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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the word "florid" from the narrative defined?
(a) Negative.
(b) Showy.
(c) Cultured.
(d) Decayed.

2. How is the king's demeanor described when "some of his orbs got out of their orbits" in the beginning of the story?
(a) "Controlling and dominant."
(b) "Flustered and anxious."
(c) "Blander and more genial."
(d) "Obtuse and angry."

3. 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) "Laws."
(b) "Art."
(c) "Paintings."
(d) "Facts."

4. How is the king's demeanor described when "every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course"?
(a) "Bland and genial."
(b) "Quiet and sullen."
(c) "Reactionary."
(d) "Angry and disposed."

5. 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 mental energies of the people."
(b) "The logic and justice of the people."
(c) "The immigration of the people."
(d) "The talents of the people."

Short Answer Questions

1. How did author Frank R. Stockton support himself before his work as an author?

2. How is the arena defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

3. What word from the short story means uncivilized or primitive?

4. What does the word "incorruptible" from the story mean?

5. What children's magazine was Frank R. Stockton editor of?

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