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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from the story means to go before something else?
(a) Precede.
(b) Deduce.
(c) Induce.
(d) Perform.

3. What word from the narrative refers to singers in a choir?
(a) Percussionists.
(b) Choristers.
(c) Jesters.
(d) Maidens.

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

5. Where was "The Lady, or the Tiger?" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) Time magazine.
(c) The Century magazine.
(d) The New Yorker magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the text refers to the act of performing of a ceremony?

2. What word from Part 3 of the story refers to the act of bringing into use or operation?

3. Who gives the signal for the condemned to step into the arena?

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

5. How is the word "florid" from the narrative defined?

(see the answer key)

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