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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you describe the language in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
(a) Contemporary.
(b) Flowery.
(c) Stark.
(d) Factual.

2. Where in relation to the twin doors does the king sit in the arena?
(a) Above the doors.
(b) Below the doors.
(c) Behind the doors.
(d) Across from the doors.

3. What word in the text refers to the act of performing of a ceremony?
(a) Solemnize.
(b) Aria.
(c) Oration.
(d) Recitative.

4. What word from the story refers to the predetermined course of events?
(a) Destiny.
(b) Culpability.
(c) Derision.
(d) Fortitude.

5. The narrator states in Part 5 for the reader to consider the question not from his own perspective but from whose?
(a) The jester's.
(b) The princess's.
(c) The courtier's.
(d) The king's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the story take place?

2. How does the narrator describe the location of the tiger in the arena?

3. How does the princess feel about the lady of the court that awaits the courtier behind one door in the arena?

4. What literary term refers to the background information provided by the author in the beginning of the story?

5. When was The Development of the American Short Story: An Historical Survey published?

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