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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What artistic movement influenced Frank R. Stockton and other authors during his time period?
(a) The Modernists.
(b) The Dadaists.
(c) The Cubists.
(d) The Pre-Raphaelites.

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

3. What literary word refers to a typical example of a certain person or thing, such as the characters in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) Archetype.
(b) Parable.
(c) Proscenium.
(d) Antagonist.

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

5. How are the iron bells described that ring if the criminal is killed in the arena?
(a) Incorrigible.
(b) Doleful.
(c) Valiant.
(d) Merry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary movement is Frank R. Stockton associated with?

2. What word from Part 4 of the story refers to having a sense of the beautiful?

3. What does the word "semified" from the narrative mean?

4. What theme is explored in Part 3 of the story?

5. What does the narrator remark regarding the unpredictability of the trials at the arena?

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