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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Beckett believe the thought of the angels bringing peace is strange?
(a) The world has been struck by war.
(b) The world was already a happy place.
(c) The angels ceased to appear
(d) No one listened to them.

2. What is the best way to describe what Beckett seems to feel for his congregation?
(a) Wonder.
(b) Disdain.
(c) Pity.
(d) Love.

3. In the opening of the Interlude, how does Beckett describe his sermon to the audience?
(a) Sad.
(b) Short.
(c) Important.
(d) Joyful.

4. What Biblical quote does Beckett repeat?
(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 goodwill."
(c) "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."
(d) "God bless us, every one."

5. Why was the Tempter successful?
(a) Beckett makes peace with the King.
(b) Beckett plans for an escape.
(c) Beckett ends up accepting his fate.
(d) Beckett makes peace with the barons.

6. Beckett asks the congregation to think about the meaning of what word?
(a) God.
(b) Peace.
(c) War.
(d) Sacrifice.

7. What might be the purpose of the Interlude?
(a) To instill the fear of God .
(b) To allow the audience a break .
(c) To show the audience how unwilling Beckett is concerning his fate.
(d) To prepare the audience for the events of Part II.

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

9. What are the words Beckett quotes from the Bible?
(a) "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."
(b) "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will."
(c) "God bless us, every one."
(d) "The Lord is My shepard, I shall not want; He makes me lie down in green pastures."

10. In what year does the Interlude take place?
(a) 1170.
(b) 1070.
(c) 1007.
(d) 1117.

11. What, according to Beckett, is celebrated that day?
(a) The Resurrection of Christ.
(b) The Birth of Christ.
(c) The Passion and Death of Christ
(d) The Miracles of Christ.

12. Knowing what you know about the situation Beckett is in and his character traits, what might be the most likely way to describe Beckett's state of being after his last speech to his flock?
(a) Hopelessness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Resignation.

13. What is NOT one of the ways Beckett defines peace?
(a) Barons at peace with the King.
(b) A wife singing to her children.
(c) The Pope at peace with the King.
(d) Drinking wine with a friend at a table.

14. Which is NOT an adjective you might use to define Beckett's sermon?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Accepting.
(d) Ominous.

15. According to Beckett's speech, what was the fate of the disciples?
(a) Death by crucifixion.
(b) Peace in Heaven.
(c) Death by martyrdom.
(d) A happy ending.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Biblical story does Beckett mention?

3. What is another observation Beckett has about his approaching murder?

4. Where is the Interlude set?

5. What is another way Beckett defines peace?

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