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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the story refers to the assembling or people?

2. The narrator says in Part 4 of the story, "This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as" what?

3. How is the princess's lover described in Part 4 of the story?

4. What does the word "determinate" mean in the narrative?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you compare the tribunals in the king's arena to those in Ancient Rome?

2. What does the lady behind the door symbolize in the story?

3. How do the king's subjects feel about the system enacted at the king's arena?

4. How does the narrator describe the king's method of administering justice in Part 3?

5. What is described as standing behind the second door in the narrator's hypothetical trial in Part 3?

6. What signal does the princess give to the courtier in the arena?

7. What are the positive aspects of the king's decision to put the courtier to trial?

8. What preparations are made for the courtier's trial in Part 4?

9. What is the crime that the courtier is charged with?

10. What does the narrator mean by saying that the decisions of the king's tribunal "were positively determinate"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of the princess in the story. How is the princess's temperament described? What is remarked about the princess's appearance? How would you describe the princess's relationship with her father?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of jealousy in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" Of whom does the princess display jealousy? How does jealousy play a role in the princess's decision in the end of the story? Do you think that jealousy reigns supreme in the princess's choice? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the role of the tiger in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" How is the tiger chosen? Where is the tiger held in the arena? What do you think the tiger represents symbolically or metaphorically in the story? Why?

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