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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads the criminal to his new home after the ceremony if he is proven innocent in the arena?
(a) Children with flowers.
(b) The priest.
(c) The princess.
(d) The king and his court.

2. What is the king said to be greatly given to in the beginning of the story?
(a) Self-communing.
(b) Consulting his cabinet.
(c) Holding seminars.
(d) Adorning his wife with jewels.

3. In what tense is the story related?
(a) Past tense.
(b) Future tense.
(c) Passive future tense.
(d) Present tense.

4. What does the word "idealism" refer to in the narrative?
(a) The study of governance.
(b) The pursuit of high or noble principles.
(c) The belief in government.
(d) The belief in God.

5. What artistic movement influenced Frank R. Stockton and other authors during his time period?
(a) The Dadaists.
(b) The Modernists.
(c) The Cubists.
(d) The Pre-Raphaelites.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Frank R. Stockton live?

2. What does the word "incorruptible" from the story mean?

3. What word from the story refers to doubt or unpredictability?

4. What word in the text refers to the act of performing of a ceremony?

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

(see the answer key)

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