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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What children's magazine was Frank R. Stockton editor of?
(a) The Riverside Magazine.
(b) St. Nicholas.
(c) Hearth and Home.
(d) Time magazine.

2. What style does "The Lady, or the Tiger?" mimic?
(a) That of a horror story.
(b) That of a fairy tale.
(c) That of a Biblical tale.
(d) That of a Greek mythological tale.

3. With what genre is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" associated?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Nonfiction.
(d) Horror.

4. What pleases the king the most, according to the narrative in the beginning of the story?
(a) "To uphold justice by the methods delivered him by the great gods."
(b) "To incur upon his community a sense of love, peace, and justice."
(c) "To remind his citizens of his warmth and generosity."
(d) "To make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where are the hired mourners located in the amphitheater when an accused person faces trial?

3. What word from the narrative means menacingly wild or savage?

4. How does the narrator describe the king in Part 2?

5. How are the passages of the amphitheater described in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites be seen in Stockton's work?

2. How is the king's method of governance described in Part 1 of the story?

3. How was Frank R. Stockton regarded as an author when "The Lady, or the Tiger?" was published?

4. When are the accused brought to the king's arena for judgment, according to the narrator in Part 2?

5. How does the narrator describe the king's allegiances in Part 2 of the story?

6. How does the king respond when things go his way or do not, according to the narrator in Part 1?

7. When and where is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" set?

8. What historical allusions does the author make in Part 1 of the story?

9. How is "barbarism" defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

10. To what genres and literary styles is Frank R. Stockton most associated?

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