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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is NOT a reason that Beckett gives for God choosing to have martyrs?
(a) To lead them.
(b) To warn them.
(c) To instill fear in them.
(d) To being mankind back to His ways.

3. Who was NOT mentioned in Beckett's sermon?
(a) St. Stephen.
(b) The disciples.
(c) The Holy Innocents.
(d) Shepards of bethlehem.

4. Looking at the clues in the Interlude, which Tempter proved to be the most successful?
(a) The Fourth.
(b) The Second.
(c) The Third.
(d) The First.

5. To Beckett, what is martyrdom?
(a) It is always a request of angels.
(b) It is the result of cruel men.
(c) An act of chance.
(d) It is always the design of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beckett ask the audience to remember about Christmas mass?

2. What was NOT one of the events that Becket describes in the lives of the disciples?

3. How does Beckett close his sermon?

4. What is the best way to define the style in which T.S. Eliot wrote the Interlude?

5. What is not one of the topics of Beckett's sermon in the Interlude?

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