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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the narrative means causing or involving great fear or suffering?
(a) Vapid.
(b) Angelic.
(c) Trepid.
(d) Dire.

2. How does the narrator describe the audience in the case where a criminal is killed in the arena?
(a) "With bowed heads and downcast hearts."
(b) "With poetic songs of freedom."
(c) "With rapturous cries of justice."
(d) "With merry laughter and dancing."

3. Where was Frank R. Stockton from?
(a) Philadelphia, PA.
(b) London, England.
(c) Dublin, Ireland.
(d) New York, NY.

4. What does the word "untrammelled" from the story mean?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Unrestrained.
(c) Popular.
(d) Wary.

5. Where are the hired mourners located in the amphitheater when an accused person faces trial?
(a) At the outer rim of the arena.
(b) Behind the king.
(c) Next to the king.
(d) In the galleries.

6. Of the king, the narrator says in Part 2 that he "knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than" what?
(a) "Pleased his fancy."
(b) "The laws of God."
(c) "Involved his family."
(d) "That of the guillotine."

7. What does the word "semified" from the narrative mean?
(a) Made partial.
(b) Observed.
(c) Incurred.
(d) Coagulated.

8. What aspect common to children's stories did Frank R. Stockton avoid in his writing?
(a) Irony.
(b) Moralizing.
(c) Satire.
(d) Archetypes.

9. How did author Frank R. Stockton support himself before his work as an author?
(a) He was a butcher.
(b) He was a book binder.
(c) He was a banker.
(d) He was a wood engraver.

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

11. What word from the narrative means to bring out or to obtain by special means?
(a) Compose.
(b) Procure.
(c) Endure.
(d) Constrain.

12. What literary term refers to the background information provided by the author in the beginning of the story?
(a) Rising action.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Climax.
(d) Exposition.

13. How are the king's "subjects refined and cultured," according to the narrator?
(a) "By displays of musical talent and performance."
(b) "By a panel of judges chosen from the populace."
(c) "By a determination of the logic of the crime."
(d) "By exhibitions of manly and beastly valor."

14. What does "barbarism" in the narrative most closely reflect?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Masochism.
(c) Passion.
(d) Ambition.

15. How are the vaults of the amphitheater described?
(a) "Cavernous."
(b) "Mysterious."
(c) "Placating."
(d) "Steel-walled."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?

3. What is the duty of the person on trial one they enter the arena?

4. What major theme of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is established in the beginning of the story?

5. When did Frank R. Stockton live?

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