The Lady, or the Tiger? Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Lady, or the Tiger? Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who engaged in fights in a public arena?
(a) Dignitary.
(b) Creationist.
(c) Cultivator.
(d) Gladiator.

3. How are the galleries of the amphitheater described in the story?
(a) "Linear."
(b) "Above the stage."
(c) "Encircling."
(d) "Below the stage."

4. The king's vast amphitheater is described in Part 2 as "an agent of" what?
(a) "Evolution."
(b) "Change."
(c) "Cruel fate."
(d) "Poetic justice."

5. What does the word "semified" from the narrative mean?
(a) Coagulated.
(b) Observed.
(c) Incurred.
(d) Made partial.

6. Where was Frank R. Stockton from?
(a) Dublin, Ireland.
(b) New York, NY.
(c) Philadelphia, PA.
(d) London, England.

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

8. How would you describe the narrator's point of view?
(a) Collectivist.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) Limited.

9. 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.

10. What does the word "incorruptible" from the story mean?
(a) Stringent.
(b) Everlasting.
(c) Metaphorical.
(d) Allegorical.

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

12. Where does the public gather in the amphitheater for the trials of criminals?
(a) In the loft.
(b) In the galleries.
(c) In the entranceway.
(d) In the arena.

13. What word from the beginning of the novel means uninhibitedly enthusiastic?
(a) Dynamic.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Detrimental.
(d) Metaphorical.

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

15. How are the vaults of the amphitheater described?
(a) "Cavernous."
(b) "Mysterious."
(c) "Placating."
(d) "Steel-walled."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "barbarism" in the narrative most closely reflect?

2. 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?

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

4. How is the arena defined in "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

5. How would you describe the king's method of governing?

(see the answer keys)

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