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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Finish the thought of the First Tempter: "A man will often love what he ______."
(a) Spurns.
(b) Hates.
(c) Sees.
(d) Misses.
2. Who does the Third Tempter represent?
(a) English barons.
(b) The King.
(c) The People of Canterbury.
(d) English Merchants.
3. What position did Becket resign when he was made Archbishop?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Chancellor.
(c) King.
(d) Ambassador.
4. What is not one of the ways the Chorus, the priests and the Tempters describe an unexpected death?
(a) Attacked by dogs.
(b) Drowning in a ditch.
(c) Taking a shock to the skull.
(d) Slipping on a step.
5. According to the Chorus, what does the Archbishop bring into Canterbury?
(a) Joy.
(b) War.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Death.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the Third Tempter, what does friendship depend upon?
2. What ruler of England does the Second Priest refer to as "the stubborn King?"
3. According to the information in the opening monologue, how many years have passed since the Archbishop has left the city?
4. How does the chorus define its time in Canterbury since the Archbishop left seven years previous?
5. What does Becket claim is the "substance of our first act?"
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Chorus feel about Becket's return to England?
2. What is one of Becket's rebuttals of the charges against him?
3. Before Becket is dragged to the altar by the Three Priests, he seems at peace. How is this possible?
4. After the temptations, what do the Chorus want Becket to do? Why?
5. Looking at the Interlude, how was the Fourth Tempter successful? How was he unsuccessful in his aims?
6. Why would Becket say this is his last sermon?
7. Why does Becket fear that giving into the Fourth Tempter would be doing "the right deed for the wrong reason?"
8. After the temptations, what do the Priests want Becket to do? Why?
9. As Becket is being slaughtered, the Chorus speaks. What the the main idea behind their speech?
10. What is special about the day the Interlude takes place?
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