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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Beckett believe we should celebrate martyrs?
(a) Both.
(b) They die for the salvation of men.
(c) They do it for the glory of God.
(d) Neither.

3. 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) Anger.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Hopelessness.
(d) Resignation.

4. Which specific Canterbury martyr does Beckett ask the congregation to remember?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) St. John the Apostle.
(c) Archbishop Elphage.
(d) Archbishop Beckett.

5. What is the best way to define the style in which T.S. Eliot wrote the Interlude?
(a) Poetry
(b) Monologue
(c) Dialogue
(d) Blank verse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might be the purpose of the Interlude?

2. Out of the following choices, which would be the least likely reason behind the sermon?

3. Why does Beckett tell the people that he may never preach to them again?

4. Whose idea is being echoed when Beckett talks of the promise of peace being "a disappointment and a cheat?"

5. What is NOT one of the ways Beckett defines peace?

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