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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the story take place?
(a) "In the 1800s."
(b) "Many many years into the future."
(c) "In the years of the Great War."
(d) "In the very olden time."

2. How would you describe the king's method of governing?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Egalitarian.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Autocratic.

3. What is the duty of the person on trial one they enter the arena?
(a) To prove one's innocence through logic.
(b) To choose a door and open it.
(c) To beg for mercy from the court.
(d) To perform a musical display.

4. When are criminals brought to the king's amphitheater, according to the narrator in Part 2?
(a) "When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king."
(b) "When a subject was accused of a crime that involved murder or theft."
(c) "When a subject was accused of a crime that involved the neighboring kingdoms."
(d) "When a subject was accused of a crime that involved the royal court."

5. What word from the narrative means fair and just?
(a) Metaphorical.
(b) Partial.
(c) Allegorical.
(d) Impartial.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?

2. 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?

3. What is the king said to be greatly given to in the beginning of the story?

4. How is the king's demeanor described when "every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course"?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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