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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the story refers to a court of justice?
(a) Proscenium.
(b) Tribunal.
(c) Aria.
(d) Recitative.

2. 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) "Laws."
(c) "Facts."
(d) "Paintings."

3. What literary term refers to the background information provided by the author in the beginning of the story?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Rising action.
(d) Climax.

4. What word from Part 3 of the story refers to the act of bringing into use or operation?
(a) Enlisting.
(b) Discouraging.
(c) Evolving.
(d) Administering.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the king's "subjects refined and cultured," according to the narrator?

2. Where was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?

3. What does the word "semified" from the narrative mean?

4. How does the narrator describe the fairness of the arena in Part 3?

5. Of the citizenry, the narrator says in Part 3, "they never knew whether they were to witness a bloody slaughter or" what?

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