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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described behind one of the doors in Part 2 of the narrative?
(a) A judge.
(b) The king.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A jester.

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

3. How are the iron bells described that ring if the criminal is killed in the arena?
(a) Merry.
(b) Incorrigible.
(c) Doleful.
(d) Valiant.

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

5. Of the criminal facing trial in the arena, the narrator says that he is subject to no guidance "but that of the aforementioned" what?
(a) "Clues indicated from the masses."
(b) "Impartial and incorruptible chance."
(c) "Riddle depicted by the jester."
(d) "Letter from the king."

6. What word from the narrative refers to an epic poem or an instrumental composition?
(a) Delineation.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Apostasy.
(d) Rhapsody.

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

8. When does the story take place?
(a) "In the years of the Great War."
(b) "In the 1800s."
(c) "In the very olden time."
(d) "Many many years into the future."

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

10. How many doors does the criminal face across from him in the arena?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

11. How would you describe the narrator's point of view?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Collectivist.
(c) Limited.
(d) Omniscient.

12. How is the king's demeanor described when "every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course"?
(a) "Angry and disposed."
(b) "Reactionary."
(c) "Bland and genial."
(d) "Quiet and sullen."

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

14. What word from the narrative refers to a tissue inserted into another tissue?
(a) Incurred.
(b) Ingrafted.
(c) Devolved.
(d) Progressed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary term refers to the background information provided by the author in the beginning of the story?

2. What literary word refers to a typical example of a certain person or thing, such as the characters in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

3. What word from the narrative refers to a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most?

4. The king's vast amphitheater is described in Part 2 as "an agent of" what?

5. How would you describe the language in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

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