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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 word from the narrative means intense devotion or enthusiasm?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Ardor.
(c) Degradation.
(d) Derision.
2. What word from the story refers to a requital according to merits or deserts?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Retribution.
(c) Compehension.
(d) Regulation.
3. How do the masses respond to the appearance of the courtier in the arena in Part 4 of the story?
(a) "His appearance was greeted with fear and trepidation."
(b) "His appearance was greeted with cheers and screams."
(c) "His appearance was greeted with a low hum of admiration and anxiety."
(d) "His appearance was greeted with murmurs of disapproval."
4. What do the dancing maidens enter the arena with if the criminal is proven innocent?
(a) Crowns.
(b) Babies and sheep.
(c) Golden horns.
(d) Kittens.
5. How is the princess's soul described at the arena in Part 4?
(a) "Wary and disdainful."
(b) "Sullen and incooperative."
(c) "Majestic and cruel."
(d) "Intense and fervid."
Short Answer Questions
1. What word from Part 4 of the story refers to having a sense of the beautiful?
2. What happens if the criminal on trial opens the door that leads to "a reward of his innocence"?
3. What prevents the sounds of "noise or suggestion" behind the doors in the arena?
4. How does the narrator describe the fairness of the arena in Part 3?
5. What does the word "fervent" mean in the narrative?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator "set the scene" on the day of the courtier's trial?
2. Discuss the word "fairness" as it is applied in the story. What does this word mean in the narrative?
3. What is described as standing behind the second door in the narrator's hypothetical trial in Part 3?
4. What happens when the king discovers his daughter's love affair?
5. How would you compare the tribunals in the king's arena to those in Ancient Rome?
6. How does irony apply to the trial of the courtier in the king's arena?
7. What secrets had the princess uncovered prior to the courtier's trial at the arena?
8. What signal does the princess give to the courtier in the arena?
9. What is the crime that the courtier is charged with?
10. How is the princess's lover described when his character is introduced in Part 4?
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