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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theme is explored in Part 3 of the story?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Motherhood.
(c) Justice.
(d) Sisterhood.

2. What are the two outcomes for the criminal depending on his choice of door in the arena?
(a) To be exiled or hung.
(b) To be knighted or killed.
(c) To be devoured or married.
(d) To be crowned or married.

3. What word from the narrative means to come into opposition?
(a) Regulate.
(b) Propel.
(c) Absorb.
(d) Interfere.

4. What theme is introduced in Part 2 of the story?
(a) Fate.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Family.
(d) Romantic love.

5. What does the narrator say regarding the situation if a criminal was proven innocent in the arena and happened to have a wife and family?
(a) "It mattered not."
(b) "The family would be relocated."
(c) "They'd be given gold."
(d) "It was taken into consideration."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "subordinate" mean in the narrative?

2. How is the arena described as a method of justice in Part 3?

3. What word from the story refers to a court of justice?

4. What children's magazine was Frank R. Stockton editor of?

5. How is the king described in the beginning of the story?

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