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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "determinate" mean in the narrative?
(a) Foreshadowed.
(b) Evolved.
(c) Uneasy.
(d) Conclusive.

2. What does the narrator remark regarding the unpredictability of the trials at the arena?
(a) It "lent an interest to the occasion which it could not otherwise have attained."
(b) It "brought forth tears of excess for the populace."
(c) It "gave an apprehension to the audience and a lack of interest."
(d) It "gave the spectators a sense of tension and fear, and always reminded them to stay in line."

3. What is the duty of the person on trial one they enter the arena?
(a) To choose a door and open it.
(b) To perform a musical display.
(c) To prove one's innocence through logic.
(d) To beg for mercy from the court.

4. How is the courtier's appearance described when he appears in the arena in Part 4?
(a) "Impertinent and sallow."
(b) "Basic and cruel."
(c) "Tall, beautiful, fair."
(d) "Short, muscular, solid."

5. How is the word "florid" from the narrative defined?
(a) Decayed.
(b) Cultured.
(c) Showy.
(d) Negative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What British author of Robinson Crusoe was Frank R. Stockton compared to by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch?

2. How does the narrator described "the masses" during the trials at the arena?

3. Of the citizenry, the narrator says in Part 3, "they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or" what?

4. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?

5. What did the princess use in order to obtain certain secrets, according to the narrator in Part 4?

(see the answer key)

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