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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. Who gives the signal for the condemned to step into the arena?
(a) The princess.
(b) The judge.
(c) The jester.
(d) The king.
2. What word from the narrative means causing or involving great fear or suffering?
(a) Vapid.
(b) Dire.
(c) Angelic.
(d) Trepid.
3. Of the king, the narrator says in Part 2 that he "knew no tradition to which he owed more allegiance than" what?
(a) "Involved his family."
(b) "That of the guillotine."
(c) "Pleased his fancy."
(d) "The laws of God."
4. The narrator says in Part 2 of the story that the king's arena was built "for purposes far better adapted to widen and develop" what?
(a) "The talents of the people."
(b) "The mental energies of the people."
(c) "The logic and justice of the people."
(d) "The immigration of the people."
5. Of the king, it is said in the beginning of the story, "He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal, of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into" what?
(a) "Art."
(b) "Facts."
(c) "Laws."
(d) "Paintings."
Short Answer Questions
1. What word from the narrative refers to a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most?
2. What word from the narrative refers to a tissue inserted into another tissue?
3. How many doors does the criminal face across from him in the arena?
4. What does the word "semified" from the narrative mean?
5. What does the word "untrammelled" from the story mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the structure of the king's arena described in Part 2 of the story?
2. Where are the attendees of the tribunals at the king's arena located within the amphitheater?
3. Upon what historial structure(s) is the king's arena based?
4. What is the basis of justice in the king's arena?
5. How can the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites be seen in Stockton's work?
6. How is the king's method of governance described in Part 1 of the story?
7. When and where is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" set?
8. How is the narrative in the beginning of the story related?
9. In what ways is "The Lady, or the Tiger?" like a fairy tale?
10. What is described in the hypothetical scenario where the accused man opens the first door in Part 2?
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