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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary movement is Frank R. Stockton associated with?
(a) The Absurdists.
(b) The Beat generation.
(c) The Dadaists.
(d) The American humorists.

2. What children's magazine was Frank R. Stockton editor of?
(a) The Riverside Magazine.
(b) Hearth and Home.
(c) St. Nicholas.
(d) Time magazine.

3. How are the distant neighbors described that helped to polish the king's ideas?
(a) Distant Latin neighbors.
(b) Distant Jewish neighbors.
(c) Distant Greek neighbors.
(d) Distant Mongol neighbors.

4. 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.

5. The narrator says in Part 2 of the story that the king's arena was built "for purposes far better adapted to widen and develop" what?
(a) "The immigration of the people."
(b) "The talents of the people."
(c) "The logic and justice of the people."
(d) "The mental energies of the people."

Short Answer Questions

1. What artistic movement influenced Frank R. Stockton and other authors during his time period?

2. When are criminals brought to the king's amphitheater, according to the narrator in Part 2?

3. How does the narrator describe the king in Part 2?

4. What is the king said to be greatly given to in the beginning of the story?

5. What word from the narrative refers to the capacity of persons or things to be a compelling force on the behavior or opinions of others?

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