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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. In what tense is the story related?
(a) Present tense.
(b) Future tense.
(c) Passive future tense.
(d) Past tense.
2. How does the narrator describe the king in Part 2?
(a) "A jester of a king."
(b) "Every barleycorn a king."
(c) "Very much a liberal king."
(d) "Every wizard a king."
3. When was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1876.
4. 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) "Letter from the king."
(b) "Impartial and incorruptible chance."
(c) "Riddle depicted by the jester."
(d) "Clues indicated from the masses."
5. What word from the narrative refers to a tissue inserted into another tissue?
(a) Devolved.
(b) Incurred.
(c) Progressed.
(d) Ingrafted.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the word "semified" from the narrative mean?
2. What does the word "incorruptible" from the story mean?
3. 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?
4. What does the word "untrammelled" from the story mean?
5. What word from the narrative refers to an epic poem or an instrumental composition?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the king respond when things go his way or do not, according to the narrator in Part 1?
2. What theme is introduced in Part 2 of the narrative?
3. How is "barbarism" defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
4. What is the duty of the accused once he is summoned into the arena?
5. How does the narrator describe the king's allegiances in Part 2 of the story?
6. Where are the attendees of the tribunals at the king's arena located within the amphitheater?
7. What is the basis of justice in the king's arena?
8. What does the tiger represent symbolically in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
9. What is described in the hypothetical scenario where the accused man opens the first door in Part 2?
10. What takes place in preparation for a trial at the knig's arena?
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