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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 story refers to the assembling or people?
(a) Dedication.
(b) Throng.
(c) Endurance.
(d) Embarkment.

2. What word from Part 4 of the story refers to a formal and authoritative order?
(a) Decree.
(b) Cantata.
(c) Proscenium.
(d) Aria.

3. What part of the plot structure of the story is found in Part 3?
(a) Climax.
(b) Falling action.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Denouement.

4. What word in the story refers to a nuptial ode?
(a) Proscenium.
(b) Aria.
(c) Epithalamium.
(d) Cantata.

5. How does the narrator describe the feelings of the king's subjects in regard to the trials at the arena?
(a) It was dreaded among the citizens.
(b) It was looked down upon by the citizens.
(c) It was reviled among the citizens.
(d) It was popular among the citizens.

6. What word from the narrative means intense devotion or enthusiasm?
(a) Degradation.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Derision.
(d) Ardor.

7. In Part 4 of the story, the narrator describes the judgment of the masses regarding the courtier by saying, "Of course, everybody knew that the deed with which the accused was charged had" what?
(a) "Been fabricated."
(b) "Not been done."
(c) "Been done."
(d) "Been set up."

8. What word from the narrative means ordinary or undistinguished?
(a) Responsible.
(b) Devolved.
(c) Commonplace.
(d) Coronary.

9. How is the arena described as a method of justice in Part 3?
(a) "Logical and fair method."
(b) "Semi-barbaric method."
(c) "Civilized method."
(d) "Irrational method."

10. How does the princess signal to the courtier in the arena?
(a) By tilting her head.
(b) With her left hand.
(c) By blinking.
(d) With her right hand.

11. Which door does the princess signal the courtier to in the arena?
(a) The upper door.
(b) The middle door.
(c) The left door.
(d) The right door.

12. What word from Part 4 of the story refers to having a sense of the beautiful?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Culinary.
(c) Mundane.
(d) Aesthetic.

13. What word from the narrative refers to singers in a choir?
(a) Percussionists.
(b) Jesters.
(c) Maidens.
(d) Choristers.

14. The narrator says in the conclusion of Part 3, "Did not the accused person have" what?
(a) "The whole matter in his own hands?"
(b) "An ability to appeal his fate?"
(c) "A fair and impartial jury?"
(d) "A system of logic at play in the affair?"

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What theme is explored in Part 3 of the story?

3. How is the courtier's appearance described when he appears in the arena in Part 4?

4. What is revealed about the princess's nature in Part 4 of the narrative as she sits in the arena?

5. What does the courtier do upon entering the arena in Part 4 of the story?

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