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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "barbarism" in the narrative most closely reflect?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Passion.
(c) Masochism.
(d) Ambition.

2. In what tense is the story related?
(a) Past tense.
(b) Present tense.
(c) Future tense.
(d) Passive future tense.

3. How did author Frank R. Stockton support himself before his work as an author?
(a) He was a wood engraver.
(b) He was a book binder.
(c) He was a banker.
(d) He was a butcher.

4. What word from the short story means uncivilized or primitive?
(a) Exemplary.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Apostate.
(d) Cultured.

5. How are the distant neighbors described that helped to polish the king's ideas?
(a) Distant Greek neighbors.
(b) Distant Latin neighbors.
(c) Distant Mongol neighbors.
(d) Distant Jewish neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe the king's method of governing?

2. What word from the narrative refers to a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most?

3. What story did Stockton write that acts as a sequel of sorts to "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

4. What do the hired mourners do if the criminal on trial is killed?

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

(see the answer key)

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