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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From where does the priest emerge if the criminal is found innocent in the arena?
(a) From a door behind the king.
(b) From a door before the king.
(c) From the galleries.
(d) From above the criminal.

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

4. What happens to the courtier immediately after the king discovers the love affair?
(a) He is exiled.
(b) He is cast into prison.
(c) He is executed.
(d) He is placed before a jury.

5. Where in the amphitheater does the king sit for the trials of criminals?
(a) In the arena itself.
(b) In a glass cage overlooking the arena.
(c) On a throne on one side of the arena.
(d) In the galleries.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the feelings of the king's subjects in regard to the trials at the arena?

2. How would you describe the narrator's point of view?

3. What word from the story means to seek ambitiously?

4. What word from the narrative means fair and just?

5. How many doors does the criminal face across from him in the arena?

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