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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Beckett, who condemned the bishops?
(a) The King.
(b) Himself.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The Knights.

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

3. In Part One, where does the action of the play take place?
(a) Outside the gates of the Cathedral.
(b) The King's palace.
(c) The Archbishop's hall.
(d) The Cathedral.

4. Who does Beckett parallel himself with when he says "blood for blood?"
(a) The Knights.
(b) The Priests.
(c) St. Stephen.
(d) Jesus Christ.

5. How does Thomas Beckett's thought end?: "If the Archbishop cannot trust the Throne/ He has good cause to trust none but _____________"
(a) God alone.
(b) His people alone.
(c) The Pope alone.
(d) Himself alone.

Short Answer 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?

2. What literary tool does T.S. Eliot use throughout the Interlude?

3. Which specific Canterbury martyr does Beckett ask the congregation to remember?

4. What does the Third Tempter believe upon his arrival?

5. What is the purpose of the Knights' visit?

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