Eliot use throughout the Interlude?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Free verse.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) String of consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does the Third Priest use to compare the relationship between the King and the Archbishop?

2. What would Beckett have the congregation do?

3. What might be the purpose of the Interlude?

4. Why was the Tempter successful?

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

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