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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Frank R. Stockton live?
(a) 1759-1815.
(b) 1840-1915.
(c) 1834-1902.
(d) 1820-1899.

2. What pleases the king the most, according to the narrative in the beginning of the story?
(a) "To make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places."
(b) "To uphold justice by the methods delivered him by the great gods."
(c) "To incur upon his community a sense of love, peace, and justice."
(d) "To remind his citizens of his warmth and generosity."

3. What word from the narrative refers to a tissue inserted into another tissue?
(a) Ingrafted.
(b) Devolved.
(c) Incurred.
(d) Progressed.

4. How are the galleries of the amphitheater described in the story?
(a) "Above the stage."
(b) "Below the stage."
(c) "Linear."
(d) "Encircling."

5. How are the passages of the amphitheater described in Part 2?
(a) "Visible."
(b) "Steel-walled."
(c) "Unseen."
(d) "Glass-walled."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "idealism" refer to in the narrative?

2. How is the king's demeanor described when "some of his orbs got out of their orbits" in the beginning of the story?

3. What does the word "wend" mean in the narrative?

4. Of the king, it is said in the beginning of the story, "He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into" what?

5. With what genre is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" associated?

(see the answer key)

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